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UPDATE: Miss BVI remains focused; encourages fans to vote
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Miss BVI 2012 Sharie B.Y. de Castro says she remains focused on her task and is encouraging fans to continue in their support of her quest to attain the crown at the 62nd edition of the Miss Universe pageant in Moscow, Russia.
Hyndman calls on VI to rally around Sharie deCastro from now
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Former Miss British Virgin Islands, Abigail F. Hyndman, who recently brought much recognition for the Territory at the Miss Universe Pageant 2012 where she placed in the Top Ten in the Costume Segment has called on Virgin Islanders to rally around their queen Miss Sharie B. deCastro so that she could achieve more than her at the next global pageant.
Criminalizing homosexuality has not resulted in less of it – Fitzwilliam
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Several of the so-called taboo topics associated with sex and HIV/AIDS least discussed in public forums were brought to the forefront in the Virgin Islands with former Miss Universe Wendy Fitzwilliam taking a strong stance for the Caribbean to change its views on homosexuality and leaders to take stronger positions to make changes that are necessary to see actual reductions in HIV rates, with one option being to have condoms available in the prison system.