Ms Manamea Apelu
Our
personality of the week is Miss Manamea Apelu, the newly crowned Ms Samoa
2001/2002. She is named after her late grandmother, a traditional healer of her
time, and well known member of the Vineula.
Manamea at 25 years old was the oldest contestant for this year’s pageant and
her maturity came through in her interviews and general mannerisms. Her
interests lie in the environmental issues of the Pacific region .She is in the
course of completing her final year of an Environmental Science degree through
distance learning with the University of the South Pacific.
The United Nations Development Programme currently employs me as a National
United Nations Volunteer.
Manamea will now prepare herself for the Miss South Pacific pageant next month,
at which she will be the only Samoan contestant, unlike the previous pageants
where there were more than one Samoan contestant.