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No horns allowed @ Miss BVI Pageant on Sunday
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The 2024 Miss BVI Pageant at Multi-Purpose Sports Complex on Sunday, July 21, 2024, will be a little less noisy, as the pageant committee has banned the use of horns at the event.
7 contestants revealed for Miss BVI Pageant 2024 in July
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Under the theme Brunch in Bloom, the contestants for the Miss BVI Pageant 2024 were revealed at Queen Elizabeth II Park on Sunday, May 12, 2024.
Xaria Penn crowned Miss Universe BVI
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI- With former Chairperson of the Virgin Islands Festival and Fairs Committee (VIF&FC) Alicia Hamm refusing to give up the Miss Universe Pageant franchise and denying the Miss BVI Queen the opportunity to represent the VI at Miss Universe as has been the tradition, Hamm staged her own pageant last night, September 25, 2021.
5 Beauties Vying for Miss BVI 2019/2020 Crown
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Miss BVI Committee yesterday Friday March 29, 2019, announced the names of 5 contestants who will be vying to become Miss BVI 2019-2020.
Miss BVI 2017/2018 Contestants cry foul; No prizes given
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- With many disappointed that the traditional Miss BVI Queen 2018/2019 show has been cancelled, now comes word that the contestants from the 2017 pageant, have not received their promised prizes.
No Miss BVI this year! Even Festival going backwards!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Word reaching our news desk is that there will not be a 2018 Miss BVI Pageant.
Who will be the new Miss BVI 2016/17?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola VI- This year’s Emancipation Festival has already been dubbed a flop as participation is at an all-time low, with many calls in some quarters to boycott the event as the public is very turned off by the childish behaviour of the controversial Minister for Education and Culture, Hon Myron V. Walwyn, a Territorial At Large Member.
This Week We Feature Young Professional Helina A. Hewlett
By N. Johann Earle
It is not every day that you run into someone who has a first degree from a UK university in the field of law and business who is willing to trade all in for a chance to learn of the world’s people and languages through travelling and the studying of linguistics.
UPDATE: Will Miss BVI be held earlier during festival season 2014?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Media operatives of the Virgin Islands recently tickled the thoughts of Minister for Education and Culture Honourable Myron V. Walwyn when the question was asked if considerations were being given to pulling the staging of the Miss BVI Queen pageant to an earlier date during the festival season.
This Week We Feature Young Professional Rosanna K. Chichester
By Ron M. Henry
This week’s young professional is no stranger to the public eye and has been prominently involved in the local pageant scene for a number of years. Virgin Islands News Online proudly presents Miss BVI 2013, Rosanna K. Chichester.