Miss Fiji is a national Beauty pageant in Fiji. The competition was established in 2015 to bring together winners of municipal pageants from across the country, with the winner representing Fiji at the Miss Pacific Islands pageant.
History Fiji's modern pageant history includes the Hibiscus Festival, first held in Suva in 1956. Liebling Marlow, then known as Liebling Hoeflich, won the inaugural Miss Hibiscus competition.
The present national Miss Fiji Pageant was established in 2015 and was created to bring together winners of municipal pageants from across Fiji. The first competition was held in Nadi in October 205 and included representatives from two cities and eight towns.
National pageant
Before the national competition was introduced, Miss Hibiscus titleholders represented Fiji at the regional Miss South Pacific pageant. Merewalesi Nailatikau won the regional title in 2009, followed by Alisi Rabukawaqa in 2011. In 2016, Anne Christine Dunn won Miss Hibiscus and Miss Fiji before winning the Miss Pacific Islands Pageant later that year.
When the national pageant returned in 2025, Local Government Minister Maciu Nalumisa announced that members of the Fijian diaspora in Australia, New Zealand and the United States would also be eligible to compete.
In 2026, Miss Fiji 2025 first runner-up Ailava Samuels was selected to represent Fiji at the Miss Pacific Islands Pageant after titleholder Peggy Ravusiro declined to enter into a participation contract with the Miss Fiji Secretariat. Samuels went on to win the 2026 Miss Pacific Islands title.
Titleholders
Miss Hibiscus titleholders The Hibiscus Festival has crowned a Miss Hibiscus titleholder since its inaugural competition in 1956. YearMiss HibiscusRef1956Liebling Marlow1957Filimaina Koto1958Mary Joan Ah Koy1959Robin Ann Riemenschneider1960Emma Whitcombe1961Laurayne Thurley1962Eta Uluvula Qereqeretabua1963Ruci Koroi1964Patricia Pickering1965Veronica Powell1966Lois Gibson1967Annette Lepper1968Helen Reiher1969Laurie Crowe1970Adi Talatoka Lalabalavu1971Verna Thomas1972Esther Quai-Hoi1973Florence Fenton1974Sandra Hazelman1975Michele Smith1976Josephine Sau1977Florence Julian1978Tanya Whiteside1979Margaret Singh1980Lynn McDonald1981Loretta Ragg1982Lorna Christofferson1983Annie Reymond1984Tamsy Melanie Simpson1985Ulamila Kaisau1988Lenora Qereqeretabua1989Natalie Grey1990Litia Dewa1991Sala Toganivalu1992Ilisapeci Kubuabola1994Miranda Foon1995Jacqueline Mavoa1996Lynda Tabuya1997Letila Mitchell1998Ranadi Johnston1999Joanne Terubea2002Shital Ram2006Lusia Delai2007Ann Patricia Naisara2008Filomena Tuivanualevu2009Merewalesi Nailatikau2010Sera Tikotikoivatu2011Alisi Rabukawaqa2012Drue Slatter2013Priscilla Reddy2014Nanise Rainima2015Marie Fall2016Anne Dunn2017Candace Veramu2018Jessica Fong2019–2023No festival held2024Melania Tora2025Rhyelle Aisea2026Sala Korosaya
National Miss Fiji titleholders YearWinnerMunicipal titleRef2015Zaira BeggMiss Ba2016Anne DunnMiss Suva2017Hally QaqaMiss Nasinu2019Jessica FongMiss Suva2025Peggy RavusiroMiss Labasa
International representation
Miss Pacific Islands YearRepresentativeResultRef2009Merewalesi Nailatikau2011Alisi Rabukawaqa2016Anne Dunn2026Ailava Samuels
Other international pageants Miss Hibiscus titleholders Tanya Whiteside and Lynn McDonald represented Fiji at the Miss Universe pageant in 1979 and 1981, respectively. Miss Hibiscus 2014 title holder Nanise Rainima represented Fiji at Miss World 2017, where she placed second in the talent competition and reached the top 20 of Beauty with a Purpose. Miss Fiji 2015 titleholder Zaira Begg represented Fiji at Miss Earth 2019 and received a silver medal in the Miss Congeniality (Air Group) Category.
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