MISS HEILALA PAGEANT GRAND BALL FINALE + KALOLAINE FUNGANITAO FAREWELL SPEECH

The Miss Heilala Pageant Grand Ball Finale 2019 was held last night in the Kingdom of Tonga after a week of festivities and categories the girls competed in including talent, tau'olunga, island creation & sarong as well as pre-pageant interviews.

Unfortunately the event was overshadowed by the events that followed when attempts were made to silence Miss Heilala 2018, Kalo Funganitao after Miss Heilala organisers unplugged her microphone during her final speech when she started to voice her struggles in the past year, including criticizing them for their lack of support at the Miss Pacific Islands beauty pageant held in Nuku'alofa last year. 

You can watch Kalo's full speech in the video above as well as in the live video below by one of the contestants when the committee turned Kalolaine's microphone off.

Lastly, congratulations to newly crowned Miss Heilala 2019 Yehenara Soukop.