Aired on Radio - 27/08/2025

The Pacific Fusion Fashion Show is making history in 2025, joining the official New Zealand Fashion Week schedule for the first time. This partnership elevates Pacific design onto the country’s biggest fashion stage, giving Pasifika creatives unprecedented national and international visibility.  

Joining us on the show we have the winner of Face of Fusions 2025 Dejealous Palota Kopa who is showing that modelling is more than appearance , it’s about character, values and authenticity.

Date: Saturday 30th August 

Location: Shed 10, 89 Quay Street, Auckland Waterfront

Time: 3:30pm doors open, 4pm start

Tickets: https://www.nzfashionweek.com/2025-programme/pacific-fusion

Dejealous Palota-Kopa is the 2025 Face of Fusion for the Pacific Fusion Fashion Show at New Zealand Fashion Week. Drawn to the unapologetic pride, mana and storytelling of Pacific-led spaces, she embraces modelling as a way to step outside her comfort zone and celebrate the beauty of being Pacific in all its forms.

Beyond fashion, Dejealous is a dancer, singer, model and actor. She made her acting debut playing a lead role as Leone in Coconet’s Polyfest-focused series First Place. She is excited to continue to build a portfolio that blends artistry with advocacy.

Professionally, Dejealous works with businesses and their leaders across Aotearoa New Zealand to foster inclusive workplaces. She holds a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts from the University of Auckland and is admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand.

Her contributions have been recognised with the Prime Minister’s Pacific Youth Award for Community Service (2019) and the Ministry for Pacific Peoples’ Sunpix Emerging Leadership Award (2016).