Lucy Maino

Lucy Philomena Maino (born 2 August 1995) is a Papua New Guinean footballer and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Papua New Guinea 2019. She is a two-time Pacific Games gold medalist as part of the Papua New Guinean women's national football team.

Education Lucy Maino is an alumna of the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo (UH Hilo) in Hilo, Hawaiʻi. She majored in business administration graduating in 2019.

In 2019, she made her second Pacific Games team to play in Apia, Samoa. Maino was also named as co-captain of the national squad. During the Games, she scored 2 goals in the pool stages to help the team advance into the play-off for gold. In the gold medal match, Maino and the PNG women's football team successfully defended their title from 2015 this time defeating hosts Samoa, 3–1.

OFC Nations Cup In 2022, Maino was part of the historic PNG squad that won the country's first Nations Cup title at the 2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup in Suva, Fiji. She was awarded player of the match after their 2–1 win over Tahiti in the pool stages.

Pageantry Miss Papua New Guinea 2019 On 2 August 2019, Maino was announced as a contestant for the 2019 Miss PNG Pacific Islands pageant. Her launching was sponsored by Paga Hill Estate (a local estate organization in Port Moresby). On 31 August, competing against five other contestants, Maino was crowned the winner by predecessor Leoshina Kariha. Maino also won a majority of the pageants special awards for Miss Tourism, Miss Trends Ambassador, Miss Friendship, Best Traditionally Inspired dress, Best Talent, and Best Sarong wear. The achievement allowed Maino to represent Papua New Guinea at the 2019 Miss Pacific Islands pageant.

Miss Pacific Islands 2019 On the 24–30 November 2019, Maino contested the Miss Pacific Islands pageant as Miss Papua New Guinea in her hometown of Port Moresby. During the crowning night on the 30th of November, Maino was selected as one of the pageants top five contestants by the panel of judges. In addition, she won the special award for Best Sarong Wear. By the end of the event, Maino finished third overall after being announced as the second runner-up, finishing behind first runner-up Gladys Habu of Solomon Islands and winner Fonoifafo Nancy McFarland-Seumanu of Samoa.