Pageant committee ‘reviewing’ new queen’s criminal case

| 12/08/2022
Miss Cayman Islands Universe 2022 Tiffany Conolly

(CNS): The situation surrounding the six criminal charges against the new Miss Cayman Universe, Tiffany Conolly (24) from West Bay, is under review, the pageant committee said in a very short statement Thursday. The committee claimed that Conolly met the “established eligibility requirements” to enter the contest and was accepted, even though it appears she had already been charged with assault and other offences during the selection period.

The committee said in a statement that the “additional details as to the pending charges” were “brought to the attention of the committee” sometime after Conolly became a contestant. “The Committee did seek counsel with relevant stakeholders including the franchise holder and the decision to allow Ms Conolly to proceed was taken after careful consideration. At this time the Committee is reviewing the facts surrounding this matter, consulting with the relevant stakeholders in order to make the appropriate determination as to how we proceed.”

CNS has asked the committee for details of the eligibility requirements and when they became aware of the charges and pending trial, and we are awaiting a response.

As reported on CNS Monday, Conolly is facing two counts of common assault, two counts of damage to property, and two further charges for disorderly conduct at a police station and one of assaulting a police officer. The beauty queen is due to stand trial in October, having pleaded not guilty to the allegations in Summary Court in March this year, around the same time that the pageant application process was underway.

Conolly was arrested following an altercation at a former boyfriend’s house, when she is alleged to have assaulted both her former lover and another family member before going on to assault a police officer at the detention centre following that arrest.


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  1. Reallynow says:

    Accountability: What happened to the Miss Cayman office that Kenneth promised on stage at the pageant in 2021? There were other promises too. Broken promises, all of it.

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    • C’mon now you are winding us up says:

      Please tell me this is all made up and that no-one thinks this is something of any importance whatsoever?

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      • Anonymous says:

        These skin shows need to stop anyways, change the categories to educational and/or social acheivements. Make it so your IQ needs to be so tall to ride the ride and not some wannabe princess showing her (ass)ets and (tit)les. They don’t do crap after anyways. Don’t see any previous winners campaigning to wipe out Caymanian homeless or champion programs to encourage kids to go to school or fight for educational reform so our children will have a fighting chance once the day care, kat spells dog system we have no spits them out.

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        • Anonymous says:

          Wow, this comment got a thumbs down? This person wants to keep the pageant about dumb pretty women who’s personality is that they love puppies and kittens.

  2. It's 2022 not 1972 says:

    The posters getting so stressed on each camp do know none of this matters, don’t they?

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    • Anonymous says:

      It matters when you appreciate how much tax payers money is spent on this nonsense, when there are people who need NAU assistance to eat.

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  3. Bytheway says:

    I wish CMR and this Government that supports her, would focus more on inflation, unemployment, inequality and vaccine discrimination in this country. It’s all a Broadway show.

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    • Kmatrix says:

      I wish you whosoever you are understood that I’m this country “ Freedom if Expression is Free” whether you or whosoever else like it or not . Sorry I can’t tell you to shut ya mouth under that premise.

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    • Anonymous says:

      What you commented makes no sense. How can they support her when they are actually scared to even go on show because she calls them out on a regular basis?

      Seems to be that’s not the facts at all.

  4. Anonymous says:

    Why is Heather Bodden silent ? As a member (perhaps former now) of the committee and Parliamentary Secretary responsible for the pageant I would expect to hear some little thing from her ???

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    • O. M. Gee says:

      “Parliamentary Secretary responsible for the pageant”! Seriously this is beyond a joke. This crap is not in any way a function of a government, not in 2022 and not ever. Get a grip!

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    • Anonymous says:

      Oh please. If it was about raking leaves and spreading gravel she would be up front and present – anything more complex would be above her pay grade.

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  5. Anonymous says:

    The lady won fair and followed the rules the entire time now that she wooooooooooon you act like Trump when he lost the election. The day he returns is the day you all get your way maybe? Hee

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  6. Anonymous says:

    Tiff Do the right thing for the other Ladies, Cayman and law abiding persons! STEP DOWN!

