Miss Jamzone International 2014 is Miss Guyana Sonyini Fraser

Sunday, August 17, 2014

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iss Guyana Sonyini Fraser was crowned Miss Jamzone International 2014 at the National Cultural Centre in Guyana  on Friday evening.

 

 

First runner up went  to Miss Barbados, Dannyelle Leslie and Miss Bahamas Lexi Wilson were named the second runner-ups. While Miss Trinidad and Tobago Yaya Henry and Miss Jamaica placed fourth and fifth respectively.

Top 5 Miss Jamzone 2014

 

Fraser also won the award  for Best National Costume and Best Fantasy Swimwear. Yeah Henry, Trinidad and Tobago took home the prizes for Best Smile and Best General Swimwear.

Best National Costume

 

The People’s Choice Award and Best Gown went to Miss St Vincent and the Grenadines Aphesha Matthews.

This is the first title for the host country and along with the crown Fraser walked away with US$10,000.

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Trinidad and Tobago Breige Wilson Wins Miss Jamzone International 2013

Thursday, September 19, 2013

Miss Jamzone International Breige Wilson

Recently the Miss Jamzone International pageant was held at the National Cultural Centre in Georgetown, Guyana and Miss Trinidad and Tobago, Breige Wilson, was crowned the winner.

First runner-up went to Miss Guyana’s Alicia Bess, while Miss Curacao Marvia Laurence placed as the second runner-up. Miss St. Kitts and Nevis Zinga Imo and Miss St. Lucia Consuelo Dupal, were third runner-up and fourth runner-up respectively.

The other contestants were: Netisha Alie – Antigua & Barbuda; Kimberly Herbert – British Virgin Islands; Christol Wilson – Jamaica and Keya Canaii – US Virgin Islands.

Miss Jamzone International top 5

In the sectional awards Miss Guyana copped the prize of Best National Costume and Best Fantasy Swimwear  while, Miss St Kitts and Nevis won Body Beautiful and Miss Curacao, the Best Talent.  St Lucia won the Best Evening Gown.

The crowd’s favourite throughout the pageant were Miss Curacao and Guyana, who captured the audience with their personality and elegance. However the winner was chosen based on the Question and Answer Segment as the previous points awarded were wiped out.



Miss Jamzone International 212 Kerrie Baylis

The reigning queen was crowned by outgoing queen Miss Jamzone International Queen, Miss Jamaica Kerrie Baylis who told the audience that her experience and reign has allowed her to reach out to people and focus on the region, not just one country.

 

The pageant is presently in its third year of the international leg and was an integral part of the Hits and Jams Entertainment Jamzone Summer Break. The panel of judges consisted of past and reigning beauty queens and fashion designers.

 

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Kerrie Baylis of Jamaica wins Miss Jamzone International 2012

Thursday, August 23, 2012



Kerrie Baylis

Kerrie Baylis of Jamaica was crowned Miss Jamzone International 2012 on Tuesday evening at the National Cultural Centre in Guyana.  The 23-year-old Insurance Underwriter also walked away with a cheque of US$10,000, and captured the Best Evening Wear, Best Interview, Best Body and Best Introductory Speech awards.

Kerrie who is also a former Miss Jamaica World impressed the audience and judges with her confidence, striking beauty and flawless body during her onstage performance. When asked the question during the top five round

At the end of life what would you want to be most happy about?”

Kerrie responded, that at the end of her life, she would have made a difference in the world, noting that the Jamzone Pageant gives the delegates an opportunity to reach out to the less fortunate and touch their lives in every little way.

In her cultural presentation of “Jamaican Dancehall Queen”, she spoke of the lust of riches of her country and prominent international personalities including the world’s fastest man Usain Bolt and reggae icon Bob Marley. She then showed her dancing skills to the music of by Beenie Man, Sean Paul and Elephant Man, which sent the audience into frenzy.

First runner-up went to Louise Victor of St. Lucia, while Trevicia ‘Barbie’ Adams from St. Kitts and Nevis was second runner-up. Miss Guyana, Ayana Harris was third runner-up and also won the sectional awards for Best Smile and Miss Congeniality.

The contestants were each judge on her performances in cultural presentation, introduction, evening wear, fantasy swim wear, swim wear, national costume, and evening gown and intelligence segments.

Kerrie, who also holds a law degree, will promote Jamaica and Guyana as tourism destinations during her reign.

The judges of the event were Simone Beccles, Ulex Atwell, Steve Ninvalle, Krista Simmons, Joel Ganshaam and Chandini Ramnarain. Digicel’s Public Relations Officer Shonette Moore did an excellent job emceeing the pageant.

The pageant which is part Guyana's premier festival, Jamzone Summer Break and saw nine delegates from all across the Caribbean and Latin America competing.

