For the seventh time in the pageants 51 year history, a Dominican was crowned Miss Jaycees. Nadira Lando, the reigning Miss Dominica and Miss Caribbean World , was on Friday night (Aug. 3) crowned by 2011 Miss Jaycees Iantavian Queely of St. Kitts.
Lando, a descendant of Dominica’s indigenous people, the Kalinago captured the Best Modeling in the evening wear segment and Miss Photogenic categories.
Nadira Lando Miss Jaycees 2012 poses with her predecessor, Miss St Kitts, Iantavian Queely.
First runner-up position went to Miss St Kitts & Nevis Kailah Huggins while Miss St. Lucia , Roxanne Nicholas, who won Best Swimwear and Best Talent got second runner-up. Miss St. Lucia is also the reigning Miss Carival.
Anguilla’s Olufunmike Devonish won Miss Congeniality .
Check out Nadira in the talent and swimwear segments below:
Congrats Nadira! Keep making Dominica proud!!!!
Listed below are the representatives who partook in this year’s pageant.
Olufunmike Devonish-Anguilla
Ranee Laronde- Antigua
Zoe Trotman-Barbados
Abigail Hyndman- British Virgin Islands;
Jurnalis Henson- Curacao
Nadira Lando- Dominica
Susan Castano- Dominican Republic
Kiswana Geoffard- Guyana
Krystle Daley- Jamaica
Clarice Yearwood- Montserrat
Ashley Massiah- St. Croix
Kaliah Huggins- St. Kitts & Nevis
Roxanne Nicholas- St. Lucia
Carice Glasgow- St. Vincent & the Grenadines
Davia Chambers- Trinidad & Tobago
The pageant was held under the theme “A Galaxy of Enchanted Royalties” with the tagline “Empowering Women Through Pageantry.”
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