Fiji’s Miss Hibiscus
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Will Visit Honolulu
THE principal prize for the winner of Fiji’s Miss Hibiscus, 1957, con test—a return flight to Honolulu at first sight, appears to be carry ing coals to Newcastle.
However, the long-range view is that her presence in Hawaii will help to make American tourists aware of the South Pacific as a tourist area.
Hawaiian tourist organisations are making an all-out effort to promote the South Pacific tourist trade.
They reason that American tour ists must pass through Honolulu with a consequent benefit to the Hawaiian Islands.
So it is Honolulu this year for Miss Hibiscus, not Sydney, which was first pnze for Miss Hibiscus, 1956 (Miss Lieblmg Hoeflich).
The 1957 Hibiscus Festival will run for three days (two last year) S?oo IS /t?' eing i_ held from September 26-28 (December last year).
This year’s programme includes a wider variety of entertainment and amusement.
The winner of the Miss Hibiscus contest will be announced at Albert Park, on September 28, after a procession of all entrants through Suva on decorated floats. t There are 728 Indonesians in Noumea—277 men, 317 women and 134 children.