Re: Miss Universe Jamaica 2019

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1. Annecia Alia Morgan

2. Fiona DaCosta

4. Imani Jenkins

5. Toni-Ann Lalor

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8. Deidrea Kelsey Jones?

6. Leah Hollingsworth

7. Christina Butler

15. AIana Tickle Garcia

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16. Aiysha Hemmings

17. Terina Dryden

18. Yanique Morgan?

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2. Fiona DaCosta

3. Umeko Chin

4. Imani Jenkins

5. Toni-Ann Lalor

6. Leah Hollingsworth

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7. Christina Butler

8. Deidrea Kelsey Jones

9. Chevonne Beadle

10. Sian Connolly

11. Christina Samuels

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12. Rochell Revers

13. Jenelle Baldie

14. Iana Tickle Garcia

15. AIana Tickle Garcia

16. Aiysha Hemmings

17. Terina Dryden

18. Yanique Morgan

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Name: Annecia Morgan
Miss Dale Carnegie Training
Age: 23
Height: 5’10.5”
Vital Statistics: 32-25-37
Favorite Food: Jamaican & Mexican Cuisine
Favorite Hobbies: Some of my favorite activities include: Fishing, reading inspirational books, Perfecting my makeup skills, Volunteering, and Modeling
Occupation: Professional Makeup Artist

Biography:
Annecia Morgan is a 23-year-old international fashion and runway model and Brand Ambassador with over 8 years’ experience. As a brand ambassador she has represented brands such as Victoria Mutual, the largest mutual society in Jamaica and Face forward Cosmetics. At VMBS she was featured in a national campaign reaching 3.1M persons promoting their new iSave product. As a model, Annecia walked at New York Fashion Week, London Fashion Week and every top Fashion Show in Jamaica including Caribbean Fashion Week, Shashamane Sunrise’s Fashion Meets Music, Moda Collection, Mission catwalk and Ocean Style to name a few. Annecia is a Jamaican Ambassador for Shashamane Sunrise. A global non-profit organization that promotes children’s education in developing countries in Africa and the Caribbean such as Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and Haiti, Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago. Our organization serves some 3500-4000 students in 9 schools and 6 countries annually.
In the next 5 years I will have launched her cosmetic line, standing at the pinnacle of her modelling career while bringing global changes to the lives of persons affected by HIV/Aids and sexual abuse.

Life’s Ambition:
To become a world renowned activist for persons living with HIV/Aids and also sexually abused victims and survivors, with my own cosmetic line.

Volunteer Work:
My volunteer project is about overcoming adversities and empowering people from all walks of life as seen in my experiences below.
I am a Jamaican Ambassador working with a global nonprofit organization that promotes children’s education in developing countries such as Africa and parts the Caribbean, to name a few places like Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Haiti, Jamaica, and Trinidad & Tobago. Our organization serves some 3500-4000 students in 9 schools and 6 countries annually.

The goal is to establish Academic Centres of Excellence within 5 years of our interventions.
I have dedicated over 2000 hours to children from rural (Portland) and inner city Jamaica (Trench Town) as a mentor and tutor helping to inspire, instill confidence and improve their academics, in particular, their reading and literacy as well as their pass rate at the National level.
Shashamane Sunrise one of the organizations I work with have attained at our model school in Ethiopia the Jamaican Rastafarian Development Community (JRDC), the students were able to attain 100% passes on the National Exam for the past 11 years at an annual tuition cost of USD$80/child per year. At the Model School in Trench Town Jamaica, students were able to deliver more than 700% increase in the numbers of words our K3 students can recall and spell correctly on graduation by implementing the Trench Town Reads and Read Write Now Programs, the latter is developed by acclaimed Jamaican Author Danijah.
Cause that’s close to your Heart and why?
Between the ages of 8-15, I was sexually assaulted but fortunately, I survived. My mother was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS which she contracted from her long term partner and succumbed to the disease. These circumstances as propelling me to become a passionate advocate of sexually abused Children, women, men and also persons living positively with HIV/AIDS. I am currently The Brand Ambassador for Jamaica Aids Support for Life (Jasl), to which I am able to use my beauty purposefully to help people from all walks of life to be educated on HIV, other STIs and give a face and a voice to the persons who are or who have gone through sexual abuse.