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    • M. says:

      Excuse me. Tiffany don’t need to step down. THE WHOLE PAGEANT THING INSULTS THE MODESTY OF WOMEN! Cayman need to do better.

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  7. Anonymous says:

    How has noone pointed out this is another blunder by Kenneth Bryan also? It’s quite obvious why he would support the rhetoric from the committee but come on… This is embarrassing.

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    • Anonymous says:

      If we can forgive Kenny for selling not so dietcoke we can forgive anyone including mckeeva

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  8. Anonymous says:

    When the scandal stains and fatuity claims the event perhaps it’s time to end the whole thing, it’s already been murdered.

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  9. Anonymous says:

    The suggestion that this pageant allows women to improve their education, is laudable, but you have to wonder why women have to go through this horse show to get that chance. Why not just have a program to support more women to get better access to education WITHOUT them having to parade half naked to a collection of drooling male spectators with their hand down their trousers. Like someone else mentioned, this show is mired in standards from the 1950s. Time to stop it.

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    • Anonymous says:

      Some just do it for what they feel is prestige. To say they are better than the rest etc. the whole thing is pathetic. Totally agree with you though that for the education aspect, women shouldn’t have to join this archaic pageant just to try and secure funding for schooling .

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  10. Anonymous says:

    The new queen is in isolation because she is bullied to the extreme by CMR, The Government knows and doing nothing about it. What has this country come to? Someone please help this country.

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    • Anonymous says:

      You know what’s sad? That Tiffany didn’t see anything wrong with entering with her current legal situation.

      That is truly sad.

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      • Caymanian says:

        Truth is they all messed up.

        1. Tiffany should have known better.
        2. Tiffany should have been honest from the beginning.
        3. Committee sh!t the bed. They should have got a police report of the incident.
        4. Committee should have got LEGAL advice.
        5. Committee should have considerered the OPTICS not just the legality.
        6. Committee need to understand “what does it mean to be Miss Cayman”

        They all messed up BUT she is not Miss Cayman material. This is not about NATIONALITY. This is not about TIFFANY. This is not about ehat this one did or that one did. This is about what she did that disqualified her from representing us.

        Miss Cayman is NOT JUST a beauty pageant. Its a CHARACTER pageant also.

        She is supposed to represent the best of us.

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        • It’s 2022 not 1972 says:

          You do know none of this matters do you?

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          • Sad day says:

            It matters by bringing the entire country into disrepute.
            Corruption and incompetence are serious problems and this only furthers that perception.

      • Anonymous says:

        and how doing the right thing and stepping aside? If she is cleared then she can reapply….

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        • Anonymous says:

          “Doing the right thing”, is not the example set by Cayman’s politicians.

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      • Anonymous says:

        Preach

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    • Anonymous says:

      What a load of rubbish. The best thing that could happen is for the entire committee to resign. Total erosion of confidence.

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    • Anonymous says:

      BS! She was out all day Saturday with ease. She herself said she reads nothing on social media and commented she wanted to be the Premier!

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      • Anonymous says:

        She would be perfect because he obviously doesn’t read anything on social media either.

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    • Anonymous says:

      CMR is the mouthpiece of CIG. Why would they risk antagonising it? She knows where the bodies are buried.

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      • Anonymous says:

        Well that makes little to NO sense. If she was the mouth piece she would have not have left the charge to have the committee disbanded.

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    • Anonymous says:

      CMR is the mouthpiece of the government. Why would they do anything about it?

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      • Anonymous says:

        That’s the best you have at deflection? CMR is the mouthpiece?

        I listen to Sandy daily and that’s a lie. She seeks to HOLD ALL accountable including PACT members.

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    • Anonymous says:

      Don’t you see we have a government full of bullies ?

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    • Anonymous says:

      Bunch of BS really. She hardly seems bothered by anything and is NOT in hiding.

    • Anonymous says:

      Not focusing specifically on this incident but cmr in general, I can’t understand how this vile publication continues to be supported in the community. It actually destroys people’s life and continues to break the law without any obvious sanction. Its not journalism, its simply salacious gossip that is published as fact.

