September 27, 2004

And the winner is......

....Tonoya Toyloy.

She also won the public voting. The top 5 were Caroline Yapp, Candace Thorbourne (they came 2nd and 3rd respectively) and the other two were Debbie McKreith and Jordanne Halsall. Yes, Jordanne was the one we knew, also Debbie.

Toyloy was very well spoken, but her body was not as good as say Candace Thorbourne. What I think may have swayed the judges was her allaround ability. She plays classical piano and have a degree and is becoming a licenced pharmacist. I heard her on Smile Jamaica morning show and she was very articulate.

Now after they pick the top 10, they ask them questions. Each girl picks a judge's name out of the bowl and then the judge chosen reads the question. I have been made to understand that the girls know what these questions are beforehand, and so are able to make up an answer before hand, instead of on stage. What a crock!

I believe (oh, that was a favourite phrase) that had they not shown the girls the questions, one of the ones who would have answered well was the eventual winner.

Sis said she going to get swallowed up in the Miss World competition. So I posed the same question....should you pick the best girl in terms of who has done well, and is representative of Jamaica or should you pick somebody who you think will win Miss World? She said "then what's the point of sending them then?" suggesting the latter.

When the newspaper report comes out, I will link it.

Mad Bull, beg yuh a link nuh to di Miss Jamaica web site so dem cyan si who mi a chat bout? Mi cyan bodder look it up.

Posted by yamfoot at September 27, 2004 12:15 AM
Comments

pick who you think can win. unless of course you can show me a real jamaican woman, which embodies the essence of the jamaica spirit. trick question=yes

Posted by: owen at September 27, 2004 04:29 PM

Well, if they know the questions beforehand, and some of them sounded so taken aback/struggling to answer intelligently, I wonder if they had heard them for the first time how they would respond? Bowled out for ducks maybe?

Honestly though, I think some of the questions kinda rough.

Posted by: Dr. D. at September 28, 2004 08:26 AM

I agree with Dr. D.

I find these competitions so frustrating to watch. Yuh trying to balance so many different things..looks(by whose standard) personality, intelligence, identity etc. place them into one package to compete against somebody elses ideals.

I think this lady is going to get eaten by the competition though.

Posted by: scratchie at September 28, 2004 08:49 AM

The link :
http://www.missjamaicaworld.com/

Posted by: Mad Bull at September 30, 2004 06:07 PM