Vincentians to participate in Toastmasters’ Speech Contest in Barbados

Toastmasters Arlette Miller and Ophelia Phillips will represent St Vincent and the Grenadines at the Division Speech Contest in Barbados after being adjudged winners in an International Speech Contest, an Evaluation Speech Contest and a Table Topics Speech Contest.

A section of the audience

Distinguished Toastmaster Arlette Miller advanced ahead of five other competitors to secure a place at the Toastmasters’ International Division C Speech Contest that will be held in Bridgetown, Barbados on April 14, 2020. Miller, representing the Creative Thinkers Toastmasters Club presented a seven-minute speech on the topic “Failure is a fact of life” while Shernell Hadaway of the Achievers Toastmasters Club was second and Leanna Sutherland of the Imperial Champions Toastmasters Club placed third.

In the Evaluation Speech Contest, Distinguished Toastmaster Arlette Miller received the judges’ nod for first place while Kimisha Horne of the FLOW SVG Toastmasters Club placed second and Ophelia Phillips of the Achievers Toastmasters Club placed third.

Ophelia Phillips during her Table topics delivery

In the Table Topics or Impromptu Speech Contest, contestants were challenged to speak fluently in an impromptu scenario and Ophelia Phillips of the Achievers Toastmasters Club was victorious while Rayana Patrick of the Imperial Champions Toastmasters Club placed second and Shaquille Lewis of the Creative Thinkers Toastmasters Club placed third.

Miller and Phillips, as this year’s winners of the respective contests will advance to the Division Speech Contest in Barbados. Vincentian Toastmaster, Anika Stapleton, in 2009, after winning the Area level Contest advanced to the District Contest in Jamaica and after placing first represented St. Vincent and the Grenadines and the entire Caribbean in the Toastmasters International Worldwide International Speech Contest in Connecticut, USA.