A queen name Justice

In the end, Justice Carrington won the crown. She also copped the Most Dedicated Delegate and Best Evening Gown. Carrington who represented Egypt Village wore a beautifully-designed, royal blue and silver gown. An overjoyed Carrington cried with joy on hearing the result. She also copped the Most Dedicated Delegate and Best Evening Gown awards.

“It has always been my dream to become Miss Point Fortin and believe me I will wear this crown with pride,” she said. She wants to improve her village and inspire young women to go after their dreams in life. Carrington says she is looking forward to the year ahead and hopes to work with the pageant committee and other delegates to bring improvement to the borough.

“I really want to reach out to the youths and help them to deal with any issues they may face,” she said. She noted that young women have to deal with a lot of problems such as finding employment and also being able to advance in academics.

At the end of her reign, she said, she would like the people of Point Fortin to remember her as someone who contributed positively to the community, especially those from her districts of Egypt and Southern Gardens.

The pageant which was held at the Point Fortin East Secondary school on April 28 and saw a packed auditorium with tremendous support for the respective delegates from villagers. The most vocal being supporters from Ma Pau Members Club who came to support Precious Lambert, the delegate for New Lands/Self Help and Lake View.

At the start of the contest the delegates were asked to describe the Point Fortin districts they represented and they all spoke highly of their community. The audience heard that Point Fortin has the most talented people in sports and calypso as well the best in beaches and liming spots.

Prior to pageant night the delegates submitted videos about their districts on the Miss Point Fortin website. Jada Cornwall’s video received over 20,000 views thus far.

Her presentation was on the Cap de Ville/Buenos Ayres and Erin districts.

Cornwall was the second runner- up and also walked away with the Miss Intelligent prize. Precious Lambert, the first runner-up, also won Best Video Presentation and Miss Congeniality. Karen Rampersad won Miss Photogenic and Miss Physique went to Shakura Hernandez.

Executive producer of the pageant Denzil James said despite the issues of sponsorship and support from corporate businesses, the show was a success. He said the delegates were easy to work with as they were all excited to represent their respective villages. James expressed appreciation to them for bringing such high standards to the show.

“I am now motivated to begin preparations for 2018 almost immediately so that even a higher standard can be achieved,” James said. The Miss Point Fortin Borough Pageant Committee will be on the ball regarding developing this beauty pageant, giving the young women an opportunity to participate in the best in TT .”