Pageant runner-up now in waiting for Miss Universe
(CNS): With the reigning Miss Cayman Islands Universe, Tiffany Conolly (24), in the middle of an ongoing trial for assault and damage to property, which has been adjourned until 5 December, the local pageant committee has said it is consulting with the Miss Universe Organization over her participation. In a short statement about the situation caused by Conolly being allowed to compete in the local contest while facing criminal charges, committee officials said First Runner-up Chloe Powery-Doxey is ready to step in.
“Our succession plan has always been that if a reigning queen is unable to complete her reign or perform her duties for any reason, there is a first runner-up who is ready to assume the role,” the committee stated in relation to Powery, who also won Miss Best Legs.
While claiming they were unable to comment on the current legal proceedings relating to Conolly, committee members said, “It is important to remember that in the court of law an individual is innocent until proven guilty. As we navigate through a renaissance within the pageant world, it is also important to understand that no candidate is flawless; some come from harsh beginnings and strive to improve themselves throughout their journey.”
Conolly appeared in court this week as the crown set out its case against her for assaulting, her former lover, his father and a police officer and smashing up two cars. Due to court timetable constraints, the case was adjourned until December, a few weeks before the Miss Universe Pageant takes place in Louisiana in January. Even if all goes to plan and the case is completed by 6 December as currently anticipated, the presiding magistrate will need a few days to deliberate and draw up her verdict, narrowing the window of opportunity for her to compete if she is cleared of all charges.
Pageant officials also made it clear that they had acted on advice from the tourism ministry in what has become an embarrassing situation for the local beauty contest, but they also said they believed the decisions were in the best interest of all concerned.
“The Committee will continue to execute what it has always been commissioned to do by the Ministry of Tourism, and that is to produce a pageant, empower and mentor young ladies in the Cayman Islands and not deny them the opportunity to participate as long as they meet the requirements. The current requirements are under review by the ministry. Additionally, going forward the due diligence tasks will be the primary responsibility of the Committee,” the statement read.
“Historically, the Committee did not make decisions in its sole discretion, in particular for critical matters. This situation was no different. Out of an abundance of caution, we believe that the directives provided by the ministry and other influential stakeholders to this point were in everyone’s best interest,” the committee members added.
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isn’t it funny the majority of people who have a problem with beauty pageants are the ones who could never qualify for it.
it’s like a guy complaining why is it only muscular men that get to compete in Mr. Olympia.
Why are we awarding someone for looking pretty as if they had control over their parents genetics. Even stupider, wtf qualifies them to represent Cayman? This whole thing is dumb.
Put another way, if it’s a beauty pageant, what do her pending charges have to do with it? It’s a beauty pageant not the upstanding female citizen who also looks pretty and has nice legs pageant. And intelligent self respecting women volunteer for this?
Ew.
It’s an international ambassadorial position with prize money and other perks.
And?
what’s the criteria to win best legs and what does that or looking sexy in a swimsuit have do with being an international ambassador?
Wake me up when women who aren’t considered conventionally attractive start winning based off their character and drive.
The private sector committee who runs Ms World has been selecting civil servants as their Queens and has been most successful.
The Government sponsored but private sector led Ms Universe Committee has selected Queens from the private sector.
I say no more.
Stop hating!
Scrap it.
If anything give the cash from this Government beauty pageant to the other private sector one.
Why is the public funding pageant$$$?!
15 years ago Kenny went to jail for supplying a pretty young woman with drugs. Now he just gives them taxpayers money.
Miss Cayman was around before Kenny was born! You write as if he was the one who started it. It was the Jaycees that brought pageants to Cayman. Mr Bryan inherited this from previous administrations dating back farther than Tom Jefferson.
But wait! Are you telling me that in our God fearing islands, we are still hosting pageants to objectify and sexualize females?
Question – Can trans women enter?
Baby Jesus will be very disappointed.
Don’t go away mad 8:37. Just go away.
Bitter much?
You have real psychological issues. Get some help.
None of this matters. They do realise that don’t they?
Why is this committee applying a criminal trial standard to giving her the boot? There is overwhelming evidence that she has brought the Miss Cayman crown and the country into disrepute. She has to go now! The Committee Head needs to go too based on how this is being handled.
This is the dying breath of Caymanian culture.
Wayne and Kenny know the truth behind this fiasco.
They ARE behind this fiasco.
In all honesty regardless of innocent until proven guilty, I think the fact remains common sense of allowing any kind of bad publicity to arise from a pageant that is to produce a role model young women and ambassador for Your Country… Better decision should have been made and not allow this situation to drag on. The news of this is not just known among our three islands now.
It would be different if there were no accusations and legal actions to put in question to the character of this to be role model and ambassador. If she had issues(past tense) and had already risen from the ashes and nothing to question the validity and integrity of character and used her struggles, *seeking help* and growth out of the struggles as foundation to empowering others, I might be inclined to side with Ms Connolly but this clearly not the case.
I think too many blind eyes were turned and it has caused this pageant to be soiled by decision that were so called “in the best interest for all”. This was not an example CaymanKind, its injustice to all parties involved especially the other contestants. This was a high level risk that a computer didn’t need to calculate. Pending charges assaulting a police officer, come on people, high risk.
Fix the damn dump.
Chloe should have been the winner from the get go! I certainly felt that she was most deserving and was disappointed that she did not win. She is a pretty young lady, very slim and fit and intelligent.That said, I will give it to Tiffany that she was probably the most poised and even if her choice of gown was questionable for the occasion, she wore it well. I guess her multiple times entering the contest did her well in performance. The issue here is with the Committee, the Ministry and others who cleared her to enter! The young lady clearly has mental health issues of some sort and has had legal problems in the past so if any of that gang claims ignorance about her reputation they should be sacked. Hell, sack them all anyway! It is a national disgrace.
