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SOFIAS

Sa’alea surrounded by members and supporters of the American Samoa Red Cross Chapter
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — To honor and recognize the Red Cross for their 100 years of service, the Society of Fa’afafine in American Samoa made a $3,000 donation to the organization at the close of the the 39th Annual Miss SOFIAS Beauty Pageant. Newly crowned Miss SOFIAS Miss Christian Wright Sa’...
sofias and Moefa’auo William Emmsley
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Reigning Miss SOFIAS, Runi Talaifaga (4th from left), pictured with members of SOFIA that visited LBJ Medical Center to present gifts and other goodies for hospital workers, who toiled tirelessly in the past weeks of the COVID-19 community spread. SOFIA is among the...
Reigning Miss SOFIAS, Vanessa Ta’amu Simanu (far right) along with officers and members of the Sosaiete O Fa’afafine I Amerika Samoa
Reigning Miss SOFIAS, Vanessa Ta’amu Simanu (far right) along with officers and members of the Sosaiete O Fa’afafine I Amerika Samoa (SOFIAS) visited the LBJ Medical Center Pediatric Ward earlier this week to hand out gifts to children in the unit. SOFIAS has made this a holiday tradition over the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — All the world’s a stage. And for a moment, the stage — and the world — belonged to local transgender fashion designer Berta Laumoli, a school teacher from Vailoatai (pictured, 2nd from left). Berta’s collection, Fierce Island Couture. lived up to the hype and those who...
Benhuro, Dr. Rome, Shorty Kap, and Uso Mikey
T.O.P. Dr. ROME PRODUCTIONS: Benhuro, Dr. Rome, Shorty Kap, and Uso Mikey have arrived on island. The group was invited by the Sosaiete O Faafafine I Amerika Samoa (SOFIAS) to be the main entertainers for Friday's 2019 Miss SOFIAS pageant set to start at 7p.m. at Fatuoaiga. Accommodations for the...
“FierceFashionByRL”
London, ENGLAND —  “FierceFashionByRL” represented American Samoa in the London Pacific Fashion Week — Teaser Show — Feb. 25, 2019 —featuring designs by Berta Laumoli, who grew up in Vailoatai, American Samoa. On her FB page, Roberta notes that she “was instilled with the love of all that...