The inaugural Miss Tokelau pageant

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April 26th 2008

Published: April 26th 2008

Here's the second instalment of my trip to Tokelau for their series of women's events in March. See the first instalment for the painful boat trip and an intro to the intriguing atolls of Tokelau. Day six - Saturday I rose early to get to the handicrafts market; the main event of the economic summit. Tokelauan handicrafts are quite coveted, several of my Samoan colleagues asked me to pick them... Read Full Entry

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Miss Tokelau Pageant

The stage, an amazing construction

Miss Tokelau Pageant

Evening wear

Miss Tokelau Pageant

The winner is second from right

Miss Tokelau Pageant

L-R - Maima - a judge, Mika - acting head of Nukunonu and pageant host, the winner - Joanne, Lise - gender advisor who also hosted, and Vaito'a - pageant director

Miss Tokelau Pageant

The winner, Joanne, and chaperone

Miss Tokelau Pageant

Everybody wanted to take photos of everybody at the end

The celebration ball

What it looked like when we arrived - thankfully it filled up a bit later

Farewell Tokelau!

Leaving on the boat

15th May 2008

Simo
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Awesome
Jules what a couple of fabulous blog entries. Interesting how different people have varying perspectives on beauty pagents! Your photos were spectacular as well. Simply breathtaking!

1st September 2008

mokiana
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te aulelei
te kau lelei mai o koutou na teine ote atafu tokelau io hove ko au nae fia emeli atu lava aua ko au e kikila atu kia te koutou na teine atafe te pretty

3rd October 2008

tokelau ke tahi
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loto tahi...
tatou loto tahi ko... e aulelei uma lava na teine tokelau, nia ni fainuku...uuuuuh kino!!!!

7th May 2009

PIUTI
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OKAH KOE KUA GALI
te aulelei ona tautiti atafu..okah la kou2 kua gali.... vena foki na tahi tautiti ieia....... tokelau ke loto tahi uma ki tatou....

17th May 2009

anonymous
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Haloa na tei
haloa ia tokelau kafai koe tenei lava fakanuku.........te uho te e fai ake ia Atafu...fai fakalelei au tala ma kikila fakaleleli o fela kite taipaga o au tala...kote mea tena e maua mai ite loto nuku kino...kila kite igoa o Atafu kua ke tuhia hove kote hakoga la ia kote ATAFE......LOL

11th June 2009

Miss Toke 08-09
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haloa na comments!
E haloa na uho ma na comments kua fekaveaki veia...oi kikila mai ai la na tino kite he loto tahi o kitatou...ko kitatou uma ni Tokelau...haloa Tokelau e pele ite loto...TIFA MAI TOKELAU... but a lil comment to Julie...thank you for participating in such a wonderful and blissful and of course n unforgetable event....this pageant i could never forget...thank you for your support, the world would've not known if it wasnt for you...i once again thank you...and it was a pleasure to meet you...fakafetai lahi.. regards

22nd June 2009

jayscoh
Julia & Ed

Re: haloa na comments!
Wow, I'm so thrilled that so many people from Tokelau have seen the blog and the photos. I had such a great time visiting Tokelau and meeting all the wonderful people there, so I'm really glad you're all enjoying the photos. Fakafetai to everyone there for your wonderful hospitality! All the best, Julia

4th September 2009

anonymous
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hey..ur very good....can u speak tokelauan?

9th September 2009

donty
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whut r.....
te nice ona ata ....... okah koe te gali.....

1st October 2009

MZKELLYAH
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MALLO NI
MALO NI!!!!!!!!!!!! KO AU LAVA NA AFE ATU OI TAOFI TE NA TINO ULAVALE IEIA E PIHAPIHA AKE I LUGA OTE MAHINI !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! KO TATOU KE FEALOFANI TE TAHI KI TE TAHI KAFAI KOUTOU E FIA FAI NUKU TTAONA KEHE MMA TOKELAU!!!!!!!!!! HE TINO LAVA INA FALI KI TAKU COMMENT HE MATA INA TOKAULI REST IN PEACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1st October 2009

MZKELLYAH
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malo ni!!!!!!!!!!!
talofa ni tokelau !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ko nau lava na afe mai oi taofii na tino ieia e fai nuku ko ki tatou olava ko ni tokelau ko koutou atafu iena e fia tu kehe !!!!!!!!!!! fai faka lelei a tatou mea !!!!!!!!!!

