Beatrice Faumuina has been appointed a Goodwill Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations. Beatrice Faumuina has been New Zealand's top ranking track and field athlete for a number of years, won 10 national titles between 1993 and 2005, Ambassador for Oceania of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). This is what she declared as she accepted her new title from FAO Director-General, Mr. Jacques Diouf.