Miss Jamaica Cornwall crowned
Published:Friday | May 30, 2014 | 12:00 AM
Janet Silvera, Senior Gleaner Writer
WESTERN BUREAU:
Had the other contestants in the Miss Jamaica World Cornwall competition not worked extremely hard, 18-year-old Kimberly Webb would have walked away with more than the crown. The five feet seven inches tall beauty, captured all except two of the sectional prizes, at the 2014 coronation show, held at the Wexford Hotel, in Montego Bay, last Thursday night.
Webb, a science student at Hampton High School, was the star performer, copping the coveted crown, while displacing the 11 other contestants.
In fact, she made history taking home the prizes for Most Aware, Best Smile, and Most Talented.
The only contestant to better her figure was 18-year-old Montego Bay Community College student, Natalee Prout, who won Best Figure, who was second. Prout came closest to the well-rounded dynamo, who aced the prejudging segment of the competition.
Third place went to 21-year-old Regina Harding, a sales representative at Hairport at MegaMart, while the sectional prize for Most Congenial went to Daina Clarke.
Clear winner
Wearing the sash, Miss Sunset Beach Resort and Spa, Webb was a clear winner, proving beyond the shadow of a doubt that she had the credentials to bring the national crown to the Second City.
"I feel now that I have to represent the county of Cornwall so that we have a strong showing in the national finals," Webb told Today. Everyone in her family except her felt she would have taken home the crown. "I am a very competitive person, but I never saw pageantry as a competition. For me it has always been a way of improving yourself, through the direction of people who have been there before you," she stated.
A former head girl at the Mount Alvernia High School, Webb is recognised as having the Midas touch. She has played the role of Junior Mayor for Montego Bay, was captain of her alma mater's School's Challenge Quiz team, and recently led the Hampton team to the same competition in Kingston.
She credits her parents for her success. "We were raised on the mantra that mediocrity was unacceptable," she tells Today, noting that she wants to become a medical doctor, but one who doesn't practise. "I think I will make much more of an impact as a medical administrator."
Organised by Complete Entertainment's Junior Taylor and Petagaye King, Miss Jamaica Cornwall 2014 has been lauded for turning out one of the best crops of contestants this year.