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Turkey coal mine explosion: Death toll soars
An explosion at a mine in western Turkey has left 151 workers dead and scores injured, officials say.
The blast, followed by a fire, occurred at a coal mine near the town of Soma in Manisa province.
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A huge rescue operation is under way to reach hundreds more trapped miners and oxygen is being pumped into the mine.
Large crowds of worried relatives have gathered near the privately owned mine, about 450km (280 miles) west of the capital Ankara.
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Hon. J.A.G.S. McCartney The First National Hero Of The Turks & Caicos Islands
James Alexander George Smith McCartney (Jags) was born to Sally and Fernandez McCartney on June 30th, 1945 on Grand Turk. He was born with a serious heart condition and was not expected to lead a healthy and active life. However, from a very early age he was active in athletics. It was not until he was a teenager in high school on Grand Turk that he began experiencing problems with his heart.
Prompted by the seriousness of his medical condition and the absence of a heart specialist in the Turks and Caicos Islands, Jags was sent to Jamaica to receive the medical attention he needed and complete his secondary education at Happy Grove High School. He continued to be active in sports especially swimming and running.
During his years in Jamaica, he was inspired by the political activities of great leaders such as Hon. Norman Manley and Sir Alexander Bustamante and studied much about the work of leaders like Marcus Garvey and Martin Luther King Jr. After Jags graduated from high school, he returned to the Turks and Caicos Islands where he developed programs which involved the local youths of Grand Turk.
Like many Turks and Caicos Islanders, he migrated to he United and then the Bahamas where he became interested in politics. There he associated himself with the progressive Liberal Party (PLP) and during the 1967 elections he campaigned on their behalf. Later, he and one of his colleagues organized the first major strike at the Grand Bahama Hotel to gain better working conditions for the employees there. He continued to encourage workers to form unions and fight against the oppression under which they worked. He helped to stage many peaceful demonstrations. These activities inspired him to write a book “A Black Boy in the Bahamas”.
In 1971, Jags McCartney returned to the Turks and Caicos. Elections were due the following year and he decided to contest a seat which he lost. Immediately following his defeat he began preparing for the 1976 elections. He started by forming the Junkanoo Club where young people could gather and discuss many current topics. It was from this group the People’s Democratic Movement (PDM) was formed in 1975. The Junkanoo members were called “Black Power Boys”.
Jags had a burning desire to improve the social conditions of the Turks and Caicos Islands. He tried to fight for new land reforms that would allow Turks and Caicos Islanders to own land. He wanted more young people to go abroad to receive higher education and return home to hold good jobs in the islands. In September 1976, the People’s Democratic Movement (PDM) won the elections and Jags McCartney, its leader became the first Chief Minister of the Turks and Caicos Government. This victory began a new era for the Turks & Caicos Islands.
Hon. McCartney served his people well. He was committed and dedicated and he defended what he believed in. He felt that all men should be free and share equal opportunities in life. He felt that the poor needed to enjoy a happy life and to do this he fought the ills of the country and in the history books known as the First National Hero of the Turks & Caicos Islands.
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J.A.G.S. & His Dream
- by Oswald Skippings
JAGS DREAM LIVES ON!
IN TRUTH AND IN FACT, IT HAS NEVER DIED SINCE THE DAY IT WAS BORN
AS SUCH, JAGS WILL NEVER DIE,
FOR AS INCREDIBLE AS IT MAY SEEM, OUR NATIONAL HERO LIVES ON,
ALTHOUGH TO THE DUST HIS BODY HAS LONG GONE
IF THIS TRUTH YOU DARE DISPUTE THEN YOU ARE LIVING A LIE
FOR IN US WHO ARE GENUINE, NATIONALISTIC AND PATRIOTIC, JAGS SPIRIT LIVES ON DEEP DOWN INSIDE
WHO IS THIS MAN THEY CALLED JAGS?
HOW DID HE SET US FREE?
QUESTIONS FROM THE MOUTHS OF THOSE WHO ARE ILL INFORMED OR BLIND AND CANNOT SEE
ONE INGREDIENT OF THE MAKEUP OF THE MAN CALLED JAGS
IS THAT HE HAD A WILL & A WAY TO DELIVER HIS PEOPLE FROM POVERTY AND RAGS,
SO THAT OUR MINDS WOULD NO LONGER BE IN BONDAGE AND ENSLAVED
JAMES ALEXANDER GEORGE SMITH MCCARTNEY WAS THE NAME HE BARE
HE WAS HUMBLE, BUT HE NEVER LET HIS WOUNDED HEART SUFFER FEAR,
HE WAS A GIANT WHO WALKED AMONG MEN TALL, RESOLUTE AND STRONG,
HE FOUGHT AGAINST THE EVILS OF RACISM AND OPPRESSION IN EVERY SHAPE OR FORM
THE ROAD WAS TRAITOROUS & TREACHEROUS, THE WAY WAS HARD, THE JOURNEY WAS LONG.