“Miss Best Legs”
Wow. A competition that gives an award for a body part.
5:52 you sound jealous.
don’t go away mad. just go away.
In a court of law yes but a Pageant is not a court of law. You as a pageant set rules and guidelines for qualification and disqualification from being a contestant. If you stated for example that “no one with legal matters before the court at any stage for anything other than minor traffic offenses will be allowed to compete in the pageant” then it matters not guilty or innocent.
Please stop trying to justify your GROSS INCOMPETENCE. Like I said before admit you screwed the pooch and move on. The longer you leave her in post the worst we look on the world stage. XXX
Replace Tiffany already and move on. She never should have been in the competition to begin with.
Not just matters before the court at the time of the contest – you are forgetting the prior incidents as well. This is third time.
True
The only way the winner can come out of this situation with even a modicum of dignity is if she steps down herself. XXXX Just come out with a nice statement and let the runner-up have an unencumbered preparation for the miss universe pageant. She’d gain the respect of many XXXX. The fact she hasn’t done that already tells me everything I need to know…
Chloe is absolutely gorgeous and was my choice for the winner. But I just entering a pageant more than once gave Conolly a slight edge …. Overall watching the pageant imo Chloe should have won !!!
Why do we have 2 separate pageant committees? There only used to be 1 with the winner going on to the various international pageants.
Why is government involved in this type of event at all? Give a prize if you wish but stay out of the organisation and trouble.
Surely a place the size of a small town does not need all this division, fund raising, hassle, etc.
Same reason we have 837 churches and 19 animal charities. #cantwealljustgetalong
And two carnivals
You mean PACT and the one with the merry go round?
According to google, only just over 200 actually but still an unbelievable number for our population.
The answer to your second question is just so they can ogle!
“Some come from harsh beginnings and strive to improve themselves.”
Harsh beginnings aren’t the issue here. It’s her criminal and assaultive behaviour.
And, let’s be honest, if she really wanted to improve herself, there’s more socially redeeming and non-insultive ways to that besides entering a so-called beauty pageant.
This whinging about hard beginnings is really getting old. How many people have to overcome all types hardships, poverty, recessions, family problems, working multiple jobs to get thru school, soldiers who have been injured in wars defending our liberties, and the list goes on to work hard and accomplish your goal. This is just cry baby crap and needs to stop. What happened to the days of iron men and wooden ships Cayman?
Did someone put their thumb on the scale for Ms. Conolly to win or for her to stay in her position as long as she has? Like pageants or not Ms. Conolly seems to been a bad choice to represent Cayman.
Thank you!!
My next questions are.
1. Who on the committee is family or connected to her?
2. Why is this so hard when a blindman can see the answered in the blackest of nights?
“other influential stakeholders” indeed
She got legs
She knows how to use them
She never begs
She knows how to choose them
#legalizecommonsense
So,let’s take this in logical context – not judging anyone.
Ms. Conolly has gone public with her self-admitted mental and dad-abandonment issues. Perhaps winning the title, after multiple attempts, may have helped improve any self-image issues which may or may not exist; clearly the public outcry and minor punitive actions implemented would be a downer though. So would a public trial, even if she is acquitted.
So, how ready would she be to represent Cayman internationally, and is that what we really think of “Caymankind” “brand”??
In my humble opinion she’d be better prepared for some good counselling.
Lord have mercy, if dad abandonment is an issue for youngsters then we may as well close up shop because Cayman will implode under the pressure of the hundreds ( or is it thousands?) of dad abandoned feral youths we must have here.
“Feral youths eh” that is really a despicable name from a despicable person.
Many Caymanian boys had to grow up without their fathers out of necessity when their fathers went to sea to earn a living.
And what’s the excuse now then???
This farce just goes to prove we have incompetent people in the Ministries and especially the pageant committee. At this point just take away the crown and prizes from this disgraceful Tiffany and give them to Chloe.
After that dismantle the current committee and replace them with a brighter bunch.
Dismantle all the pageant committees and reallocate their budgets to the people who need it.
Beauty pageants…..LOL. The 1970s is on the phone. They want their pageant back.
Are we not allowed to celebrate beauty anymore??
Connolly will be an issue no matter what. She is lying to herself.
Put Chloe in and be done with it all.
WOW, after seeing this picture of the runner up, she should DEFINITELY take the crown. BEAUTIFUL!
20 @ 1:14pm – Yes! Natural beauty, if that’s what matters…… instead if the winner’s manufactured look.
This is Cayman. It’s not what you know it’s who.
Chloe is absolutely gorgeous and was my choice for the winner. But I just entering a pageant more than once gave Conolly a slight edge …. Overall watching the pageant imo Chloe should have won !!!
So based on no material change in situation they are now going back on their previous decision and essentially stripping the crown from the winner. If any of this mattered they would just be digging their hole deeper by adding an indefensible decision upon a bad one.
Just de-throne Conolly and legitimize Chloe.
If the first runner-up takes on the responsibilities of the winner, then it should be fair to say that that person should be given ALL that goes with the task of representing our islands; including the $70K Educational Scholarship.
Miss Universe is 14/1/23. Less than 3 months to prepare for a pageant of that caliber = waste of time, effort and money. We need to just sit this one out.
At this stage, we just need to give it all to runner up. If a winner is unable to perform her duties for MONTHS on end…..she is obviously unfit. Then again, those of us with half a brain and a sliver of morals would have not even cleared her to participate in the pageant based on prior and pending cases.
As they say beauty is in the eyes of the beholde, so I find it hard to understand why Chloe was not chosen from the beginning. I just hope the scholarship money is intact and has’nt t been squandered away already.
Or spent on legal defense