Tahiti rail Tahiti rail The Tahiti rail, Tahitian red-billed rail, or Pacific red-billed rail ("Gallirallus pacificus") is an extinct species of rail that lived on Tahiti. It was first recorded during James Cook's second voyage around the world (1772–1775), on which it was illustrated by Georg Forster and described by Johann Reinhold Forster. No specimens have been preserved. As well as the documentation by the Forsters, there have been claims that the bird also existed on the nearby island of Mehetia. The Tahiti rail appears to have been closely related to, and perhaps derived from, the buff-banded rail, and has also been
Miss Tahiti Miss Tahiti Miss Tahiti is a long-standing beauty contest competition which awards prizes to young women contestants from Tahiti to Miss France as territory. It makes it possible to compete at some International pageants in order to represent the island as a territory. The current Miss Tahiti is Vaimalama Chaves who was crowned on June 23, 2018 in Papeete. Miss Tahiti pageant has been known since 1960 before joining Miss France contest in 1986. Two other pageants held each year on Tahiti are "Miss Dragon" (ambassadress of the Chinese community's beauty and culture), as well as "Miss Heiva" (best representative