BUT THAT DID NOT STOP HIM FROM PURSUING RIGHT AND STAMPING OUT WRONG
HE HAD A DREAM WHICH HE FOUGHT HARD TO MAKE A REALITY,
FROM COLONIAL OPPRESSION HE WANTED HIS PEOPLE TO BE LIBERATED AND SET FREE.
THEY SAID WE WERE NOT QUALIFIED, SO WE COULDN’T GET WORK,
NOT BEYOND CLEANING THEIR OFFICES, YARDS OR WASHING THEIR CARS AND TRUCKS.
OR OTHER MENIAL JOBS LIKE COOKING THEIR MEALS OR BEING NANNIES TO THEIR FAMILIES,
EVEN THEN ONLY IF WE WERE LUCKY OR HAD STRAIGHT HAIR AND MILKY SKIN,
WOULD WE BE TRULY SORT OF EMBRACED AND BARELY WELCOMED IN.
JAGS INSISTED ON HIGHER EDUCATION AND IF WE WERE NOT QUALIFIED HE WOULD ENSURE THAT WE WOULD BE TRAINED,
HE DIDN’T STOP UNTIL BETTER JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR HIS PEOPLE WERE OBTAINED.
DO YOU THINK A MAN, IN HIS OWN HOMELAND,
SHOULD HAVE TO FIGHT SO HARD TO DEFEND HIS ABILITY TO HOLD HIS HEAD HIGH AND TO STAND?
JAGS WAS TIRED OF BOWED DOWN HEADS AND LOWERED EYES,
AT THE FEET OF COLONIAL OPPRESSORS WHO WOULD SEE US OSTRACIZED?
HE GOT TIRED OF NOT BEING ABLE TO WALK THE STREETS,
WITHOUT BEING HARASSED BY BRAINWASHED POLICE,
HE GOT TIRED OF NOT BEING ABLE TO EAT IN CERTAIN RESTAURANTS IN HIS HOMELAND
HE GOT TIRED OF TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDERS NOT BEING ABLE TO WALK OR SWIM AT OUR OWN BEACH.
SO HE FOUGHT AND PUT EVERYTHING WITHIN HIS PEOPLES’ REACH
YES! MY FRIENDS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT JAGS McCARTNEY'S OUTSTANDING LEGACY
IT'S THE EXCEPTIONAL GOOD THAT HE DID, SO WE COULD ALL BE FREE,
IN OUR OWN BEAUTIFUL BY NATURE TURKS AND CAICOS COUNTRY.
IM NOT USING MY COMPUTER KEYS OR THE INK IN MY PEN,
TO SEE VIOLENCE RETURN ONCE AGAIN TO THIS LAND,
I'M NOT ENGAGING THE TONGUE IN MY MOUTH
TO REIGNITE THE TENSIONS AND HOSTILITIES THAT WERE RAMPANT ABOUT
BUT TODAY WE CAN FIGHT WITH OUR MINDS,
WE CAN REKINDLE THE FIRE OF UNITY THAT JAGS LEFT BEHIND
USING GOD’S BREATH AND OUR VOCIFEROUS OUTCRY
TO LET THE WORLD KNOW OF THE ABUSIVE MODERN GENOCIDE
THAT HAS MORPHED INTO PRESUMPTUOUS DIPLOMACY AND HAS BEEN CONSTITUTIONALIZED
LET THEM KNOW THAT THE TURKS AND CAICOS PEOPLE NOW GROAN
BUT THAT WE ARE A PEOPLE WHO JAGS MADE PROUD AND STRONG,
THAT HE TAUGHT US TO STAND UP AND FIGHT AND NOT TO SETTLE FOR INJUSTICE AND WRONG,
THAT JAGS INDOCTRINATED US TO STAND FOR JUSTICE FREEDOM AND EQUALITY,
BECAUSE THIS IS OUR BLESSED LAND AND WE HAVE AN INALIENABLE RIGHT TO BE FREE!