 

 

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Meet Miss Jamzone International 2012 Delegates

Friday, August 17, 2012

The annual Miss Jamzone International Pageant will takes place on August 21 at the National Cultural Centre in Georgetown. The pageant is part of Guyana's premier festival, Jamzone Summer Break and will see eleven delegates from all across the Caribbean and Latin America  compete against each  for the  crown and USD$10,000.

Meet the beauties

Ivany Guzman

Age: 23

Country: Venezuela

Occupation: Student

Hobbies: Listening to music

Life's Ambition: I aspire to be successful in everything I do. I am a strong woman with many goals and I hope to achieve them all.

Khadija Moore

Age: 18

Country: Barbados

Occupation: Student

Hobbies: Dancing, reading and participating in water sports.

Life's Ambition: I wish to establish a consulting business as well as an international modeling career.

Desmi Tappin
Age: 18
Country: Dominican Republic
Occupation: Student
Hobbies: Cooking, modeling, reading, listening to music
Life’s ambition: I would like to establish my own children’s orphanage or become an internationally recognized model. I would love to achieve both of these goals some day

 Ayana Harris

Age: 23
Country: Guyana
Occupation: Student
Hobbies: Modeling, watching cricket & football, cooking and interacting with friends and family via social networks
Life's Ambition: Life’s ambition: I wish to become an established Marketing Consultant.

 Jasmine Perez
Age: 23
Country: British Virgin Islands
Occupation: Radio personality
Hobbies: Reading, Socializing, Dancing, Photography and organizing community service projects
Life’s ambition: I hope to own an entertainment network in the Caribbean which would include radio and television broadcast. I will work tirelessly to produce original and quality programming for this network.

Trevicia Adams
Age: 21
Country: St Kitts and Nevis

Occupation: Bank Teller
Hobbies: Dancing and listening to music
Life's ambition: I'm currently pursuing a degree in marketing, which I hope will be the first step towards my dream of one day owning a prestigious Marketing Consulting Firm.

Elisa Tolud
Age: 18
Country: Suriname

Occupation: Student
Hobbies: Modeling and playing volleyball
Life's ambition: I wish to one day become a child psychologist and own a children's shelter. I love kids and will dedicate my life towards helping them.

Kerrie Baylis
Country: Jamaica
Age: 23
Occupation: Insurance Underwriter
Hobbies: Dancing, going to the beach, watching movies, swimming, working out at the gym, modeling, travelling
Life’s ambition: My life’s ambition is to be healthy and happy…happy in life, happy in love, happy in work. I’m 23 years old, I just graduated from the University of Surrey with a degree in law and I currently work in insurance. My journey has just begun. I’m still learning and exploring so my life’s ambition is to be happy and successful in any and everything I do. Live with no regrets!

Shemon Baptiste
Country: St Vincent & the Grenadines
Age: 22
Occupation: Teacher
Hobbies: Singing, dancing, painting, drawing, hiking
Life’s ambition: I would love to become an engineer. I had really wanted to do civil with environmental engineering but I have fallen in love with mechanical engineering. I feel at home reading and studying it.

Renee Bhagwandeen
Age: 23
Country: Trinidad and Tobago
Occupation: Professional Model
Hobbies: Traveling, cooking, exploring different cultures, teaching children, organizing events against puppy mills and Human Trafficking.
Life’s ambition: My ambition is to become a successful entrepreneur and open my own children’s charity. With God’s grace, I would like to be successful in all that I do.

Louise Liza Victor
Age: 21
Country: St Lucia
Occupation: Student
Hobbies: Participating in nature-oriented activities (Going to the beach, hiking etc.), Shopping, Reading

Life’s ambition: My philosophy in life is ‘Carpe Diem- Seize the day’. Another principle which governs my life is ‘Positivity- Think, Do, Be’. Hence, I pursue and engage in activities that I am passionate about and bring fulfillment. Such activities include youth and social development of my country. I am currently the General Secretary of the National Youth Council of St. Lucia, and as for as long as I live I will continue to advocate for there to be greater appreciation of our young people. Another one of my life’s ambition is to have a career in fashion. I intend to attain a degree in Fashion Marketing and Management to make this possible.

The Jamzone festival, which starts today (Aug 17), will run until August 26 in Guyana. As part of the Jamzone Summer Break activities, a number of international and regional artistes will be performing including hip hop star Rick 'Rozay' Ross of Maybach Music; Jamaican dancehall artistes Mavado, Konshens, Baby Cham and Bounty Killer; Chutney stars, Anil Bheem and the BMRZ, Chris Garcia; Karma Band; Soca Elvis, and Terry Gajraj

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