18 year old Latisha Greene recently completed her Associates Degree in Accounting from the Antigua State College Business Department in June. Being an athlete, actor, dancer, artist and leader, she also hopes to attain her life’s dream of becoming an Events Coordinator.
Blessed with natural beauty, undeniable intellect and a somewhat optimistic persona, she is determined to use all these traits in hopes of claiming the Miss Jamzone crown and if successful she intends to take full advantage of the opportunity by being a great ambassador especially to those who may look for support or leadership.
Latisha is the reigning Miss Antigua Queen of Carnival and also participated in the recently held Miss Jaycees Caribbean Queen Show contest.
This beautiful, vivacious Latino is energized and primed to put her talents to work as she competes against ten exotic beauties from around the Caribbean.
20 year old Kenlly Aranguren has been participating in pageants since age four and currently holds the titles of Miss Venezuela Caribbean (2010) and Miss International 2011.
Kenlly is currently pursuing a Degree in General Administration at the University Of Venezuela (UBV) and spends her leisure time as a volunteer assisting orphaned children.
18 year old Rhea Cummings has had a love for Visual Arts as long as she can remember. After winning multiple awards and merits for her outstanding artistic capabilities, her passion gravitated towards fashion designing when she was introduced to Creative Embroidery in high school. Cummings went on to write Art for CXC claiming grades 1 & 2 in Arts and Textiles and is currently pursuing her Associates Degree in Fashion Design at the Barbados Community College.
There is absolutely no stopping this confident Bajan beauty who also lists creative writing and modeling as her hobbies. Cummings is a lover of nature and most importantly a proud citizen of Barbados, which she describes as one of the most beautiful places on earth.
Rhea along with nine other delegates from all around the Caribbean will be heading to Guyana in a week’s time to compete in the 2nd Miss Jamzone International 2011 pageant for the coveted crown and USD$10,000.
The isle of Jamaica is known for its lush white beaches, prolific music industry and of course, beautiful, exceptional women. This year, Jamaica presents another academic beauty with a drive for excellence and a smashing portfolio who is hoping to claim the crown for the ‘Land of Reggae’ once more.
23-year old Deandra Doyley is elated to represent her country at the 2nd Miss Jamzone International Pageant and even more excited to visit Guyana, sample our cuisine and our famed hospitality. The US-based Deandra, a current Fitness Attendant at the Parkland Golf and Country Club boasts a successful career in Track and Field, which saw her receiving a full Athletic Scholarship to the University of Miami where she recently graduated with a major in Physiology and a Biology minor.Deandra characterizes herself as an open-minded, honest and out-spoken individual and lists shopping, jet skiing, biking riding and basically any outdoors activity as her hobbies.
Last year, Deandra finished as a top ten finalist in the Miss Jamaica World pageant and has since added several print and commercial appearances to her portfolio including several features in the famous Hype hair magazine and a cameo in Renowned rapper Lil Wayne’s ‘6 foot 7 foot’ music video.
As a fitness enthusiast, Deandra hopes to one day manage her own ‘Health and Wellness’ center in the USA, with special emphasis on reducing child obesity since this is a rampant issue in that territory.
Over the past few weeks several of the confirmed delegates in the Miss Jamzone International pageant regrettably rescinded their applications due to uncontrollable and unfortunate situations. However, we are glad to announce that we have already confirmed suitable and equally competent replacements from the same countries that are eager to represent their homeland with the exception of Brazil whom we are currently acquiring.
Thus far we have confirmed Deandra Doyley to replace Trishauna Clarke as the Jamaican representative and Latisha Greene will substitute former Antiguan delegate Kimberly Ephraim. Miss Jamzone International committee member and Hits and Jams manager Kerwin Bollers, expressed a bit of disappointment at the situation, highlighting the fact that Jamzone is so close to commencement. “This year’s lineup includes nearly twice the amount of delegates as last year and preparations have been a bit difficult. However, we are still pressing forward and working unremittingly to ensure that the events run as smooth as possible” said Bollers in his usual optimistic tone.
The delegates are set arrive in Guyana tomorrow and will make appearances at various Jamzone events and also attend several TV and radio interviews. The first leg of competition is slated for the National Cultural Center on August 17th and delegates will compete in Swimsuit, Evening gown and the Cultural Presentation segments. The finals will take place at the Splashmins Fun Park where contestants will be judged on their Fantasy Beach Wear, National Costume and Question and Answer.
Tickets for the National Cultural are available at the location for $1500, $2000 and $3000 while tickets for the Beach Jam occasion are $2000 at Ashmins Trading.
Former West Indies captain Ramnaresh Sarwan has indicated his willingness and enthusiasm to compete in the Second Annual Knights Basketball Club Celebrity Basketball Game which is scheduled to take place on Saturday, August 20th 2011 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
The brilliant right-handed batsman will be making his debut in the event this year, which featured fellow national athletes and entertainers such as Stephen Vieira, Howard Lowe, Ronson Williams, Chow Pow and Don Gialiani last year.
“Well it means a lot to me, I missed it last year but I’m really excited about competing this year… I think should be very interesting, funny and entertaining” Sarwan said.
The accomplished West Indian batsman, who has 15 test centuries and 31 half centuries, said that although he expects the event to be mostly exciting and entertaining, he does not underestimate the sport and how demanding it could be.
“Hopefully I’ll be fit enough [for the game],” Sarwan said.
The 31-year-old middle order batsman did not disclose much about his basketball background, since he wanted his supporters to attend the event to judge for themselves. He did, however, modestly state, “I played a bit of street ball, or yard basketball if you want to say that.”