What kind of change do you want to see in the world of women?

The change that I want to see is self-love, acceptance and tertiary level educated women across the globe; taking their rightful place society.

What are your five-year goals?
In the next 5 years I will have launched my cosmetic line, standing at the pinnacle of my modeling career and bring globe changes to the lives of persons affected by HIV/Aids and sexual abuse.

What are three (3) Fun Facts about you?
I love fishing, tell jokes, and dressing goofy to dance around the house.

What motivated you to enter the pageant?
I know it is a great platform to bring greater awareness to my various advocacies, such persons affected by HIV/Aids and sexual abused men, women and children.

Who is your hero?
The most influential person in my life is my auntie but I call her my mother. My mother is exactly who I want to be more like in the future: she is a hard worker, determine, kind, compassionate and a true epitome of a God-fearing woman. She is an inspiration and a blessing for me and for others who have come in contact with. That is who I am becoming a woman of substance.

What is your most unusual experience?
my most unusual experience is undergoing sexual abuse for the tender age 8 until I was 15 years of age coupled with pasting of both of my parents.

What is your proudest personal accomplishment (Not Pageant Related)?
my proudest personal accomplishment is when I graduated from D'Marie Institute and walk the runway of London Fashion Week.

What is your absolute favorite place/attraction in Jamaica that you have visited?
I love Spanish Town with all the historic buildings, that reminds me of my country's history

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Name: Fiona DaCosta- Miss Apollo Taxi Service
Age: 21
Height: 5’11”
Vital Statistics: 30-28-30
Favorite Food: Red Peas Soup with Coconut Milk
Favorite Hobbies: Reading (quotes); Creative Writing
Occupation: Law Student

Please list your scholastic awards/achievements.
Top performer in the Humanities (CAPE exams) 2016 & 2017

What will you do with your degree?
After my Law degree I intended to go to Law school and subsequently called to the Bar to practice Law.

Biography:
Fiona DaCosta is a 21-year-old second year student of Law at the University of the West Indies Mona. She is guided by the assertion: "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." Fiona's constant variables in a world of ever changing values are: beauty, education, integrity. She believes that her beauty is beyond skin deep. Rather, it entails her confidence, good thoughts for others and her originality. For Fiona, education is imperative and should be treated as such. She loves her Law courses that are human rights centred and believes that as an aspiring lawyer she may put majority of her focus in that area. Her integrity is her conscience and as someone who enjoys a good night's rest, she prides herself in being objective, disciplined and courteous.

Life’s Ambition:
My life's ambition is to motivate, inspire and build people in a way that they can believe in themselves especially if they struggle with self-doubt. In the same vein, I am particularly ambitious about uplifting and getting others to shine to the best of their abilities.

Volunteer Work:
I volunteered in my community when I was younger (primary aged). I would teach and assist the community children with homework. At Camperdown High School, I volunteered at the Nursing Department, assisting with first aid. At the University of the West Indies, Mona, I volunteer at the Office for students with Special Needs. I assist said students to and from classes, do not taking, research and typing and generally with the day to day maneuvering of the campus.

Cause that’s Close to your Heart and why?
Yes, indeed. I am passionate about seeing youth believe in themselves, becoming role models and escaping the " won't come out to anything good " prophecy over their lives. This is dear to me because I see a lot of this especially in rural Jamaica where children are expected to finish up school by grade eleven and go seek a job. I see situations where young girls are expected to get pregnant and discontinue their schooling. Likewise, instances where young men are expected to " get a youth " by a certain age and display toxic levels of masculinity. These are real life situations that many persons my age and younger battle with. I want that to change. I want the youth to grasp opportunities knowing that they are worthy enough to have them.

What kind of change do you want to see in the world of women?

In the world of women, I want to see a change in how women view themselves. I want the view that
women ought to be domesticated beings whose purpose is solely to wash, cook, clean and give sexual gratification to their significant other to change. I want women to lead in spaces outside the home. I want women to change the notion that they are the inferior sex. See the genders as equal. The world of women should change, so women even after having children still pursue their goals and aspirations and not see child rearing as an impassable obstacle.

What are your five-year goals?
To start a foundation geared towards motivating, inspiring and challenging youth to be the best positive versions of themselves. (Nation building/giving back).

