Stage set for 30th Miss Carival pageant 2015
With a prompt 8 p.m. start time, the pageant will be held on Friday, July 3, at âCarnival City,â Victoria Park, and will see stiff competition from beauties {{more}}around the region, as they seek to take over the crown from Miss Carival 2014 Francine Baron, of Dominica.
This yearâs contestants are Miss Anguilla Shereena Richardson, Miss Antigua and Barbuda Leanda Norville, Miss Barbados Heidi Barrow, Miss Dominica Odessa Elie, Miss Dominican Republic Lesleybell Troncoso Rijo, Miss Guyana Alicia Bess, Miss St Kitts/Nevis Tishima Browne, Miss St Lucia Crystal Octave, Miss Trinidad and Tobago Afeya Jeffrey, and Miss St Vincent and the Grenadines DeYonte Mayers.
Contestants will appear in four judged categories: Swimwear (25 points), Talent (20 points), Evening Gown (25 points), and Interview (30 points).
The winner of this yearâs pageant will walk away with US$4,300; first runner-up, US$1,300; and the second runner-up will receive US$700 from the Carnival Development Corporation. All contestants will receive gifts from business houses in SVG.
ANGUILLA â Shereena Richardson
Age: 24 years old
Occupation: Currently in her senior year at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia, where she is reading for a Bachelor of Science degree in Public Health
Interests: debating, singing, literary and fine arts
Awards: Most Outstanding Graduate at secondary school; Best Speaker at Leeward Islands debating competition (2008); National Junior Calypso Monarch (2007 & 2008); National Female Calypso Monarch (2011 & 2012); Senior Calypso Monarch (2012); and Miss Anguilla 2014
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA â Leanda Ann Norville
Age: 23 years old
Occupation: has her sights set on studying Performing Arts, and one day being able to open her own performing arts school in Antigua and Barbuda.
Interests: Singing, modelling, dancing, acting
Awards: 2nd runner-up in Mr and Miss Sunny Dale Pageant; 2nd runner-up in the Miss Labour Queen Pageant 2013; and 1st runner-up in the Queen of Carnival 2014 pageant
BARBADOS â Heidi Sherisse Barrow
Age: 20 years old
Occupation: second year student of the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus. She is studying Medical Sciences, with the aspiration of becoming a paediatric psychiatrist
Interests: swimming, dancing, reading, creative art, and baking
Awards: six distinctions and three merits in the Royal Academy of Dance ballet exams; in 2008 she represented Barbados at the CARIFTA swim championships in Aruba, and also set a new regional age group record; recipient of a silver medal at the Barbados National Independence Festival for the Creative Arts (NIFCA) 2012; âKolij Queenâ of 2012; 1st runner-up in the Miss Easterval Pageant 2013, Miss Aquaval 2013, and the Digicel Haynes Smith Miss Caribbean Talented Teen Pageant
DOMINICA â Odessa Marah Elie
Age: 20 years old
Occupation: teacher at the Convent High School
Interests: reading, dancing, and debating
Awards: Head Girl in her final year of high school; Miss DSC Mas Jamboree 2013; Top Performer in Computer Science at the Dominica State College 2013 Commencement Ceremony; and Miss Dominica 2015.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC â Lesleybell Troncoso Rijo
Age: 18 years old
Occupation: Law student at the Catholic University of Santo Domingo, and model at the Gaviotas Isabela School
Interests: dancing, reading, exercising, hanging out with family/friends
Awards: a brown belt in Tae Kwon Do; Miss Christmas Dominican Republic 2014
Age: 25 years old
Occupation: peer educator; ACCA and ABE student â intending to read for her Masterâs in Business Management; Administrative Manager at AU Drilling Inc; and Executive Aide at the Australian Honorary Consulate
Interests: dancing, theatre arts, singing
ST KITTS AND NEVIS â Tishima Browne
Age: 20 years old
Occupation: aiming to become a pediatrician
Age: 23 years old
Occupation: Office Administrator at Tyroneâs Wrecker Services and Frontline Trucking Services
Interests: dancing, cheerleading, sports, singing, reading, shopping and watching television
Awards: 2nd runner-up in the St Josephâs Convent Carnival Princess Pageant; 1st runner-up in the St Lucia National Carnival Queen Pageant 2014
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO â Afeya Aaneisha Jeffrey
Age: 23 years old
Occupation: past secondary school teacher; currently pursuing a second degree in Physical Therapy at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus
Interests: dancing, fashion, modelling
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES â De Yonte Azannia Mayers
Age: 19 years old
Occupation: supervisor at the Chill Spot Bar and Grill; intends to pursue a career in Medicine â especially in the area of cancer treatment
Interests: reading, dancing, listening to music and exercising
Awards: Miss SVG 2015