Mya Walwyn, Miss Senior Elmore Stoutt High School 2017, poses for a photograph with other pageant contestants on Saturday at the Sir Rupert Briercliffe Hall. Photo: CHRISTINA KISSOON

For Mya Walwyn, the Mister and Miss Senior Elmore Stoutt High School Pageant on Saturday was a chance to steal a little of the spotlight from her father, Education and Culture Minister Myron Walwyn.

Mya Walwyn, Miss Senior Elmore Stoutt High School 2017, poses for a photograph with other pageant contestants on Saturday at the Sir Rupert Briercliffe Hall. Photo: CHRISTINA KISSOON
“There was a lot of pressure with the talk being about, ‘She’s only going to win because her father is the minister’ and so forth,’” she said. “But being in the pageant, I was taught to block out what everybody has to say and to just push forward.”

She succeeded. Throughout the night, the crowd seemed to agree with the judges, and at the end of the pageant she was crowned Miss Senior ESHS alongside Mister Senior ESHS Calden James.

“After all the hard work [and] all the tears, I finally did it,” the 17-year-old exclaimed shortly after she was crowned.

The show, which was formerly known as Mr. and Ms. Fifth Form, was last held in 2015, when Maya Brown and Akeem Stanley won the titles. Since then, a sixth form was added to the public school system, prompting the name change.

Besides Ms. Walwyn and Mr. James, the competition included two other boys — Mareq Romney and Joshua Langford — and four other girls: Kayla Grant, Shiann George, Kyrah Maduro and Jerely Jean-Jacque.

 

WINNERS

Girls

Miss Senior ESHS: Mya Walwyn

First Runner-up: Kayla Grant

Second Runner-up: Jerely Jean-Jacque

Miss Congeniality: Kayla Grant

Queen of Social Media: Mya Walwyn

Miss Photogenic: Mya Walwyn

Personal Development: Shiann George

Most Determined to Succeed: Kyrah Maduro

Most Poised: Mya Walwyn

Miss Intellect: Mya Walwyn

Spirit In Me: Mya Walwyn

Best Talent: Kayla Grant

Eveningwear: Mya Walwyn

Boys

Mister Senior ESHS: Calden James

Mister Congeniality: Mareq Romney  

King of Social Media: Calden James

Mister Photogenic: Mareq Romney

Personal Development: Joshua Langford

Most Determined To Succeed: Calden James

Most Poised: Calden James

Mister Intellect: Calden James

Spirit In Me: Calden James

Best Talent: Joshua Langford

Most Dapper: Calden James

 

 

See the Jan. 26, 2017 edition for full coverage.

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