SO TODAY, WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR CHALLENGE TO THE FREEDOM TRACK,
I WANT YOU TO RUN WITH PRIDE WITH YOUR HEAD HIGH AND DON'T LOOK BACK,
I WANT YOU TO RUN IN REMEMBRANCE OF THIS GREAT LEGEND OF A MAN,
OUR NATIONAL HERO, HONORABLE JAGS MCCARTNEY THE PEOPLE'S FRIEND
THE ONE WHO GAVE HIS LOVE, LIFE AND LIMB TO LIBERATE THIS GREAT LAND!!!
SO LET'S UNITE AND DO IT TOGETHER HAND IN HAND
LET'S BE OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS KEEPER AND EACH OTHERS FRIEND
LET'S NOT GIVE UP THE FIGHT UNTIL OUR STRUGGLE ENDS AND WE ARE FIRST CLASS CITIZENS IN OUR NATIVE LAND
LET'S ALL EMBRACE AND REVIVE JAG'S DREAM, FOR THATS THE ONLY WAY TO GO
IN TRUE REMEMBRANCE AND HONOR OF OUR NATIONAL HERO!
FROM MENTAL SLAVERY, FREE YOUR ENSLAVED MINDS FIRST
THAT IS THE HANGOVER FROM THE COLONIAL & THE SLAVERY CURSE
INGITE YOUR PRIDE, LET IT FLOW LIKE A MIGHTY RIVER FOR ALL TO SEE
DARE TO GO WHERE YOU ARE FORBIDDEN TO, FOR THAT IS TRUE FREEDOM AND LIBERTY
DARE TO BE A VISIONARY AND PURSUE YOUR AMBITIOUS DREAMS
GIRD UP YOUR LOINS WITH SELF PRIDE AND FORGE AHEAD WITH SELF ESTEEM
ASCEND THE EVER ASCENDING LADDER THAT WILL TAKE YOU WAYYY BEYOND THE SKY
AND DON'T BE HANDICAPPED BY THE PROVERBIAL SKY IS THE LIMIT, THEY ONLY SEEK TO MEDIOCRITIZE
KNOW YOUR PROWESS AND CARVE OUT YOUR COVETED PLACE IN SOCIETY
WIELD YOUR HAND OF ACCOMPLISHMENT AND ETCH YOUR INDELIBLE MARK IN HISTORY
THAT IS THE VERY ESSENCE AND INSIGNIA OF THE JAGS MENTALITY
THE DETERMINATION NOT JUST TO SURVIVE, BUT THE WILL TO EXCEL IN HUMANITY
DARING TO BE BOLD, FEARLESS AND AUDACIOUS
WILLING TO SACRIFICE FOR THE LIBERATION OF OUR TURKS AND CAICOS
LETTING NOTHING STAND IN THE WAY OF PROGRESS
NEVER SUCCUMBING TO DEFEAT BUT COMMITTED ALWAYS TO ACHIEVING SUCCESS
LABORING, PERSEVERING, PRAYING, WHILE TRUSTING IN THE GOD OF OUR SALVATION
TO BRING US PEACE, PROSPERITY AND FREEDOM IN OUR BLESSED NATION!
THEN FINALLY!
HEAR THESE WORDS OF WISDOM THAT I DARE TO TELL,
WHILE IN TRIBUTE YOU BADE JAGS FAREWELL
DONT EVER LET HIS FERTILE AND POTENT DREAM OF HOPE TO DIE
AND NEVER BADE HIS IMPREGNATED, VISIONARY DREAM GOODBYE,
BUT LET'S JOIN HANDS ACROSS DENOMINATIONAL AND PARTY LINES
BLACKS, WHITES AND PEOPLE OF ALL RACES AND KINDS
LET'S UNITE IN LOVE AND NOT IN PSUEDO INFATUATION
AND BUILD OUR COUNTRY INTO ONE PROGRESSIVE AND PROSPEROUS NATION
NO MORE PREJUDICIAL, RACIAL OR ETNIC EVASION
BUT A HUMANITARIAN MIND OF ONE FAIR, INDISCRIMINATE PERSUASION
BE IT BLACK, CAUCASIAN, HAITIAN OR ANY OTHER ORIGN OF NATION
AS LONG AS WE’RE APART OF A DEDICATED AND COMMITTED TURKS AND CAICOS EQUATION
LET’S SHOW LOVE, RESPECT AND SINCERE APPRECIATION
IN CONCLUSION MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS!
FOR EVERY AVAILABLE VOCATION
LETS EDUCATE AND OTHERWISE EQUIP OURSELVES IN PREPARATION
IF WE ARE TO EVER BREAK THE CHAINS OF OPPRESSION AND ARISE FROM THE SLUMS OF DEGRADATION
NO MORE MENTAL SLAVERY, BUT GENUINE EMANCIPATION
YES!
