Self-Judgement of last weekend’s pageant: A tribute to all the brown sisters… (Note: Read to understand and not to respond) With no intention to hurt the great effort of the newly crowned Miss American Samoa, she did tremendously well like the rest of the contestants, but I must disagree with her win in the pre-pageant interview and the one during the actual event. It is with no doubt that she’d concur with me as so are the rest of the four contestants that Miss Leata Puailoa was by far the best in responding to the issues been presented to her during both interviews. Her grammar and comprehension of the English language as well as her fluency and translation of her answers to mother tongue makes her the ideal ambassador locally, as American Samoa’s Department of Education has resolved for the usage of the dual language after the recent Governor’s Education Summit. Her awareness of the most critical issues affecting not only the individuality of a person, our “aiga”, our government and community as a whole makes her an asset of a well-informed representative for the people of Tutuila and Manu’a as well as the Swains island. I don’t know about the panel of judges, but when one of them asked the most confusing questions I have ever heard from a beauty pageant panel of judges, I thought MASI was going to just relieve the individual from the panel. It was so obvious that the individual had no general understanding of the issue on hand. (This was during the pre-pageant interview session)..and I am not making this up..i got audios should anyone wish to verify what I’m saying here. And the poor contestant was struggling to respond to the question which went something like this,” So,………(named of contestant), you mentioned child neglected (o upu a ga!), human trafficking and child abuse, how is that going to solve child abuse in the home? And I was like, what kind of effen question was that? And then some irrelevant questions that held not real significant and meaning to the issues been presented. Leata might not have the ideal physical stature that the common judge and the common eyes would like to see, but she definitely is contributing asset that American Samoa should embrace to effectively bring into reality the changes American Samoa so need including a need to revolutionize the common mindset and mentality. With the poor state of education here in American Samoa and the dual language being one of the most critical resolutions being highly recommended after the education summit, Miss Leata Puailoa was a given and would have been an awesome example for our young people as she models just that: FLUENCY & COMPREHENSION (WRITTEN & ORALLY) OF BOTH LANGUAGES…Too bad the panel of judges are unfortunately victims of the system..se choken a! And I wish to contribute and offer this advice for our new Miss AS, Miss Tino Tuiasosopo as she prepares herself for the Miss Miss South Pacific..You’ve got everything..beauty, talent and intelligence..All you need to do is a thorough understanding of the issues (social, environmental, cultural, economic and political) pertaining to the South Pacific..Ask the questions yourself and give them a shot to responding to them..Practice makes perfect and best of luck..Bring back that crown that belongs to American Samoa…with Samantha Noel Salanoa, Moesha Bird, Leata Puailoa, Ausage Mataitusi, Sana L Taifane, Meshach Faamoemoe Peleimatua Esera, Epenesa Faapaia Esera, Gwen Gwenn N Jr Lauvao, Anonymous American Samoa, Samoa Post,
Posted on: Tue, 05 Nov 2013 03:48:01 +0000
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