Manamea Apelu-Schwalger
![Manamea Apelu-Schwalger [Samoa Observer file photo]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/images%7Ccms-image-000036248.jpg?itok=ph6FbWlf "Manamea Apelu-Schwalger [Samoa Observer file photo]")
Apia, SAMOA — Manamea Apelu-Schwalger, the face of Samoa’s Pinktober and the fight against cancer, has passed away. She died peacefully on Sunday.
Manamea, a former Miss Samoa and Miss South Pacific, was laid to rest Monday morning (Samoa time) at her family’s homestead at Tanumapua.
It was a...