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  11. Anonymous says:

    Why has the Government not said anything to date? Aren’t they the franchiseholder?

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  12. Anonymous says:

    “Miss Best Legs”? How insulting to women! We need to better round out the awards in the contest by adding “Best Typing skills” and “Best Ironer” to truly put this contest in the 1950s.

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    • Anonymous says:

      Ha ha! Sorry,…. It’s a beauty contest, It has nothing to do with typing or ironing or weight lifting! Etc, etc

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      • Anonymous says:

        It’s a beauty contest trying to pretend it’s not about beauty whilst staying firmly centered in outdated concepts of what makes an ideal woman, hence the OPs sarcasm.

    • Anonymous says:

      Miss Best Sammich Maker.

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    • Anonymous says:

      Best dinner maker. Best vacuumer. Best clean the p1ss round the toileter. Best consign this rubbish to the decade it belongs. More importantly, why would enlightened Caymanian women lower themselves to enter this drivel anyway?

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      • Anonymous says:

        Because a) they get a $70k scholarship b) no shortage of social approval because our culture places a premium on pretty.

    • Anonymous says:

      You forgot the cooking and cleaning tests

  13. Anonymous says:

    It is hard to take these “contests” seriously, where awards are given out for “Miss Best Legs” and “Miss Best Smile”.

    Why the Cayman government is spending a few hundred thousand on this anachronistic “pageant” is beyond me.

    Where is the equivalent male “Mr Cayman” pageant, with similar award for best legs? Most of you are thinking that would be absurd, which is how I feel about this Miss Cayman pageant.

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    • Anonymous says:

      Because it’s supposed to provide opportunity. Which it does.

      Travel. Academic scholarship. Public figure for your country.

      This is the juxtaposition.

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      • Anonymous says:

        If they want to go to college/university and have the grades they can easily get a scholarship from education portfolio!, if they want to travel for anything else perhaps they should find a job and save their money for a plane ticket.

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      • Anonymous says:

        If you have about 5 or 6 entrants a year you could probably drop the money spent on the pageant and take the money and just give it to 5 worthy students who had demonstrated some promise or career interest.

        How about scholarships for someone who did lots of volunteer work or wants to study something that’s not offered here instead of giving money to “Miss Best Smile” or “Miss Best Legs”.

  14. Oneofthesmartones says:

    CNS do the right thing and burn your bridges with Sandra because she is going down for this one.

    CNS: There is no connection whatsoever between CNS and CML, or between the owners of CNS and Sandra, and never has been – no bridges to burn. Stop with the bullshit.

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    • Anonymous says:

      Exactly! CNS please continue to do what you do! That adviice must have come from a dum-dum!

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    • Anonymous says:

      Same political loyalties

      CNS: Ever since we launched CNS in 2008 we have consistently been accused of having political loyalties for the “other side” of whatever party people adhere to. These accusations will continue for as long as people expect us to skew the news for their favourite politicians – which are on occasion themselves. It’s silly and tiresome but comes with the territory.

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      • Anonymous says:

        Thank You CNS. You have always called them as you see them.

        Sandra has admitted that she does support this Government but I have to say, she has never once not called out any of the PACT Government members whenever they screw up.

        I notice though Kenneth has been hiding a lot lately preferring to return to the Compass where they know they can’t say anything bad about him for fear of losing their Government advertising contracts. Politicians will do this when they are afraid to be asked the hard questions or have the balls to do the right thing..

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    • Anonymous says:

      That person has no sense. Trust me. Why would a competitor be helping you?

  15. Oneofthesmartones says:

    The Ministry & Premier voted for Tiffany to remain in the pageant. The Committee are unpaid charity workers following procedures passed down to them. The Ministry dropped the due diligence they did for 30 years. Poor Committee got to take the blame because they are harassed and bullied daily by CMR and powers that be. I wish everyone would get their facts straight. XXXX Why is the Committee getting the blame? They are not the franchiseholders? They did not write the procedures. Damn! Crazy just got worse.

