Nine Queen contestants will be vying for the Miss Sugar crown in the Lautoka Sugar Festival which has been officially opened by Local Government Minister Parveen Bala.
Bala says that this festival will be used as a platform to raise issues on climate change.
Vice President of the Sugar Festival Committee Pusp Raj says there will be no Charity Chest and Miss Charity this year.
He says only two titles are up for grabs and these are Miss Sugar and Miss Personality.
The winners will be given an airline ticket each to New Zealand or Australia from Fiji Airways.
The festival will finish next Saturday at Churchill Park in Lautoka.
The winner of the Miss Sugar Festival will represent Lautoka at the Miss Fiji Pageant later this year.
