Accusations of fraud against a beauty pageant judge and a travel restriction barring their exit have resulted in a diplomatic row between the Solomon Islands and Samoa. The issue began on Saturday, ...

Beauty pageants remain serious business in the Pacific, but contestants are thinking twice before entering due to online bullying and discrimination.

Pageant judges stopped from leaving the host nation, Solomon Islands, as police investigate fraudulent activities at the event The organisers of the Miss Pacific Islands Pageant on Thursday called for ...

SYDNEY, Feb 13 (Reuters) - 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 ...

SYDNEY/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. is disappointed Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare will not attend a Pacific Islands summit with U.S. President Joe Biden next week, the White ...