1st October 2009

anonymous
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loto tahi

4th November 2009

Tava
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WOW ! so NiiCE !!
Malo Ni ,I just wanted to leave a comment to say THANK YOU LAHI KIA JULIA FOR THESE BEAUTIFUL UPLOADS. Its so pleasing to see my home land and my family. iLong to visit ! TOKELAU TAKU ATUNUKU PELE !! TOKELAU AS ONE ) Thanks again Julia GODBLESS YOU. ps .is it ok to copy some of your brilliant kodakz PLEASE?

24th November 2009

missP
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beautifull muwch...!!!!
u r s0 gorgez in this >>>luv u all dha wae ur secret admirer...

2nd December 2009

temihia
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Tokelau ke tahi
Haloa na fanau te gali ko o koutou na mafai e koutou ke hiki fakatahi te igoa o Tokelau aua he kai mo tatou........... ...... te mea te manaia temea te gali koni fenua e faifai mea fakatahi ma lototahi........ kae manuia lava na lahaga ote aho koi totoe......

31st December 2009

adam telaki tai
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thanks
Although both of my parents are from the islands of Tokelau I,ve never been there.It,s always nice to see pics with very good stories to go along with them.thanks for it.

4th January 2010

layla
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oka koe te masau???
te kaulelei na teine o mulifenua o atafu io tatou fakamakeke aua ke maua he kai mo atafu ina aho ieia ka tu mai io e hei ni tala alofa lahi atu grace hakai ke manuia na lumanaki ote aho bye

3rd March 2010

Patihepah.S
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OKA! OKA! OKA!
Oh! my Gosh! Teauleei

27th March 2010

rosana
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E!
e! haloa aua e alelei uma na teine tokelau......kila tuku ko te fakanoku mate he gali.....kona teine uma e aulelei......koe kola nahe kai ki loto

4th April 2010

anonymous
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awesome fotos
te aulelei ona ata big thank you to Julia for upload this beautiful photos of Tokelau.....Tokelau where my heart belong!!!

18th May 2010

tiale
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Hello
O M Chikkah.!.! nice pictures watching those pix made me miss my home island tokelau i cant wait to go back home.!.

3rd June 2010

mate mai aku hau
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te nice ona ata te kaulelei ona teine tokelau, io fai kiei tena e koutou mafaia lava oi fai ia tokelau aua ia nau kua fia palagi

19th June 2010

C>M
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LOL
Te Beautiful!!!...Miss doz daeyz!!!!...te mashau o koe i can only laugh!!!LOLZ ... beautiful ata Julie

11th July 2010

Gloira
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fantastic
wowww I was looking for the GDP and I found Tokelau one of the lowest rate. It seems to me very beautiful, do you have anything about the social/economic issues?

14th July 2010

jayscoh
Julia & Ed

social/economic issues
Hi Gloria, I wrote a little bit about the social and economic issues in both of my entries on Tokelau (this one and the one titled 'a hellish trip to a small piece of heaven'), but for more info I find the CIA world factbook really useful. Just google it and choose Tokelau, and there's a fair bit of information. Cheers Julia

20th December 2010

Kakai
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Nukunonu Girls
To All Nukunonu Girls. YOU DONT NEED ANYBODY TO GIVE YOU A CROWN TOKELAUN HISTORY NAU NUKUNONU MAIDEN GAVE BIRTH TO FAKA OFO LAGIMAINA AGAIN NUKUNONU PRINCESSES GAVE BIRTH TO ATAFU. DONT HAVE TO PROVE ANYTHING TO ANYBODY, TELL THE JUDGES TO GET IT RIGHT. MAY OUR GOOD LORD CONTINUE TO BLESS NUKUNONU AND HER PEOPLE LOVE YOU ALL.

5th March 2012

Dominion fadayo
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i love this country
i have about 1, 000 gift to give to all the citizens of the country

15th July 2012

Novao
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It's always great to see the beautiful photos of the Tokelau islands - Nukunonu, Fakaofo, and Atafu. I have seen the pageant and ALL THE TOKELAUAN GIRLS DID GREAT! I was very proud of them all, I showed it to all my non-Tokelaun friends. Advise to those who have commented earlier - malo te onohai ki na tala a na uho. E iloa ko lava te tamaiti na akoako e na matua ina tala e fai, kae maihe e faitau uma kiei te lalolagi katoa. Love always and God bless!

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