In September, she'll head to Orlando, Florida, to compete in the national pageant against women from every state in the U.S.

The winner of the Miss Tausala America pageant goes on to compete in the Miss American Samoa pageant in June on the island of American Samoa. You can learn more at nafanuafoundation.org.

United Airlines passengers will miss celebrating New Year's Eve due to a time-zone quirk. Their flight made an emergency landing, leaving them stranded in American Samoa for 21 hours. Some made ...

Growing up in the mid-00s, climate activist Suluafi Brianna Fruean loved watching the Miss Samoa beauty pageants. It was a form of representation that felt few and far between for young Samoan ...

The organisers of the Miss Pacific Islands Pageant on Thursday called for unity after judges were stopped from leaving the Solomon Islands amid claims of fraudulent activities after Miss Samoa won ...

Though Samoa, not to be confused with the nearby U.S. territory of American Samoa, is an independent nation, Miss Samoa contest organizers allow contestants of Samoan descent from other countries.

Unknown candidate Jason Palmer upset President Joe Biden in the American Samoa caucus on Super Tuesday. Here's what to know about the territory.

Miss Samoa USA will be representing her country and her home state of Utah in an international pageant.

Another earthquake struck Wednesday near the Samoan islands, an area already devastated by earthquake and tsunami damage which killed more than 130 people. The 5.5-magnitude earthquake occurred at ...

When asked if she thought she was going to win the title of Miss Samoa USA over 5 months ago—when she first decided to run—Josephine Lealaitafea immediately laughed.

The inaugural Miss Samoa USA Pageant, is celebrating Samoan culture and empowering young Pacific Islander-Samoan women.

Who are the judges this year? Judges for the Miss America finals include Heather Whitestone McCallum, an Alabama native who was named Miss America 1995. She won the national pageant in September ...