Miss South Pacific 1998 - Maryjane McKibbin (Siva)

Maryjane McKibbin (Miss South Pacific 1998) performing a siva samoa at the Heilala festivals in Tonga. She's smart, beautiful, graceful, and humble!!

[@earthtosabs7950]

25 years later - her daughter Moemoana wins Miss Samoa 2023. 🇼🇸 🎉

[@89eemz]

this be my aunty Maryjane Moe Mckibbin..and shes the best samoan dancer i've ever seen..love you vae miki..lol

[@punchumoufeh]

very profound!!! Save our Manumea!

[@eyeguy3601]

The people who are saying she can't dance should listen to what she said before her dance. Her Siva is an interpretation of the movement of the manumea. The Manumea is a bird indigenous only to Samoa. MJ is one of the best Samoan dancers around. This dance here is pure genius. It screams sexiness, oh so graceful, beauty, creativity, bravery, everything that encompasses our siva Samoa. Well done Mary Jane.

[@faletoluj23]

💛💛💛

[@theephraimite]

Endemic.

[@moekontze116]

se o tagata a tatou, e le faalogo zzzz.

[@swaHedo]

CHEEEHOOO

[@cpeseta]

And actually none of these moves are interpretive...these are all Taualuga moves that have not been used for a long time and have gone out of style. But her dance is very authentic.

[@helamana]

Oh this young woman absolutely nailed her interpretation of the song and fuse it in with basic Samoan maiden/Taupou movements. She appropriately taps into the gracefulness of the se'e and sheer soft movements of the wrists/hands whole at the same time allowing us to see the "bird", not only in the song, but the bird she advocates for preservation. What a well thought out interpretative choreography while not compromising the Samoan beauty of the Taupou dance. If this was just a Taupou dance for a Taualuga then it would not work as much due to certain leg movements but because she's dancing for a cause, she is allowed freedoms that come with interpretation in a presentation. Manaia tele sa'asa'aga a se tasi o tama fanau o o tatou alo ma suli o si o tatou atunu'u pele. A

[@johntuckey6704]

Pity Samoa wasn't competing in Miss World at the time... Maryjane would've been a top contender for sure.

[@victoriaulberg]

Agree

[@teinegoodie]

I still remember watching her dance, from the crowd outside the Memorial hall in Tonga. I was only 5 years old then. I couldn’t be more proud to be half Tongan half Samoan 🇼🇸🇹🇴 Malo lava Maryjane

[@burntturkeypubes8233]

Here after her daughter was just crowned Miss Samoa 2023

[@Skybar23]

damn this particular siva had a profound effect on ASB polyfest performances. You see all these Taualuga in the early to mid 2000s performances try to emulate this style for a number of years

[@jaynanai804]

Whoever disliked this can't siva samoa.

[@ElenTuf]

I remember watching her perform this at the pageant when I was a kid. It still is one of the best samoan siva I have seen even to this day. Shot Mary Jane xx

[@saovier]

Watched this over 20 years ago and by far the best siva samoa ive ever seen, i will never forget it and no one will ever replace such a unique performance well done Mary-Jane

[@jjdv92]

Maybe only her daughter. Such an amazingly talented family

[@anniesaunia9408]

I remember when she became the miss samoa..wow I'm old lol

[@moekontze116]

heheh all our Miss Samoa/South pacific, are beautiful Her daughter now in 2023-2024 has won what mum won with her own talent.. Please love our girls, they are representing us, and how uniguq our island is.

[@bukaa32]

OMG, i watched this when i was a little girl when VCR's were around LOL i pressed the rewind button so many times when i was little.....til it magically disappeared when my aunty from samoa came to visit LOL thanks for posting this! brings back memories of me and my mom just hanging out watching videos on a friday night and me asking my mom to make me the taupo for my church's family night and FAILED ahahahah #JUSTbeautiful..

[@trishnewsham4815]

I will never forget this performance by Mary Jane... Also we should never compare people when it comes to who was better.. They are all beautiful

[@akam0neyy]

Her siva was beautiful! Those saying she cant dance really need to learn the roots of our heritage. A ua le iloa lou aganuu, aua ke pisa fua i le siva a isi. E lagi a lou faasamoa ae oo loa i mea aganuu ua le iloa se kae moa lmao. Malolo ia le kou fia fai misa. :)

[@aegontargaryens9550]

i want the other part where she was dancing after Verona Tapu Ah Ching (miss south pacific) was crowning her. Her Aiuli dance was great.

