Gloster plans to use pageant to raise awareness on Mental Health

Athalia Gloster’s mindset heading into the Miss SVG pageant is to be authentic and unique. This year, as Miss Flow, she is chaperoned by 2018 Miss SVG, Shellisa Nanton. Gloster promises that the audience and judges would be in for a treat.

Gloster acknowledged a sister-like bond among the contestants, but hopes that having a past queen as her chaperone will help her stand out from the other five contestants on the night.

“We decided that we are going out of the box, so on the night of the show, it’s a lot of creativity coming from my part. I’m not going to be basic,” Gloster told SEARCHLIGHT.

With just under two weeks until the pageant, Gloster said she’s focused and ignoring a lot of negativity.

“On the night of the show, I’ll go on stage and perform what I’ve practised.”

Miss Flow is advocating for mental health and hopes to use the pageant as a platform to raise awareness about mental health.

“Many young people walk around pretending to be okay, smiling to the public, but deep down, they are struggling with mental health issues.”

She further explained that she can relate to it and has a good way of managing it. However, she admitted that she may get discouraged at times.

Gloster, who decided to enter the pageant two years ago, expressed that being Miss SVG is her dream. Her inspiration came from Casynella Olliviere, who won as Miss Carival at 19 years old, after winning Miss SVG in 2005.