so interestingly enough, Jamaica is a Black country by all accounts, however, Black beauty has not been really represented at pageants, check this, I heard that Jamaica only started sending Black women to pageants in the 1990's or 2000's, plus why they only had their first Black Prime Minister in 1993? BTW other less Afro countries were giving more Black representation

Lisa Hanna



Cindy Breakspeare



Carole Crawford



The famous Jamaican poster girl (misleading isnt it?)

what u have to say, serious discussion here

Every country gets misrepresented in international pageants. It's a non issue. Jamaica needs to tackle poverty and corruption first before they address some money making gimmick.


And there are women in Jamaica who look like them. Why can't they represent their island? I mean. They are in fact Jamaican.

YEAH we know a beauty pageant is not that important in itself, but this is symptomatic of a deep rooted issue though, its the same for countries like South Africa and other Black countries.

look at the PM's,

Norman Manley



Seaga

only like in the 1990's JA started to showcase more Black faces

Trinidad represents its country respectively?


Of all the years I've been living, I've never ran into an Chiney Trini.

Most women who've represented Trinidad back in the day were of mixed ancestry.

I think OPti have a good point


white supremacy ideology is WORLWIDE .... the euro masseurs control the wealth, power resources , standard of beauty

In SLU most of the whites and (mixed with whites) are wealthy. and disproportionate influence..........


discusssion always take a turn because people instead of presenting their point of view launch an attack.... Could be too your thread's intention was to instigate or at lest peceived to be so

I have relatives who look like them.

yes we have sent Black and mixed women, the most underrepresented were East Indians and they started gettin more representation in the 1990's, we had our first East Indian PM around the same time, Jamaica had their first Black PM,

THAT IS NOT COOL for a country with mucho Blacks

so what's your point ? - serios question

Yendi Phillips mixed with Black and Indian.

no attack, just discussion on something that is interesting

Luci, my point is that Jamaicans do look like them. Jamaica is the most European in all of the English Caribbean.