Those Who Went Before
SO Miss Universe Jamaica Winners Jan 25
As we pin our hopes on reigning Miss Universe Jamaica Kaci Fennell to emerge at the top of the heap of her 87 competitors and snag the crown from outgoing winner Miss Venezuela Gabriela Isler at the international pageant and possibly bring home a long-eluded victory to The Rock, SO does the time warp, featuring a quarter-century worth of Fennell’s beauty queen predecessors.
1989 Sandra Foster (Top 10 finalist)
1990 Michelle Hall
1991 Kimberly Mais (Top 6 finalist)
1992 Bridgette Rhoden
1993 Rachel Stuart
1994 Angelie Martin
1995 Justine Willoughby
1996 Trudi-Ann Ferguson
1997 Nadine Thomas
1998 Shani McGraham
1999 Nicole Haughton (Top 10 finalist)
2000 Saphire Longmore
2001 Zahra Burton
2002 Sanya Hughes
2003 Michelle Lecky
2004 Christine Straw (Top 10 finalist)
2005 Raquel Wright
2006 Cindy Wright
2007 Zahra Redwood
2008 April Jackson
2009 Carolyn Yapp
2010 Yendi Phillipps (1st Runner Up)
2011 Shakira Martin
2012 Chantal Zaky
2013 Kerrie Baylis
2014 Kaci Fennell
FUN FACTS [BOX OFF]
o Two Michelles (Hall and Lecky), two Zahras (Burton and Redwood) and two Wrights (Raquel and Cindy, no relation) have won the MUJ crown
o Jamaica has placed in the top 10 five times
o Our near brush with the Miss Universe title came in 2010, when Yendi Phillipps was declared first runner up to the winner, Miss Mexico Ximena Navarrete
o Four MUJ winners also won Miss Jamaica World titles (Kerrie Baylis, Yendi Phillipps, Christine Straw and Sandra Foster)