[@fuesuavai3960]

This piece was choreograph by the guy that came up with Manamea Apelu's talent for miss Samoa as well. He worked together with Mary Jane to create this siva... so its both of them. He and others started the first contemporary dance group back in Samoa in the early 90s combining pacific dance with world Music.. MJ joint mid 90s with Allen Alo another famous choreographer. The group was call tapou o tane and i use to watch them preform alot. The guy's name is Peter Tamasese

[@kekefaumuina5504]

Wow loved it from the beginning to the end. Great job Mary Jane. Did it perfectly. And to those who is laughing at how she did the dance, mate you obviously don't know how to siva samoa. You were only born yesterday.

[@PatrickThomsen]

So wish the video was in sync with the audio, because it's off. The beats that MJ hits with her kaagas makes the siva even more effective tbh. Watching this back in 97/98 was incredible, it was so fresh and new in interpretation of the siva Samoa at the time.

[@savaiianteine1]

Ehhhh 8 years ago? You were off 8 years ago 🤣

[@nopilikia56]

Oh I remember when Ms Mary Jane did this at the pageant that night... She was the winning talent for me that night. She was authentic, graceful, poised, confident, and just downright lovely... Yeah, she rightfully won the Miss South Pacific title. She defintely is one of the most memorable, authentic, talented and beautiful Miss South Pacific we've had...

[@Shebanish]

Best Talent so far for me for the Miss South Pacific ever! She did an awesome awesome job to showcase our culture and the siva! Malo Mary Jane!

[@FUAGAIA-xm3ml]

Awesome Mary-Jane .. like mother like daughter - 25yrs after this her daughter Moemoana Safaato'a Schwenke won 2023 Miss Samoa Title, cheers!💖😍💖

[@jaynanai804]

Whoever disliked this can't siva samoa.

[@nopilikia56]

Been hoping for a long time for someone to upload Miss Jane Mckibbin's talent. We wanted to watch it again after watching the actual pageant that year. A lot of people up in the Seattle area were complimenting her dance. Very talented and gorgeous!!!

[@epeli189]

The actions made me emotional. Although Im not Samoan, the depiction of the movements of the Manumea acquire a significant meaning, due to the fact the burd hadnt been seen for a while, leading to the belief that it had gone into extinction. The siva really has a significance in Samoa's conservation.

[@maloni]

@Mistah1981...isn't she beautiful...and she's very humble too, love this girl.

[@KUHNANi]

i dont know how many times i've to watched this and it STILL gives me goosebumps (: proud moment

[@maligurl7]

Love it, although I hated her in "Sione's Wedding" she is probably one of the best Samoan dancers out there. I just loved that she made it look unchoreographed, loved the costume, she smiled throughout, perfectly, amazingly, beautifully, wonderfully and awesomely done!

[@EMV2000]

Its weird to our new generation eyes but thats exactly how it's supposed to be!! The movement supposed to tell the story of every detail of the song 🎵...I'm Hella impressed and very proud that she passed it down to her daughters...😊😊😊

[@nopilikia56]

Beautifully done!!! Its obvious that she CAN dance. Her movements are more emphasized or dramatized to the moves of the bird that she's dancing about. That is sheer talent. Its like doing interpretive dancing. I guess you have to really be artistic in order for u to comprehend. Its not that Miss Jane don't know how to siva samoa, she's obviously a very talented dancer. You're beautiful Jane!

[@OGELUALUA]

damn, she gave me a whole new perspective of this song. 😩 what a storyteller! beaaaautiful

[@edwinsili5336]

Samoa hated her when she became miss SAMOA they said she not a samoa.you can look how she express in her dance.GOD bless you MARY JANE.

[@cpeseta]

This is another unequaled dancer!

[@Dads_phone]

for the ppl who’s clowning her dancing, she’s interpreting the movements of the manumea, our indigenous bird to samoa.

[@JealousyKillz]

I can't stop watching this video. SO BEAUTIFUL! Such an inspiration, SO BEAUTIFUL! No one can top this!

[@Saio03]

This still gives me goosebumps. Im so proud to be a tamaitai Samoa 🇼🇸

[@AnamariaHungai]

25years later her daughter is crowned as Miss Samoa❤

[@JomoneyLoimata-qv5br]

Lifetime Performance 🇼🇸♥️💯 Malo lava MJ ..God bless you 🙏👑😇

[@Rom9421.]

And her daughter Moemoana performed the manusina bird 2024 south pacific and crowned the new miss south pacific 2024 ❤❤

[@maloni]

@xxNgauamoVeaxx...yes you're right, she played as the cousin in the movie Sione's Wedding.

[@matthiasgatoloai4721]

Love it. Beautiful way to tell the story.