THAT WAS THE ESSENCE AND SUMMATION
OF THE RIGHT EXCELLENT JAMES ALEXANDER GEORGE SMITH'S DETERMINATION
FOR HIS BELOVED TURKS AND CAICOS NATION!
Nine Winners, One Show! And Samentha Etiennes Bests Them All To Win The 2013 TCI Top Model Contest!
PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands: Monday, May 6th 2013 – Nine young ladies emerged victorious owing to the 2013 TCI Top Model Contest & Fashion Extravaganza on Saturday, May 4th. However, it was 16-year-old Samentha Etienne that named the Face of the Turks & Caicos, TCI Top Model 2013! As contestant number nine, she stood out the remaining nine contestants and charged to the fore with her exotic features, sun-kissed smooth cocoa skin tone, long lithe physique and wonderful personality. Shy, but bubbly all the same, the 5’10” Haitian born beauty not only won the contest, but also captured ‘Industry Readiness’, ‘Best Body’, ‘Model’s Portfolio’ and sashayed off with ‘Best Runway Walk’ award too.
“I am so happy right now. This is the best experience of my life. This is really a dream come true,” said Samentha through tears of joy. The newly titled 2013 TCI Top Model who enjoys reading everything she can about fashion, dressing up in the latest trends, hangout with friends, watching movies and listening to music went on to add that: “Winning the 2013 TCI Top Model Contest is the beginning of something special; something that I have always wanted from a little girl – to be a model. And I cannot wait to get started!”
The TCI Top Model Contest & Fashion Extravaganza was a creative and fashion forward triumph, which saw a catwalk competition of ten (10) beautiful young ladies vying for the title of TCI Top Model 2013. Samentha Etienne captured the 2013 TCI Top Model title, with Carlisa Williams and Felicia Williams placing 1st Runners-Up and 2nd Runner’s-Up respectively. The event also featured the collection: BOUGAINVILLEA DESIGNS BY STEPHANIE D OF THE FLOWER GIRL and a presentation from KITCHANDRA PENN’S CLASSIQUE COUTURE boutique. The event opened with a fabulous performance by TCI’s ‘Songbird’ BARBARA JOHNSON, and continued there from with CARL LEWIS AND T-PLUS, RYESHA HIGGS and the BLACK OUT CREW.
Saturday’s show at The Williams Auditorium in Providenciales was packed to the gills as the contestants and models took to the ramp, runway and podiums, strutting their stuff and posing in some of the most elegant, funky, trendy and fashion forward garbs. Making special appearances were Washanda Registre, TCI Top Model 2012; ASHLEY SMITH, TCI TOP MODEL 2010 and LATOYA PINDER, MISS BODY BEAUTIFUL 2012.
The audience at_ ROYELE COUTURE: LUXE_ - the theme for this year’s event – were blown away by an opening passage that left them thrilled and on their feet as the models, lead by Courtney Robinson, the Director of Production, took the arena by storm! People roared with applause as it was a scene that left them in awe and kept them wanting for more!
There were also multi-media and video presentations that documented the TCI Top Model Contest & Fashion Extravaganza: its history, training, event partners, organizing committee and those that made it an overwhelming success. This, along with the contestants’ montage that showcased them talking about themselves during their introduction.
As the winner of the 2013 TCI Top Model Contest, Samentha receives an opportunity of a lifetime. She will be named Digicel TCI Brand Ambassador for a year appearing on advertising campaigns for TV, print, billboards and making appearances at Digicel TCI events, a $1,000.00 advertising and appearance fee and a Digicel TCI post-paid cellular phone for a year. Samentha will be featured on the cover and in an editorial spread in the 2013 Summer _Times of the Islands_ magazine along with a profile page in the 2014 _Destination: Turks and Caicos Islands_. She wins a round trip ticket to New York; two nights stay with meals courtesy of the Amanyara Resort; Luxury Get-away on the Caicos Adventure’s Lady K, Spa Gift package to Regent Palms Spa; $200 Gift Certificate to Yoshi’s Japanese Restaurant; $150 gift certificate of a dinner for two at Gracie’s Cottage, Point Grace; a three-months membership to Rock It Hot Fitness; $500 gift certificate to Wish Boutique, Regent Palms Resort; Six months Hair Styling services courtesy of Kier’s Hairapy; and a photoshoot by Brilliant by Tropical Imaging Ltd photo-shoot.