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    • Anonymous says:

      So what is the committee for exactly? Please elaborate on this for the rest of us as we are so in the dark about what is really going on with the pageant.

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    • Anonymous says:

      Well, well I believe that money was/will be taken out of our national treasury. The ministry and Premier can go ahead and throw away their personal funds if they choose! I realized their standards were dropping daily but didn’t realise it was going to the bottom so fast.

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    • Anonymous says:

      @12:03am Are you sure you are one of the smart ones? Seems like you are one that can’t see the forest for the trees..

      Stop defending those that are clearly responsible.

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    • Rolling my eyes again says:

      What nonsense. You think the ministry has the time and energy to have a get involved even though there is committee in place, a committee that has a job to do and they want to be there. Please. The franchise holder is the money that is it.

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  16. Silent majority! says:

    @10:05am. I agree.

    The inevitable precedent that this fiasco sets only serves to diminish the current and future prestige of the MCIU pageant.

    Not taking urgent remedial action will most likely cause irreparable harm to what is a national beauty pageant.

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    • Anonymous says:

      “Will cause irreparable harm to what is a national beauty pageant”?
      How do you figure that? Most humans have a very short memory.

  17. Anon says:

    What is Miss Cayman Universe?

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  18. Raise the Standards says:

    Re MCIU Committee stepping down – relax people, seriously?

    The committee does a fantastic job with this pageant and have a genuine concern for these girls and the personal growth of each one – that is most likely WHY they allowed Tiffany to compete.

    The committee was not thinking “oh, Cayman is going to want to hang us for keeping her” or “let’s get this girl out of our pageant before she leaves a stain” or “the pageant is going to look bad for having a contestant/winner with criminal charges”

    Obviously if the committee was thinking like that they would have ousted this young woman long time!

    The committee closely works with these girls, giving them enormous opportunities many would not otherwise have had – I am confident their main thought was not to deprive this young woman of the opportunities this pageant gives.

    Whether you support pageantry or not – in Cayman there are limited options for many of our women to advance in society with no family ties or money – these pageants allow the average girl a chance to progress, meet her government at her own dignitary level and become a VIP herself whilst learning etiquette, public speaking, elegance and so much more.

    The committee wants to give this chance to any young woman who wants it – unfortunately this genuine desire now has the community upset. Then if they had put her out everybody would be saying “they dont give people a chance, the girl just wants to better herself, this isnt female empowerment” yadda yadda yadda.

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    • Anonymous says:

      Complete drivel. Have you ever thought of being on a beauty pageant panel?

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    • Michele says:

      I’m sorry, but I’m calling bullshit on your comment! As a female I have always been repulsed by pageants, whether for little girls or young women. However, each to their own. I am just wondering if that now that she is Miss Cayman if she during she is accused of doing the same behavior that she will be in court for in October, will the committee still say she can carry on until her case comes before the judge? Can you imagine the other contestants looking at this fiasco and wondering why the committee’s undying resolve to ignore the apparent majority on this island who believe they are incompetent with regard to their behavior towards running a pageant that draws the wrong attention to it? There are a lot of us, both men and women who cringe at the very thought of a pageant in this day and age, but that cringe feeling escalated to fury when this utter incompetence will draw such negative attention to our islands!!

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    • Anonymous says:

      5:04pm You okay in the head?

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    • Anonymous says:

      Don’t speak on my behalf, I would have said she had no business entering with such dark clouds hovering over her head.

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  19. Raise the Standards says:

    This whole thing is unfortunate and was very much avoidable.

    Right now the MCIU legal team should be drafting some very detailed criteria for contestants next year – absolutely no pending criminal charges or convictions for anyone entering.

    She should have never been allowed to enter – MCIU also should have forms that each entrant signs giving the MCIU permission to obtain more information from law enforcement agencies as well. There were 8 contestants this year, the pageant would have done just find with only 7.

    Overall, I enjoyed the event very much, I look forward to next year’s minus all this drama.

