The Guild of Students has just been through two fairly competitive events – the more recent being the election of its executive with the incumbent President, Makesi Peters, keeping his position and Michael Rajnauth being voted in as Vice President. The new executive.
The other big event on the Guild calendar was the selection of the 2016 Miss UWIverse – which took place in February at the Daaga Auditorium at the St. Augustine Campus. The winner, Khedeill James, representing the Department of Behavioural Scienes from the Faculty of Social Sciences, captivated the judges when she was asked to describe how she has contributed to The UWI’s rise in the context of its motto, “Oriens Ex Occidente Lux” which means "Light Rising From the West".
The 12 contestants were exposed to a wide range of pre-pageant activities as they were taken through paces that included meeting with the Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, Ayanna Webster-Roy as part of a mentoring element; a fitness challenge; a visit to the 2016 HIV/AIDS Awareness Fair hosted by the Faculty of Humanities and Education, a “styling 101 session,” and a particularly inspiring meeting when the Minister of Tourism, Shamfa Cudjoe visited the Campus and shared some of her personal experiences with them.
Photographer CHAD SANTANA captured the final, thrilling moment of Khedeill’s victory as the previous Miss UWIverse Gwaldys Feler presents her successor to the audience.
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