[@janinam405]

Gunners, you need help. Why don't you enter the pageant yourself or upload a video of you doing a Siva so we can see if you can walk the talk? Lol. Amazing as always MJ

[@johndobson4472]

A very beautiful woman and an exquisite performance

[@AmazingGrace21]

2024 her daughter won the miss pacific! Very beautiful

[@2thsky]

This is so cool considering she’s from the same village as my dad! My mum also said she was in the crowd as a little kid. She dances so beautifully and elegantly, wish I could’ve seen it for my self

[@FobDee]

So PROUD to be Samoan!

[@Ironsav2.0]

One of the best samoan siva's I have watched in my life time!!! AWESOME!!!

[@ladyfightsoctopus8166]

For as long as I live this will always be iconic

[@jennyvaimasanuu-pula4398]

Anybody else came to watch her perform after her daughter Moemoana won Miss Samoa 2023!!! Now I know where she gets it from!!!

[@kayl30]

shes a beauty!! 👍👍

[@fuajohnston8272]

She is now originated of this Dance has been adopted in everyone siva samoa 👌👌🙏💗🥰👏👏She's so Gorgeous

[@peachie7117]

That was awesome! She put on a fierce performance.

[@MsBronx05]

she is so beautiful!!!!!!

[@LysaraOdyssey]

my FAVV miss samoa!!

[@monelakatani92]

1:20 is awesome !!! lolz

[@johng1907]

I wanna know who taught her to sa'asa'a... she never mentioned who taught her, I mean, since you're afakasi, #no offence #I am too, there's no way you can just magically come up with such a knowledge in Samoan dancing and be that confident to share a rather different viewpoint, am I right?

[@maloni]

Go to her facebook and ask her....

[@jaytamaalii7209]

I too am afakasi and I teach Samoan dances here in the Seattle area to local middle and high schools and I surprise people with the choreography that I use in translation to the music. If you have the passion and desire to understand all there is to learn and understand the culture, you can do just as marvelous a job as she did. This is amazing and I'm proud of her but you're right. I'm sure someone had helped her "tweek" it a bit to be as magical as it is. There are times I turn to my elders to translate some of the Samoan vocabulary that hardly has an English translation.

[@fuesuavai3960]

Same guy that came up with Manamea Apelu's talent for miss Samoa. He worked together with Mary Jane to create this siva... so its both of them. He and others started the first contemporary dance group back in Samoa in the early 90s combining pacific dance with world Music.. MJ joint mid 90s with Allen Alo another famous choreographer. The group was call tapou o tane And i use to watch them preform alot

[@tinamisa9407]

Same here, I would love to know who taught her 💜

[@theephraimite]

Aight. Wednesday - February 3, 2021.

[@johnnymu8198]

Awesome dance... talented.. those speaking out there necks should take lessons

[@peleioane2562]

👏👏👏 so elegant malo

[@Booyah8899]

This is how the siva samoa became the dance that the samoan women and girls do today also known as the evolution of the samoan siva!! Its not that she cant dance or do the siva samoa shes showing the hisstroy of our samoan siva.

[@Hannacy2005]

super talented MJ

[@RIAnizzle]

Loveeeeed this siva! Straight up TALENT queen or what! Loved it xx

[@tasilua1051]

Love it girl fai aku ia au haters kogi la ulu le toilet hahaha

[@fatusauaga6599]

So BEAUTIFUL performance

[@mimilomoe2245]

To those saying she can't dance, ehats the net thst you can't dance? She is amaxing thanks! Dismissed.

[@rhonda.wright]

Beautiful Mary Jane...I love it 👍😊👍

[@Lemalie21]

Manu o Le vaveao is the song

[@tehinesamoa]

Tuli Mai; youtube that name and it should come up; the song starts at 2:00

[@tinaa3286]

this made me miss my home sweet home.. missing the old days..

[@kuleilani]

amazing stuff the best dance

[@franceswulf4960]

So beautiful love it

[@vail7243]

Wow... So beautiful..

[@Booyah8899]

Schwenkes all day!!

[@Mistah1981]

WOW she SERVED IT !!

[@vail7243]

BEAUTIFUL

[@helenpulepule2994]

sooooo beautiful

[@d.ailini]

100%

[@benchansau235]

I like this

[@Mistah1981]

Very ..

[@jlovecole]

beautiful beyond words

[@sharlammika4956]

what's the song called? please anyone?

[@maloni]

Tuli Mai

[@naiaelijah8705]

manu ole vaveao

[@bundie191]

Oh dear, miss samoanprincess can't dance can she??

[@17lariana]

very beautiful... memorable