    XXXX

    The runners up have already been set back enough because of this whole thing; missing the chance to indulge in the moment of crowning after competing. Enough of the delay, it is inevitable that the crown will have to be passed along- get on with it.

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  20. Anonymous says:

    When I think back to when I was her age, I had done some stupid shit too. It was not things to get me arrested or have charges laid against me but it did cost me my job. No, I did not beat up anybody either. Thing is, she did what she was allowed to do, she entered but she did not crown herself. She saw the the committee as a donkey to ride and she rode it, simple. Honestly, these pageants are garbage to me and lack substance so I do not care about the outcome at all. We have criminals in our LA representing us and we also have bigger shit to be up in arms about like the COST OF LIVING and being raped by all these utility companies and grocery stores.

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  21. Anonymous says:

    She is not my Miss. Cayman, that is for damn sure.

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  22. Anonymous says:

    What in the 1972…

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  23. Anonymous says:

    She got no business being a queen. Let alone representing on the world stage.

    You are no queen my dear. In my day 70s this would have been an uproar.

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  24. Anonymous says:

    This is all very very very Caymankind!

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  25. Anonymous says:

    “The Committee did seek counsel with relevant stakeholders including the franchise holder”

    Translation: We either chose to ignore the issue or were told to ignore it by someone who did not have the authority to advise us!

    “At this time the Committee is reviewing the facts surrounding this matter, consulting with the relevant stakeholders in order to make the appropriate determination as to how we proceed”

    Translation: Now that it has hit the fan, we are going back to that same person to ask for further advice!

    Any statement containing the word “stakeholder” is a cover story, they learned that from the Civil Servants

    Rule of Law Mr. Roper, rule of law!!!!

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  26. Anonymous says:

    A beauty pageant in 2022? Dear God.

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  27. Anonymous says:

    If they do Best Legs, why don’t they do Best Boobs and/or Best Butt? Serious question; all are equally offensive.

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  28. Anonymous says:

    Committee was wrong, but she NOT a child, she was not forced to enter the contest, so she should not have agreed to enter, 24 years old is old enought to take responsible of yourself to do the right thing.. I was younger than that (22) when i was an engineer on big ocean going on ships.

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    • lol says:

      What prideful, egotistical comment. Comparing your self to her. Have you been in her shoes?

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  29. Anonymous says:

    committee trying to dig itself out of a hole…..muppetts.

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  30. Anonymous says:

    I’d love to enter Miss Cayman, but unfortunately I’m a man in my 40s, and my wife is against it.

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  31. Ron says:

    Keep it classy Cayman.

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  32. Anonymous says:

    The Miss Cayman Committee are inept. Wholescale changes are needed to bring this pageant back to the level it once was. Start with bringing in a new board.

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    • Anonymous says:

      Most Committees, Boards, Govt’s etc in Cayman are wholly inept; we read about it every week and 99% of the time it’s swept under the rug and business carries on as usual….

      Look! A squirrel!

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    • Anonymous says:

      Cayman are the laughting stock of the world, with a convicted Drug dealer as a minister, convicted woman beater as a Speaker of the House, now this with our Beauty Queen. What’s our little island coming to.maybe the most corrupt place in the world for its size and population. Very sad .

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    • Anonymous says:

      Cancel the whole sexiest event!

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    • Anonymous says:

      “The level it was”? You mean when they firebombed the car which Miss Cayman won in 1986 because she was half Jamaican?!

      Them were the days…

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      • Anon. says:

        Just to clarify ….she wasn’t “half Jamaican”.

        She was born in Jamaican and was a Jamaican citizen but she had dual citizenship because she also had Cayman status after being here for years.

        It was a disgrace what they did and exposed how xenophobic Cayman can be.

        Even after obtaining Cayman status you are told that you are not a “real Caymanian”, just a “paper Caymanian”(whatever that means).

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  33. Anonymous says:

    Stripped her crown now!

