Tonga has a long tradition of fakaleiti, which literally means “like a lady.” Leitis, as they prefer to be called, have been hosting the Miss Galaxy beauty pageant since 1993 for the trans community.

The Miss Galaxy beauty pageant held annually in Nuku'alofa, the capital of Tonga, is, at first glance, a show of transgendered glamour, but it is equally a display of translocality. Through the ...

A Tongan-New Zealand student has been crowned Miss Tonga after entering the beauty pageant as part of her practical research. Waikato University student Rosemarie Fili has told Radio Australia's ...

Titania Matekuolava was crowned new Miss Earth Tonga 2019. She will represent Tonga in Miss Earth 2019. Titania succeeds Miss Earth Tonga 2018 Maria Otulao Aholelei.

In the South Pacific Kingdom of Tonga, an archipelago of 171 tropical islands about 1,245 miles northeast of New Zea- land, women can’t own land. They play a subservient role to their husbands in ...