Haylani Kuruppu secures first runner up at the Miss Global international pageant. Photo: Vodafone Samoa
Samoan fitness trainer and beauty queen Haylani Kuruppu made pageantry history by securing first runner up at the recent Miss Global competition co-hosted by Vietnam and Cambodia.
This is the highest placing a Pasifika contestant has reached in an international pageant.
RNZ Pacific's Tiana Haxton followed her journey online.