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  34. My two cents. says:

    I don’t have a dog in this fight. That said, this is a tough one. Yes, this young lady should be held accountable for her actions. But at the same time, she is young and who didn’t make bonehead decisions at that age? I do know that I was her age once, and I made my share of mistakes at that age. It took some time to find the right path (without the assistance of family and community I might add). Those who find the right path tend to stay on it. This young lady has won a scholarship, which will no doubt help her find the right path. Should she be denied this opportunity to pursue the right path, or should she be held back because of mistakes made as a young person? I know there will be people on both sides of that question, which is understandable. If there is one thing that we can all agree on, it’s that we’ve all seen young Caymanians stick a toe on the wrong path, and then get dragged down that path for the rest of their lives. Do we want to see that happen to another young Caymanian? Or should she get a chance at this huge opportunity she’s been given, and possibly turn it around? Like I said, this is a tough one.

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    • Anonymous says:

      Nothing tough about it, if her name is cleared in the future she can re-enter. In the meantime she should have the humility to step down, afterall a ‘role model’ would surely do that wouldn’t they? If she won’t she should be stripped of the title.

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    • Anonymous says:

      Everyone made bad decisions in their early 20s, but most people do not have six criminal charges against them.

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      • Anonymous says:

        12 22pm It’s six pending. There are more already dealt with but not recorded.

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    • Anonymous says:

      I always understood that in addition to beauty, pageant contestant must have unblemished character. It’s not that people don’t deserve a second chance, but it’s the precedent that this sets for future pageants. This is entirely the problem with the current committee.

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      • Anonymous says:

        A virgin too. Very important, so in due course she can marry and become a sacred wessel.

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    • Anonymous says:

      Or you could give the archaic ass award to someone that doesn’t have cases? Then again maybe her keeping the crown isn’t off brand. #mckeevakind

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    • Anonymous says:

      I did stupid shit too but was never arrested and charged in 7 different ways…

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    • Anonymous says:

      She has taken multiple steps down the wrong path, been found guilty, and STILL hasn’t started to turn herself around.

      I’m all for second chances, but why are we not giving thought to all the other contestants who have NEVER been in trouble with the law, who have striven to seek opportunities for themselves, and who hold themselves to a higher standard??

      They are the people who have been dealt a great injustice. I find it amazing that the benchmark so many people mention is that “she hasn’t been found guilty yet”! My God people, is our bar set so low that we dismiss previous guilty incidences (and a pending court case) as mere “frivolous young behavior”?

      Of all the fantastic, progressive and wonderful young women on this island, Cayman has this one representing them? Unbelievable…

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    • Anonymous says:

      It’s not really a tough one. It’s called being held accountable for your actions. She’s an adult. I get that people can turn their life around after the mistakes they’ve made, but you have to hold them accountable for their actions and set an example for the rest of Cayman that you can’t just go around committing crimes against other citizens and expect no repercussions.

      If only we held local politicians to the same standard…

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    • Anonymous says:

      The best way to ‘learn’ from mistakes is to suffer the consequences of her actions, not a $70k scholarship.

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    • Anonymous says:

      Define bonehead decisions.

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    • Anonymous says:

      Bullsh$t

  35. Anonymous says:

    I think now is the time TO GET RID OF THE WHOLE COMMITTEE as all they do is enjoy the FREE PERKS run up and down WASTE GOVERNMENT MONEY especially them members who work for government. On the road all day. FRANZ MANDERSON KNOWS ALL THIS BUTTT?????

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    • Anonymous says:

      Don’t do crime if you want good in life. Criminal cases have to be dealt with

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    West Bay.

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  37. Anonymous says:

    another fine mess with the stench of kenneth bryan strong in the air….
    how is he still in office?

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    • Anonymous says:

      Someone should FOI all communications including text messages related to this fiasco, I’d love to see the Ministers “directions”!!

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  38. Anonymous says:

    Innocent until proven guilty and she met the entry requirements. She also is aware that she could be stripped of her crown if convicted. This just needs to play out.

