SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE MISS JAMAICA BEAUTY PAGEANT.THERE HAS BEEN EIGHT CHINESE JAMAICANS WHO HAVE WON THE CROWN.ALL OF THESE WINNERS WENT ON TO MAKE JAMAICA PROUD AT THE ANNUAL MISS WORLD BEAUTY PAGEANT.LAURIE ANN CHIN, THE LATEST WINNER WILL HAVE TO PROVE HERSELF BY CONTINUING THE STREAK.ASIAN JAMAICANS HAS ALWAYS HAVE TO FIGHT HARD TO FIT INTO THE JAMAICAN CULTURE BECAUSE THEY ARE A MINORITY.THIS IS WHY, ACCORDING TO MY RESEARCH,MANY CHINESE FLED THE ISLAND IN THE 70"S WHEN THE RIOTS BROKE OUT.MANY OF THESE JAMAICANS CURRENTLY LIVE IN MIAMI, FLORIDA OR ATLANTA ,GEORGIA.AND THE RECORD HAS PROVEN THAT WHENEVER AN ASAIN IS SENT TO MISS WORLD TO REPRESENT JAMAICA, THE COUNTRY HAS ALWAYS DONE EXCEPTIONALLY WELL. THE WINNERS WERE AS FOLLOWS.
1.IN 1959, SHIELA MECHTILDE CHONG , WAS PLACED 6TH AT MISS WORLD.(MISS HOLLAND WAS THE WINNER THAT YEAR)..
2.IN 1961,MAGUERITE LEWARS WON THE MISS JAMAICA PAGEANT.SHE ,HOWEVER, DID NOT COMPETE AT MISS WORLD.BUT WAS SELECTED BY HOLLYWOOD TO STAR IN THE FAMOUS JAMES BOND MOVIE.SHE IS THE FIRST BLACK CHINESE JAMAICAN TO HAVE WON SUCH A FEAT.SHE IS THE FIRST JAMAICAN INTERNATIONAL ACTRESS.
3.IN 1962, CHRIS LEON, WAS PLACED AMONG THE TOP 10 SEMIFINALIST THAT YEAR,WHILE MISS HOLLAND TOOK THE CROWN.CHRIS LEON DID NOT OFFICIALLY WON MISS JAMAICA BUT SHE WAS ASKED TO REPRESENT THE ISLAND AT MISS WORLD.MARLENE MURRAY WAS THE WINNER OF THE THEN MISS JAMAICA IN 1962.
THERE WASN'T AN OFFICIAL MISS JAMAICA BEAUTY PAGEANT UNTIL 1963 WHEN CAROLE JOAN CRAWFORD WON MISS WORLD.
4.IN 1971, AVA JOY GILL WON THE MISS JAMAICA BEAUTY PAGEANT AND WENT ON TO PLACE 4TH RUNNER UP AT THE MISS WORLD PAGEANT.
5.IN 1973, PATRICIA (PATSY) YUEN WAS CROWNED MISS JAMAICA AND WENT ON TO PLACE 2ND RUNNER UP AT MISS WORLD.SHE LATER WAS ASKED TO TAKE UP THE DUTIES AS MISS WORLD WHEN THE WINNER, MARJORIE WALLACE (USA) WAS STRIPPED OF HER CROWN.
6.IN 1977, SANDRA KONG WAS CROWNED MISS JAMAICA AND MISS BODY BEAUTIFUL.SANDRA WITHDREW FROM THE MISS WORLD PAGEANT BUT WOULD HAVE PLACED AMONG THE TOP 5 IF SHE HAD GONE.
7.IN 1981, SANDRA CUNNINGHAM WON THE MISS JAMAICA WORLD BEAUTY PAGEANT WHERE SHE WENT ON TO PLACE 2ND RUNNER UP AT MISS WORLD.
8.IN 1983 , CATHERINE ELIZABETH LEVY WON THE MISS JAMAICA WORLD BEAUTY PAGEANT AND WENT ON TO PLACE 3RD RUNNER UP AT MISS WORLD THAT YEAR,SHE IS MY FAVORITE MISS JAMAICA WORLD EVER.SHOULD HAVE WON MISS WORLD THAT YEAR.BIG CONTROVERSY...
9.IN 1997, AFTER CONVINCING MICHELLE MOODIE TO ENTER THE MISS JAMAICA WORLD PAGEANT IN 97.SHE WON AND WENT ON TO CAPTURE THE Caribbean QUEEN AWARD AT MISS WORLD.
10.AND FINALLY IN 2014, AFTER SO MANY YEARS SINCE CATHY LEVY WON JAMAICA ONCE AGAIN CROWNED ANOTHER MIXED ASAIN BEAUTY OF CHINESE DECENT.LAURIE ANN CHIN.....
WILL THE TREND CONTINUE AT MISS WOLRD FOR JAMAICAN CHINESE BEAUTIES..WE SHALL SEE. SAY HURRAY FOR THE CHINESE PEOPLE OF JAMAICA.WE LOVE YOU ALL.."OUT OF MANY ONE PEOPLE".