University launches pageant for young women, men

By LORRAINE JIMAL
THE University of PNG and the Miss Pacific Islands Pageant (MPIP) PNG have launched the 2021 pageant to promote true beauty and intellect in young women.
Student representative council chairlady Nancy Paglau said the objective was to showcase the ability of women in nation building.
They will be selecting not only women but men too from different schools in this year’s competition.
“We will select them according to our criteria to represent their schools,” she said.
Paglau said participants had to fill the forms explaining the issues they wanted to advocate on, reasons for being a pageant, how they would advocate for issues affecting UPNG and PNG, the goals they wanted to achieve in the next five years, and what it would mean to them to win the pageant.
The winners will then be assessed in different categories.
MPIP chairperson Molly O’Rourke said the MPIP 2011 would provide guidance and mentorship to contestants, give them the opportunity to learn to be independent and confidence in their career paths.
She said the partnership was a great incentive for men and women by preparing them for life after studies.