During the American Samoa Society coronation and reception at Fort Meyer, Va., on March 10, Samara performed a Samoan princess ceremonial dance, known as Taualuga.

This year’s American Samoa Cherry Blossom Princess hails from Golden Beach. Dolly Virginia Garrison, 19, was selected by the American Samoa Society of Washington, D.C.

East Moline's Vaileti Taylor is a princess. She has 300 prime acres, a village to run and a leadership tattoo waiting if she decides to return to her home village on the island of Savaii, in Samoa.