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    • Meanwhile on planet Earth says:

      “Innocent until proved guilty” is gibberish cited online by apologists. The term is merely a reference to an evidential presumption in criminal trials, it has no relevance elsewhere. Organisations are perfectly entitled to take steps when allegations are made whether or not they have been considered by a Court. Indeed, if there is a moral conduct clause, this could be relied upon even after an acquittal if the organisation considered there was an issue on the balance of probabilities.

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    • Duh says:

      Check her rap sheet, she was already guilty from the get go. This is Cayman now, legacy criminals are rewarded. Case in point, look at Kenny, MP presiding over this circus! It it any wonder why this happened….?

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    • Anonymous says:

      I know a civil servant that posted a picture of herself in a thong on the beach. She got a warning letter stating it was ‘conduct unbecoming’. No breach of any laws, just an expected standard albeit selectively applied.

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    • Anonymous says:

      She’s already been proven guilty. No convictions recorded, but still guilty.

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  39. Anon says:

    smh.. The damage they done to this poor girl. They should not had encourage her to continue, knowing full well of pending court cases. This really upsets me.

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    • Anonymous says:

      Yup. The committee did her bad to allow her to win knowing damn well it would create an uproar in the community. A few years back didn’t they strip Tonie Chisolm from her crown for some ridiculous thing like partying? Yet this girl has 6 criminal charges.

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      • Anonymous says:

        And 2 prior convictions

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      • Anonymous says:

        No, but she almost lost her crown. She received a couple of warning letters for misconduct. Drinking and getting drunk, partying etc etc. again not a good representation.

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      • Anonymous says:

        I think they only warned Tonie about bad behavior once she was crowned.

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      Damage to her? She’s 24 and surely knew and understood exactly what she was doing. If she didn’t or still doesn’t then she is not the ambassador Cayman should have representing the country. Pretty simple really.

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  40. lil Bobo in East End says:

    But I thought she was allowed to enter with this being known…

    And more importantly didn’t she win best legs.

    How about we shut the whole Ms.Cayman farce down and spend the time and money elsewhere. Maybe a contest for Caymanian girls that Code or do charity work… something useful.

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    • Big Bobo In West Bay says:

      Bang on lil Bobo in East End. But my people in West Bay live for this stuff and love Bush too.

      By the way, the runner up won Best Legs. She may get the crown.

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    • Anonymous says:

      Yes love the idea. Shut down Ms Cayman and start a new pageant that is worthy of being in and notable around the region. We don’t want the fake charity, fake smiles and volunteer work because they HAVE to do it for the pageant, we want women who already do that before entering…another great example of a woman with accolades was first runner up last year I believe Kimberly Carlos.

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  41. Anonymous says:

    It would have been the easiest thing in the world for the committee to have said “we understand you have these legal issues, you are innocent until proven guilty, but you should deal with that first and, all being well, enter the competition next year”. That is exactly what would have happened in other countries. It’s staggering that the committee allowed this to happen, the whole pageant has already been brought into disrepute regardless of what happens next.

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    • Anonymous says:

      even more staggering that the Committee see NOTHING wrong with it. Its mind-boggling to know that Deri and co have no moral sense. Not one person on the committee thought wait this might be a bad idea lets have her apply next year instead?

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    • Silent majority! says:

      @10:05am. I agree.

      The inevitable precedent that this fiasco sets only serves to diminish the current and future prestige of the MCIU pageant.

      Not taking urgent remedial action will most likely cause irreparable harm to what is a national beauty pageant.

  42. GT. says:

    Hmmm .. it’s not her fault though that she was given the crown. She was just doing what a contestant would do – TRYING TO WIN! AND I MUST SAY, SHE DID A GOOD JOB! It’s just that the Pageant Committee members made A VERY HUGE BIG BLUNDER – It was decisions that were made from poor judgement! … At least now, it looks like they will do something to reverse it. 🤔

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    • Anonymous says:

      She is to blame as well as the committee. She knew that these charges were pending!

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  43. Anonymous says:

    When I first read about this I laughed so hard… ONLY in Cayman! Seriously though, such a poor representation of Cayman. She should have waited until and if she was clear. Such a shame pretty girl. Don’t be such a fool.

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