Sarwan commended organiser of the event Kester Gomes, who is the president of Knights basketball club, saying that it is a very impacting event considering Gomes’ intention and drive.
“Anything to deal with supporting a charity or a cause like this is always good to be involved with and it’s an honour for me to be a part of this…” Sarwan added.
Sarwan and the other celebrities will be playing for The Support Group for Deaf Persons, which has been earmarked as the charity for this year’s event. Last year, proceeds for the game were donated to Joshua’s House. According to Gomes, The Support Group for Deaf Persons was chosen this year because it is an organisation that is often overlooked or forgotten.
Some of the other celebrities that played in last year’s event were national rugby captain Claudius Butts and coach Theodore Henry; six-time Sportswoman of the Year, Nicolette Fernandes; national cricketers Christopher Barnwell, Stephen Jacobs and Leon Johnson. Organisers promised some fresh faces at the event this year, although a few of the players from last year will compete once again.
Despite a 2-0 loss to top seed and pre-tournament favourites, Uruguay, the Guyana Women’s Hockey Team has achieved its primary objective of making the final of the PAHF Challenge. The Challenge which is being played in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, begun on July 31st and will be completed when the finals are played on Sunday August 7th 2011. The top two teams in the PAHF Challenge, Guyana and Uruguay, who clash in the final tomorrow (August 7), both earn spots in the World Cup Qualifier for the Americas, the PAHF Cup, to be held in Argentina in 2013.
Leigh Sandison joins Ulrica Sutherland (partly hidden) to disposses a Uruguayan striker
Going into their final pool match of the tournament against the unbeaten Uruguayans, Guyana needed to concede as few goals as possible against them to have the best chance for qualification. The Guyanese had drawn their match against Brazil 1-1 earlier in the week and now had to do their best on the final day to finish with a better goal average than the hosts to qualify for the final. The match however proved to be a difficult one with the Guyanese going down by one goal as early as the 4th minute when a powerful penalty corner strike from Uruguayan full back, Karina Bisignano, deflected off the stick of Captain Chantelle Fernandes and into the Guyanese net. Guyana played strong defence but struggled to mount any meaningful attacks as the Uruguayans controlled the possession and applied continuous pressure. In the 22nd minute, Uruguayan substitute, Florencia Norbis produced a skilful deflection on a pass across the scoring circle that proved too difficult for Alysa Xavier who had been having a fine game in goal for the Guyanese.
Team Guyana's sweeper Ulrica Sutherland
With the Guyanese down 0-2 at the half, their chances appeared to be slipping away as there seemed to be no way around the organised and skilful Uruguayans. Guyana would however produce a greatly improved second with brave efforts from many of their players including Leigh Sandison, Ulrica Sutherland and Xavier in goal. Uruguay would fail to produce any more goals for the remainder of the match and while Guyana managed to enjoy greater possession of the ball, never seemed to threaten the outcome. The game finished at 2-0 in favour of Uruguay.
With Brazil now needing the beat Paraguay by 5 goals in the final match of the day, the Guyanese girls remained tense as their fate was now in Paraguay’s hands. Brazil would muster a gutsy 4-1 victory but it would not be enough to deny the Guyanese their place in the final. Uruguay topped the pool round with 12 points, Guyana and Brazil managed 7 points each but Guyana placed second with a better goal average. Paraguay finished fourth in the pool with 3 points and Bermuda remained on zero at the end of the pool round. Guyana now faces Uruguay again in the finals at 14:30hrs while Paraguay will challenge Brazil for third place at 12:00hrs tomorrow, Sunday 7th.
An intellectual beauty with a fetish for fashion, 19 year old Davia Chambers is moving smoothly towards realizing her dreams of one day becoming a world renowned journalist and anchor as well as establishing herself as the first woman from her island to own a fashion magazine featuring everything Tobago.
Incidentally, Chambers is a current News Reporter/Anchor at Tobago Channel 5 and she also boasts an impressive portfolio even in light of the fact that she is among the youngest in the Miss Jamzone International lineup. Her personal achievements include Best Personal Interview (Miss T&T World 2010), Best Evening Wear (Miss T&T World 2010), 12 CXC and GCE passes (including 5 grade ones and the remainder in 2’s), TCI Supermodel 2009 and many awards for academics and sports in High School.
Proud to represent the beautiful Trinidad and Tobago, Davia intends to promote her country’s Carnival, exuberant culture, the rainforest, waterfalls, their National Instrument-Steel Pan, rivers and most of all the human resource.
“Trinidad and Tobago is one of the most looked at countries in the Caribbean and of this, I am proud. Therefore, I have made it my duty to continue to be an ambassador of my country, through international pageants and modeling”.
This 23 year old is a current student at the Midwestern State University majoring in Accounting and Spanish. She enjoys dancing and singing as well as listening to the mellow sounds of her favorite musicians, Alicia Keys, Lauren Hill and Beres Hammond.
Fatisha has a wealth of experience in pageantry having competed in numerous contests around the world and also states that her love for pageantry is somewhat genetic. “Pageantry has been a part of my family’s history as far back as my grandmother. My mother passed the trait down to me and my sister. My sister won the Carnival Talented Teen Show in 2009 and then went on to represent the Federation in Miss Caribbean Talented Teen”, Fatisha further explains.
If chosen as Miss Jamzone International 2011, Fatisha hopes to leave an indelible mark on the Caribbean Community through her talent of dance. “My love for dance has allowed me to reach out to many people. My dances tell stories and showcase many challenges the world faces; gang violence, pollution, child abuse etc. Throughout my appearances in different countries, my talent has left the audience reason to believe, that the world will change one day, only if we work together.”
