SOUTH FLORIDA – Four new reigning ambassadors of the Miss Jamaica Florida Pageant 2015 were crowned on Sunday (June 28) at the 26th annual Coronation held at the Coral Springs Center for the Arts. And the winners are: Abigail Blake, Little Miss sponsored by The South & Blake Families; Ashante Lindsay, Junior Miss sponsored by Exquisite Class Center, LLC; Allison Johnson, Miss sponsored by The Otto Law Group, Joanna Chung, Miss Teen sponsored by Trees that Feed Foundation.
Nearly 1,000 patrons in the jam-packed auditorium cheered the twenty-one contestants who did creative expressions and articulated responses to questions about current topical issues posed by the judges and the host committee. The event themed “She is Royal: A tribute to Women of Power Around the World” was jointly organized by the Partners For Youth Foundation (PFY) and the Anthony Baker Incorporated (ABI).
Photo by David I Muir
The MJF Pageant was started in 1990, by the late Anthony Bernard Baker, and geared towards the development of youth programs especially in the Arts. Since his passing in 1997, the organization has been sustained by his widow and business partner, Marcia Rigg-Baker, and the Board of Directors of the Partners For Youth (PFY), a charitable non-profit organization.
The Pageant, the annual fundraiser for the Foundation is but one of the many achievements, a vehicle that enhances the cultural and educational development of Jamaican youth in the Diaspora and in the homeland. Through the instrumentality of the Foundation, each year a female student is afforded a scholarship to further her college education in the Arts program.
Photo by David I Muir
This year’s recipient of the Anthony Baker scholarship was Alyssa McDoom, a multi-genre vocalist, songwriter and guitarist. A recent graduate from Cypress Bay High School in Weston, Alyssa heads for The New School of Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York City in Fall 2015. She has already begun building an expansive career in jazz, having been selected in 2014 and 2015 by the Grammy Foundation to be an member of the Grammy Jazz Choir at the 56th and 57th annual Grammy Awards.
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