God she's so pretty. Why can't people just appreciate the fact that someone is taking their time to learn their culture and embracing it. She's also doing a great job at it.
She danced so beautifully! Her Tuiga is AMAZING! My fave outfit on youtube & I'm Samoan! Such a proud moment when people of different backgrounds represent your culture!
She is of Samoan descent as well for anyone who wasn't paying attention to the announcer at the end. I've watched a couple of these Heilala clips where both Tongan contestants danced our beautiful Samoan Taualuga to honor their Samoan heritage as well. Hats off to this lovely lady. Job well done and beautifully done I might add. Malo lava👍
I was going to say seeing her dance I couldn't tell she wasn't Samoan because she actually did everything just like a Taupou. I think both cultures express grace and softness but jsut in different ways.
I agree! Now in the span of then and now and coming back to rewatching these dances..Not being biased but let’s be honest: When Tongans do the Siva it’s a different kind of grace and soft. Some may disagree and that’s okay, but I’ve seen so many full Siva Samoan dances over the years and I can tell…
She moves like a true Samoan teine !! I've seen a lot of Tongan girls do the Siva Samoa and man you can tell they are tongan by the movements of their hands this girl right I would have never guessed she was Tongan
She dances better than alot of Samoa females who try to siva samoa! Stop knocking her for trying, hell she can dance better than me and I am full blooded samoan! You go girl!!
I am Samoan, I am greatful for such a great effort to portray and perform the Samoan dance to the best of yor ability....Thank you. On the same note, I am mesmerised with the Tongan Dance and had for years been trying to learn it...and I MUST SAY, SHE DOES IT BETTER THAN SOME SAMOAN GIRLS I HAVE SEEN....MALO LAVA!!
She's Tongan? Good job girl!! I love how your Tongan and did a Samoan Taupou dance for talent! I'm Samoan and I really enjoyed how you added your own twist to some of the moves. To be honest that's how a true Taupou should be. All Samoan girls don't move the same that's the entire point of dancing Taupou. You must set yourself to a higher standard being creative and individual. You gave us performance! Great Job Malo lava le siva!
I fall in love with this the more times I watch it!! lol, its just te way she carries herself in this dance is so beautiful and very graceful, I hope to dance like her one day:)
Paea Mataele Williams is the best dancer of all RU-vid videos 👌she has best costumes 👌n she is gifted with look n beautiful figure 👏she carried herself with class elegant charming 👌👌by the way she was well educated 💖we watched her videos over and over 🌹🌹we love u Paea Mataele Williams
That is a nice Samoan costume made of a nice fine mat, and even Samoan taupou dancers back home cannot make a good costume like that. Malo Faafetai lava le siva! Well done!
This is 2009.I saw a vid of her again in Utah Pasifika Festival 2018.By jove,she was more exquisite than ever.My top 3 favorite women list has been filled.Not in a hurry to search No.4.I have watched the vid more times than my neighbour gal in 40+years.Pacific winds,carry my greetings ❤ 😍 😊to her ears.God Bless her n her parents that bore her.Uh,The rose of the Pacific.
Wooow, this is just absolutely amazing, you did a a nice Taualuga Samoa..I love your outfit and your Tuiga just look so beautiful. Malo lava le sa'asa'a..SIVA MAI ! :D
@seafoodlover4...hey there, yes the heilala pageant is a tongan pageant held in tonga every year! the winner usually represents as miss tonga in the south pacific pageant toward the end of the year every year! she did the siva samoa for her talent...enjoy!
@ts Mylina well it's a talent on this MIss Heilala and it states on the title of the video too.. Contestants has a talent to show, and they can perform anything they want.
More polishing and grace? Pftt this girl danced so gracefully through out the siva, she is tongan of course she gonna be grace and polished lol okay this is poly beauty she got the best tongan part samoan's are so vela if you ain't noticed ;)
Beautiful Siva Samoa.But I was waiting for the aiuli to lie down so that the taupou will step on his back.The real aiuli faasamoa. Ale leva ga siva ae leai he he
It's disrespectful in our Samoan siva/culture for an aiuli to lie down on his tummy for the taupou to step on his back. However that is commonly seen now and it's like normal esp by overseas Samoans. STOP THAT STUPIDITY NOW!
she did bomb ass ! #DONE #NUFFSED stop hating. if yawl wannah hate, go hate on the people who be wearin our samoan tatau's && have no actuall REASON to have it. pshhhh she was more gracefull then half the so called "full blooded" samoans I know. from my afakasi self, you did great mamas ! ALL LOVE !
That Tongan "Aiuli" is wearing a Ta Vaka Tatau 😍 I'm Samoan and I'm so proud to see that Tongan "Aiuli" with his pe'a tatau, Samoa and Tonga were really close back then.
im not samoan but what does se'e mean?...is it when she is drifting sideways across the stage or is it when she bends one knee and 'rocks' it when she is dancing in a stationary position. I always see this term in taulanga videoes but never got it.
lol, her name is Paea Williams not Teuila Blakely. Longing for Samoan men? Might want to check with Teuila about that...(*cough, *cough) I bet Konrad Hurrell is laughing
hoiaue, me'a laulaunoa lahi mooni, I cant believe she won the miss heilala...it's a pity to say that from the first miss south pacific pageant we won, the quality of our tongan misses have been on the decline ever since...kataki mu'a koe anga pe ki'i poupou.
