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Miss Samoa pageant rained out, rescheduled for today

The rain literally rained on Samoa’s party Saturday night, cancelling what was meant to be the grand finale of the 2014 Teuila Festival.The Miss Samoa Pageant, which was to be held in front of the government building Saturday night, has now been postponed until Monday (today in Samoa). This time, it will be held inside the E.F.K.S Hall at Sogi.“Due to the unfavourable weather this evening, the Prime Minister and Chairman of the Main Teuila Festival Committee 2014, Hon. Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Dr. Sailele Malielegaoi, has announced that the McDonald’s Miss Samoa Pageant 2014 which was scheduled for Saturday in front of the FMFMII Building, is now being postponed to the beginning of next week,” a notice from the Samoa Tourism Authority (S.T.A) said last night.Earlier, the S.T.A’s Chief Executive Officer, Papali’i Sonja Hunter, had to break the news to corporate table ticket holders as well as a large crowd who had waited for about an hour for the rain to stop.Among the crowd was Taulia Togia, of Solosolo.“They should have called the Meteorology office to check the weather and then they should have made a decision quite early instead of letting people come this far only to be disappointed,” he said “This is a good lesson for the future.I think these things should always be held indoors. You never know what might happen.” Caroline, of Aleisa, agrees. “For the future, it will be safer to hold it indoors,” she said. “We bought tickets for $250 per ticket and this is very disappointing.”Pageant Organiser and the Chairman of Manaia Events, Leiataualesa Jerry Brunt said the weather Saturday night was unfortunate.