From left: Soairse Salmon, 1st runner-up; Miss UWI School of Social Sciences 2025 Nickanya Brown; and Shae Sinclair (2nd runner-up).
TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD Nickanya Brown, a administration research scholar who aspires to pursue social entrepreneurship after finishing her college research, was topped Miss UWI School of Social Sciences on Saturday March 8.
The coronation, which noticed seven girls competing for the title, was held inside a jam-packed eating room at Chancellor Corridor.
Soairse Salmon, 22 years previous, who’s from Manchester and research worldwide relations with a minor in regulation and criminology, completed in second place, whereas 19-year-old Shae Sinclair who gained a slew of sectional prizes together with Finest Efficiency, Most Congenial and Individuals’s Selection Vote, was named second runner-up.
The women first appeared in swimwear earlier than launching into their expertise items. After the night robe section, the finalists confronted the gruelling question-and-answer section.
Brown’s crowning was met with pleasure. She was stunned at her win.
“This has simply been very surreal… I’m grateful to have been part of this expertise,” the previous St Jago Excessive scholar informed the
Jamaica Observer.
Salmon described her journey within the pageant as an superior expertise.
“I intend to develop from right here going ahead. My largest problem was protecting that smile on stage as a result of I’m a critical particular person,” she acknowledged.
For Sinclair, the necessity to develop her confidence drove her to take part within the pageant.
“A number of sacrifices went into doing this… as a result of I needed to discover the time for coaching. I pushed, I practised, and I even walked across the campus in 6-inch heels simply to arrange,” the political science scholar shared.
Magnificence with a Function Award went to Christina Bromfield; Soairse Salmon, most poised; Nickanya Brown, most conscious; most concerned locally, and most conscious; Shae Sinclair, most congenial, individuals’s selection public vote and greatest efficiency.