Date Posted: June 06, 2008.
By Penny Legg - AnguillaLNT contributing writer.
Five of the six
contestants in the 2008, Miss Anguilla Competition
- Photograph by Penny Legg - All Rights Reserved.
(West End, Anguilla) - Glamour came to Sirena Hotel on
Wednesday 04, June, when the contestants for the Miss
Anguilla Queens Pageant 2008, were presented at a cocktail
party attended by the press, contestant sponsors and well
wishers.
Fitzroy Tomlinson, Summer Festival Coordinator, welcomed
guests on behalf of Festival Committee Chair, John Benjamin.
“This is indeed a pleasure to see that we are continuing in
the same strength that we left the 2007 Summer Festival on.
I am privileged to be standing by five beautiful young
ladies and there is another young lady being represented
here,” he announced. He presented Rebecca Webster, the new
Pageant Committee Chair.The contestants for the Miss
Anguilla 2008 title introduced themselves.
Contestant 1, Curlee Gumbs, 19, was represented by Charla
Connor due her being off-island for the event. Curlee has
previously been crowned Miss CCB talented teen 2004 and Miss
Venus Model Anguilla 2006.
Contestant 2, D3 Enterprises receptionist, Cassandra
Webster, 18, is competing in her first beauty contest.
Contestant 3 is Csandre Wattley, 21, from Island Harbour,
sponsored by Frangipani.
Contestant 4, Fanny Richardson, 18, “loves being in
pageants,” and promises her Carnival costume will be
“beautiful.”
Contestant 5, Kericia Barry, 19, represents North
Hill and is a veteran of the Miss Island Shore competition,
where she was First Runner Up.
Contestant 6 is Kendisha Hall, 19, sponsored by her
employer, NBA. She is a former "All - Ah - We" theatre
player.
The swimsuit and costume competition is on 27 July. The
final is on 7 August. The winner, in addition to winning the
title, Miss Anguilla, wins EC$25,000.
All contestants receive a host of valuable gifts.
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Curlee Gumbs |
Cassandra Webster, 18 |
Csandre Wattley, 21 |
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Fanny Richardson, 18, |
Kericia Barry, 19 |
Kendisha Hall, 19 |
Photographs by Penny
Legg - All Rights Reserved.
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