Tag: Miss Universe
Olympic gymnast crowned Miss Universe Cayman
(CNS): Raegan Rutty (22), the Cayman Islands’ first-ever Olympic gymnast, was crowned Miss Universe Cayman Islands 2024 at the annual pageant on Saturday. Six girls competed for the title and the chance to represent the country at the international Miss Universe beauty contest in Mexico City in November. Following a controversial two years after the […]
Local committee takes up Miss Universe franchise
(CNS): The Miss Cayman Islands Universe committee has become the franchise holder for the pageant after the Ministry of Tourism pulled out of the beauty contest business last month. The committee has been organising the pageant here for more than two decades and on Saturday announced it had been granted the licence. Committee Chair Derri […]
Ministry gives up on Miss Universe pageant
(CNS): The government has confirmed that it has officially given up the Miss Cayman Islands Universe (MCIU) franchise. In the wake of the criminal conviction of the reigning beauty queen, Tiffany Conolly, and the embarrassment that followed as a result of her being allowed to enter the pageant while facing assault charges, Tourism Minister Kenneth […]
Government looking for way out of pageant business
(CNS): The government is in discussions with the Miss Cayman Islands Universe committee about pulling out of the franchise it holds for the beauty pageant and finding a supporter in the private sector, as is the case with the Miss World contest. The committee has now stripped Tiffany Conolly of the crown following her criminal […]
Pageant queen runner-up goes to New Orleans
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Miss Universe Committee has confirmed that the runner-up of this year’s pageant, Chloe Powery-Doxey, left for New Orleans, Louisiana, yesterday to compete in the international competition on 14 January, accompanied by Committee Deputy Chair Donna Bush. Powery-Doxey replaces the winner and title holder of the local pageant, Tiffany Conolly (24) remains […]
2019 runner-up gets a shot at Miss Universe crown
(CNS): If the 2020 Miss Universe pageant goes ahead this year in Las Vegas, Mariah Tibbetts, the first runner-up in 2019’s local contest, will compete for the crown. The Miss Cayman Islands Universe Committee revealed Friday that the 2020 event here has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, Tibbetts has been […]
South African crowned Miss Universe
(CNS): Zozibini Tunzi (26) from South Africa was crowned Miss Universe 2019 at the beauty pageant in Atlanta Sunday night, beating 90 other women from across the world. Puerto Rico’s Madison Anderson was runner-up and Sofia Aragon from Mexico achieved third place. During her Q&A Tunzi said, “I grew up in a world where a […]
US beauty pageant dumps swimsuits
(CNS): Miss America is scrapping the swimsuit section of the competition in order to shift its focus from physical beauty to talent and inner beauty. In a press release Tuesday, the organisation announced “sweeping changes” to where contestants will no longer be judged on physical appearance. Miss World has already eliminated the bikini parade from its global […]
Cayman urged to vote for Brooks in online pageant
(CNS): Like contestants from all the other small countries, Miss Cayman Islands is at a distinct disadvantage when it comes to the people’s vote in the international pageant, Miss Universe. But the whole country is being urged to go online and show their support for Monyque Brooks in the online poll. Miss Cayman has been […]
Miss Cayman’s coral outfit fails to beat Thai bus
(CNS): Tonie Chisholm’s coral inspired outfit got Miss Cayman Islands into the final ten in the national costume round of the Miss Universe pageant Sunday night but the prize went to Miss Thailand, who came as the front end of a bus. Aniporn Chalermburanawong took the National Outfit prize, which was decided by voters calling […]
