The fallout from this beauty pageant is getting ugly. Miss Universe Fiji has become embroiled in scandalous claims of corruption after the winner was stripped of her crown in favor of a runner-up with ...

In this April 15, 2012 photo released by Imagine South Pacific, beauty contestant Torika Watters poses for a photo on a beach on Tavarua Island, Fiji. A beauty pageant in Fiji that has turned into a ...

Manshika Prasad (right) was proclaimed Miss Fiji but two days later was told that Nadine Roberts (left) had won the crown Overlooking the clear waters of the South Pacific, a cyclone of controversy ...

But they said the issue was her age and not connected to complaints that the 16-year-old of mixed European-Fijian heritage did not look Fijian enough. Miss Watters was chosen last month ahead of a ...

First came complaints that the winner of the Miss World Fiji pageant looked too Western to represent her country. Then her age came under scrutiny. And now, with the 16-year-old’s crown lost, one of ...

Wellington – Fiji beauty queen Torika Watters, who was the target of racist criticism about her looks, has been replaced as the island nation’s Miss World Pageant entrant, organizers were reported ...

Fury has erupted in a tiny Pacific nation over the choice of a mixed-blood schoolgirl as the winner of the Miss World Fiji crown - 'because she doesn't look native enough'. Teenager Torika Watters, ...

The owl costume worn by Fiji's representative at the recent Miss World pageant has sparked outrage in Fiji, with many unconvinced it accurately depicted Fijian culture. Fiji Fashion Week organiser ...

FIJI'S entrant for Miss World 2012 is only 16 but fresh row erupts because she does not look "native" enough. Schoolgirl Torika Watters - who is of mixed European/ Fijian heritage - has been ...

New Zealand-born supermodel Rachel Hunter is currently in Fiji bringing her considerable expertise to the Miss World Fiji 2012 pageant. Hunter was at the Pacific Harbour near the capital Suva on ...

First came complaints that the winner of the Miss World Fiji pageant looked too Western to represent her country. Then her age came under scrutiny. And now, with the 16-year-old’s crown lost, one of ...