Alofa Dawn Latafale Auva'a,
better known as Latafale Auva'a (born June 8, 1993) is a Samoan-New Zealander beauty pageant titleholder. She is the first woman to hold four Pacific regional titles by winning Miss Samoa New Zealand 2014, Miss Samoa 2014, Miss Pacific Islands 2014 and Miss World Samoa 2015.
Early life
Auva'a was born in
Papakura, New Zealand
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The area was ...
to a
Samoan father and
English mother. She graduated from
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*King's College, Cambridge, a constituent of the University of Cambridge
*King's College London, a constituent of the University of London
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as Deputy Head and also received the University of Auckland's Top Pacific Chancellor Award.
Auva'a opted to attend the
University of Otago where she studied both Law and Music.
Personal life
In 2018, Auva'a was bestowed a Samoan chief (Matai) title at a ceremony in
Vaitele, Samoa. She is also a
barrister
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and
solicitor
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in
New Zealand.
References
External links
Miss Samoa Pageant
1993 births
Living people
Miss World 2015 delegates
Samoan beauty pageant winners
New Zealand people of Samoan descent
People from Papakura
21st-century New Zealand women
21st-century Samoan women
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