Every year, each young woman crowned in the Miss Jamaica Festival Queen Competition is tasked with developing and executing a parish project based on an area of their interest. Miss Kingston and St Andrew Festival Queen 2023, Jhanielle Powell,.
Continuing the goodwill for a second consecutive post-pandemic year, the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation celebrated with a packed venue for last Thursday’s Christmas tree lighting ceremony at the St William Grant Park, downtown.
On Emancipation Day, August 1, Aundrene Cameron entered the National Arena as a parish queen wearing the sash Miss St Catherine, but hours later, the 21-year-old law student was beaming and holding court as the newly-crowned Miss Jamaica Festival.
From a field of nine contestants, who all embodied the theme ‘The Jamaican Woman: Strong, Dignified, Creative’, Jhanielle Powell was last Saturday night crowned Miss Kingston and St Andrew Festival Queen at a well-attended event held at the Alfred.
Nine young women from Kingston and St Andrew, aged 18- 25 years old, were sashed by their respective sponsors to kick-start the 2023 Miss Jamaica Festival Queen contest at the Police Officers' Clu.