Who’s to blame? Will a 2nd Miss BVI be dethroned? – Residents ask
They said this status is necessary for her to represent the Territory at other international pageants especially the Miss Universe Pageant.
However according to the rules of the pageant the BVIF&FC has the right to make amends as it relates to the status of a contestant.
It says “An eligible applicant must be a BVIslander or Belonger with a valid passport and permanently residing in the BVI, subject to the right of the Virgin Islands Festival and Fairs Committee (the ‘Committee) to amend this requirement in its absolute discretion for residents of long standing.
A copy of the applicant’s passport must be submitted with the application,” state the rules as is on the BVI pageant’s website.
It was the second year around that Jaynene Jno Lewis contested in the Miss BVI Pageant in the Virgin Islands and won the hearts of the panel of judges this time around which saw her being crowned the queen for the intended period 2014 – 2015.
However much controversy has arisen since, plugging the questions as to whether she would be allowed to reign for the period or would she have to give up the crown.
Sources close to the pageantry industry in the Virgin Islands have reliably informed this news site that contrary to the rules that govern the pageant, the new Miss BVI does not hold a naturalized status as she does not have a Virgin Islands’ passport and neither of her parents are Virgin Islanders.
“This is a big error on the part Ms Jno Lewis herself and the pageant committee,” said one of our sources. “It means that she didn’t read the rules or if she did she took things for granted and didn’t ensure that she get the relevant requirements up to the day of the pageant,” the source added.
“I blame the pageant committee for not protecting her from herself because all they needed to do was to make two phone calls to verify status, Labour and Immigration, this whole public display that will obviously have an emotional effect on her could have been avoided but the committee failed to realize that this not long time people will speak up, it’s a matter of principle.”
Several calls to members of the BVI Festival and Fairs Committee members yesterday and also to Head of the Pageant Committee Ms Alicia Hamm went unanswered. This news site will continue to seek for an explanation or confirmation to these claims as provided by our sources and as are plastered throughout social media.
Abigail F. Hyndman who was the Miss BVI queen for 2011 was surrounded by similar concerns but those were said to be a far cry from the current Miss BVI situation as Ms Hyndman while not being a born Virgin Islander had legal status as well as her roots were directly of the VI.
In the case of Ms Jno Lewis she was allegedly born on the Island of St Croix and not to parents of with Virgin Islands status.
This news site will continue to seek answers to this and other issues that have been said to mar the 60th celebrations of Festival in the Virgin Islands.
The first queen to have been dethroned was Miss BVI 2006 Martha J. Ramirez because she had gotten pregnant during her reign against the rules. Ramirez is an accomplished Medical Doctor in the Virgin Islands.
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183 Responses to “Who’s to blame? Will a 2nd Miss BVI be dethroned? – Residents ask”
- Contestant must be BVIslander/Belonger OR at the absolute discretion of the Committee, a long-standing resident of the BVI. It says OR, not AND. READ!
- The Judges decision is FINAL!!
Tell her run again if she want to win, we have our Queen and we are proud of her! Even the Premier mentioned how FLAWLESS her performance was. These people need to go take a nap and catch themselves from causing confusion. Queen Jaynene not giving up that crown until 2015 that's a fact.
make it public
I sure everyone think she had something for here
Just because the .th district representative daughter did not win, she up and down calling the community asking them to dethrone the Queen. Your daughter did well but she was not the judges choice. Stop your bs and let the queen enjoy her crown. I am certain that government can give her the documents to represents us as she spent all her childhood here.
“An eligible applicant must be a BVIslander or Belonger with a valid passport and permanently residing in the BVI, subject to the right of the Virgin Islands Festival and Fairs Committee (the ‘Committee) to amend this requirement in its absolute discretion for residents of long standing.
Which part of the above people don't understand? The lady with the bag is who started this mess and she will regret it trust me. She is a very childish individual and it shows. It's a shameful display of ignorance. When the girls were launched nobody had a problem with Jaynene running for the show. They did the pre-judged segments at HLSCC and nobody had a problem. WHY???? Because they thought they had it in the 'BAG'. When they get a rude awakening and Jaynene won the show HANDS DOWN, they could not catch themselves. Most of them didn't even congratulate her. These people call themselves Christians? They are SICK SICK SICK! Someone said #1 went into the show 150points ahead of #3. That idiot that posted this is so stupid, if each segment was around 100 points and they only had two segments that night which were promo and interview, #5 won the promo, so how the hell could #1 be 150 points ahead #3? This means #3 came out of those segments with ZERO? People love confusion in this place! Jaynene is Ms. BVI 2014 and NOTHING they can do about it!!
So ANYONE can represent us? Are we so lousy, we cannot represent ourselves?
That Miss BVI Committee . . . . . . . . .
“This is a big error on the part Ms Jno Lewis herself and the pageant committee,” said one of our sources. “It means that she didn’t read the rules or if she did she took things for granted and didn’t ensure that she get the relevant requirements up to the day of the pageant,” the source added.
So this person conveniently refused to acknowledge the part of the criteria where it says that the Committee can, in its absolute discretion, amend the BVIslander/Belonger requirement for long-standing residents, which is what Jaynene is? Jaynene has lived in the BVI for her entire life apart from her NAVY service. What a crock of nonsense. These people either can't read or they just love confusion.
They have no reason to deny her entry.
Both of them are involved especially Al..ra and I know this from good source.
Who win won although I did not favour Jaynene who seems like she's constantly putting on a show rather than showing her true personality.
Be yourself Ms. Jno Lewis, show us your character, rather than the frozen face all the time. Represent the BVI well.
Jaynene Jno-Lewis is the Queen and worked for it that evening . Whether they take it away from her, who they want to give it to can never feel good about themselves because she was not the judges choice that evening, even thou i felt she did good.
Bet you is de big name families that are sore losers who stirring the pot.
There are some people who need to realize that if they cannot stand the heat, then they should not venture into the kitchen. Scandalising names when they are not chosen, and bringing adverse publicity to the territory is not doing us any good. In a competition there can only be one winner, and most times the peoples' choice, the most popular contestant, does not possess all of the necessary qualities to be an outright winner. Let us leave the decision to the judges. Participants entering these competitions need to enter for the exposure it brings, for the camaraderie, the fun, excitement, etc., and not with the attitude that they will win the crown.
This has put a real damper on the 60th anniversary celebrations just concluded. And after just about everything else went so smoothly. The reigning queen was not a stowaway. She was accepted to compete and she did a great job. Let us get on with our work, people. Seven days talk, and life goes on. Who it hut, it hut.
The committe bears some responsibility but it could be said that they trusted the integrity of the contestants and was lax in checking their status.
Ms Lewis has tarnished her character and it is no secret to any country or person. She is an embarrassment and representing the BVI would be insulting.
These Islands afforded her and her family a life away from Haiti so now we must throw away what has made us successful and respected? We must now throw away our dignity and character,for Ms Lewis. Reprehensible is what comes to mind when I think of Ms Lewis and others like her.
On a whole needs to clear up this issue by making a statement but like everything else they will sweep it under the rug.