What are three (3) Fun Facts about you?
1). I like to wear my hair in Bantu Knots/Chiney Bumps.

2). I often times try on clothes in my closet and imagine the perfect place and occasion that the outfits would suit. I do this while posing and playing fitting songs in front the mirror.

3). My best time spent on the internet is when I'm reading and interpreting quotes.

What motivated you to enter the pageant?
My motivation to enter the pageant came from self-introspection. I realized that I love pageantry even though it was not one of the things that my mentors encouraged like they would with leadership, good grades etc. I came to the conclusion after entering Miss UWI Mona 2019 (2nd runner up) that pageants come with a lot of things that I personally value. For example: confidence, representation, intelligence, sisterhood, poise, discipline, self-care etc. I decided that I wanted to challenge myself at another level while building more on the aforementioned likes.

Who is your hero?
My hero is my Dad; Aaron DaCosta.

What is your most unusual experience?
My most unusual experience was when a good friend of mine went I'll as he suffered a mental breakdown. I assisted his sister in locating him when he ran off to the streets. A few weeks later he recovered from an episode of acute psychosis.

What is your proudest personal accomplishment (Not Pageant Related)?
My proudest personal accomplishment is being the first of my immediate family and from my community to be enrolled at the University of the West Indies.

What is your absolute favorite place/attraction in Jamaica that you have visited?
I dont have an absolute favourite place/attraction in Jamaica (yet)

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Name: Umeko Chin- Miss ER Designs
Age: 22
Height: 5’9”
Vital Statistics: 34-26-40
Favorite Food: Shrimp Pasta
Favorite Hobbies: Water Sports & Baking
Occupation: Student of Hospitality Management

Please list your scholastic awards/achievements.
High School Diploma

What will you do with your degree?
Travel agency CEO / developer in the tourism industry.

Biography:
Umeko Chin is a 22-year-old student at the University of the West Indies where she majors in Tourism Management. At the tender age of 16, Umeko was diagnosed with Systemic Lupus Erythematosos (SLE), otherwise known as Lupus. Since then, she has committed her life to making Jamaicans more aware of the disease and working assiduously for causes that contribute to continued research within the field.
Another area of interest for Umeko, is fighting against the stigmatization of mental health, and treatments for those who suffer from mental illness. Her mantra in life is “everything happens for a reason.” Consequently, she garners her strength from the adversities she faces. She continues to work for a future where she can one day establish her own charity in the fight against lupus.

Life’s Ambition:
To establish my bakery/cafe, villa and other developments in the tourism industry, to establish and expand charity for lupus in Jamaica and assist in making lupus and mental health awareness more prominent in my country. To be an ambassador for my country

Volunteer Work:
With circle k and my Church family I’ve painted schools, health facilities and fed the homeless along with helping out at nursing homes. Currently I often donate clothes to the Salvation Army or girls home.

Cause that’s Close to your Heart and why?
Lupus Awareness is important because I am a lupus fighter along with other relatives. Also, mental health awareness is important as my mother was diagnosed with schizophrenia.

What kind of change do you want to see in the world of women?

Women being sexualized unnecessarily especially when they’re not trying to be

What are your five-year goals?
After earning my bachelor’s degree, obtain my masters, establish my bakery/cafe along with other businesses in the tourism industry. Be an ambassador for Jamaica. Establish my charity for the lupus foundation and see a huge positive difference in the health system in Jamaica

What are three (3) Fun Facts about you?
I’m good at making accurate impersonations of people.

I once had a fur baby (little dog) by the name of lasco

I enjoy shopping for containers and cleaning agents because I love to be extremely organized and clean.

What motivated you to enter the pageant?
A change which Is needed in the way Jamaica views lupus and mental illnesses. Also, my career path as I would love to be more outspoken, charismatic and confident.

Who is your hero?
My father

What is your most unusual experience?
Being transported in an emergency jet from Turks to Jamaica for medical treatment. Unusual because I never expected it and it happened so fast.

What is your proudest personal accomplishment (Not Pageant Related)?
Living alone at 17 after being diagnosed with lupus and becoming strong, independent and responsible despite my adversities.

What is your absolute favorite place/attraction in Jamaica that you have visited?
Nanny Falls in Portland

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