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)