Ilisapeci Movono: Hibiscus Girl 60 Years Later

With the Pacific Games beginning shortly, we felt it was fitting to cast our minds back to the first time the nations of the region came together in Suva for the first South Pacific Games (as it was called then) in 1963.

The now Mrs Movono who hails from Naimalavau Nakelo Tailevu (vasu i Rakiraki Yale Kadavu) had her dress suit or ‘sulu jaba’ made by her mom especially for this shoot – Too Cute! This was a picture taken as part of a video promotion by ABC Australia for the first ever South Pacific Games to be held in Fiji.