Not only did Samentha win TCI Top Model, she won four of the five event’s most coveted awards along with the attention and interest of all visiting agencies and local companies. The agents/judges were STACY BELL, Wilhelmina Model Management; JASON VALENTA, Next Model Management; ANDREW CASTRO, Soul Artist Management; and JASON SOBE, Red Model Management. Local judges were CLAIRE PARRISH, Times of the Islands; NATASHA BROWN, Digicel TCI; and Head Judge ALTHEA SIMONE BEEN, La Dolce Vita.
The agencies were interested in SAMENTHA ETIENNE, FELICIA WILLIAMS, CARLISA WILLIAMS, STACIE-ANN THOMAS, IBERLY ABREU, BRITTNEY BIEN-AMIE, MYAH-AUDAE SIMPSON and NIKIERA STUART.
“The 2013 TCI Top Model Contest & Fashion Extravaganza was great success. Not only did we, the orgranisers produce a fantastic event for our audience, but also a wonderful opportunity for those participating. By inviting four of New York’s most prominent fashion modeling agencies to our shores, I hope that they view our country and this event, as one where talent can be found to place with their agencies; and that they did!” said Courtney Robinson, Director of Production.
“Year on year, more contestants and models are selected, and this bodes well for the event, and those that are serious about having careers in this creative inducstry. I am more than pleased how the event turned out. The level of professionalism and presentation will continue to get better each year. Our intention is not only to have a model contest, but to produce a high caliber event that all involved can feel proud and privileged that they were a partner in its success.”
Robinson went on to add: “I am truly honored to head a team that is passionate about giving those in the Turks and Caicos Islands an opportunity to shine, a platform to debut, and the tools to grow as individuals. This event is our way of giving back to our community and our hope is that everyone moving forward can dream big, follow it to the fullest, and help establish a creative industry in these _“Beautiful By Nature” islands.”
WINNERS:
1) Samentha Etienne, 2013 TCI Top Model Winner
2) Carlisa Williams, 1st Runner Up
3) Felicia Williams, 2nd Runner Up
AWARDS
Industry Readiness – Samentha Etienne
Model’s Portfolio Folder – Samentha Etienne
Runway Walk – Samentha Etienne
Best Body – Samentha Etienne
Fashion Forward – Carlisa Williams
RTC Viewers Choice Award – Ethline Wilner
Facebook “Like” & “Share” Award – Dwina Ariza
The Salvation Army Fashion Challenge – Ethline Wilner
Patron Cat-Walk-Off – Cassidy Williams*
Fierce Fashion Forward – Bianca Harvey-Joseph*
*NON-TCI TOP MODEL CONTESTANT RELATED AWARDS
JUDGES:
Head Judge – Althea Simone Been, Managing-Director, La Dolce Vita
Stacy Bell, Manager, Women’s Board, Wilhelmina Model Management
Jason Valenta, Head of International Scouting, Next Model Management
Jason Sobe, Manager, Red Model Management
Andrew Castro, Manager, Soul Artist Management
Claire Parrish, Advertising Manager, Times of the Islands
Nathasha Brown, Customer Care Manager, Digicel TCI
CONTESTANTS & MODELS FOR NEW YORK CITY AGENCIES:
WILHELMINA MODEL MANAGEMENT
Samentha Etienne
Carlisa Williams
Felicia Williams
Stacie-Ann Thomas
NEXT MODEL MANAGEMENT
Samentha Etienne
Felicia Williams
Carlisa Williams
Brittney Bien-Aime
RED MODEL MANAGEMENT
Samentha Etienne
Carlisa Williams
Felicia Williams
Stacie-Ann Thomas
Brittney Bien-Aime
Nikiera Stuart
Myah-Audae Simpson
SOUL ARTIST MANAGEMENT
Samentha Etienne
Felicia Williams
Stacie-Ann Thomas
Iberly Abreu
Nikiera Stuart
TIMES OF THE ISLANDS – EXPRESSED INTEREST FOR A FUTURE EDITORIAL
Samentha Etienne
Nikeira Stuart
DIGICEL TCI - EXPRESSED INTEREST FOR A FUTURE ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS
Samentha Etienne
Carlisa Williams
Felicia Williams
Stacie-Ann Thomas
Iberly Abreu
TCI TOP MODEL CONTEST PRIZE LIST:
SAMENTHA ETIENNE
2013 TCI TOP MODEL CONTEST WINNER!
VALUED AT WELL OVER USD$12, 000.00 – WITH THE PRESS AND PUBLICITY BEING IMMEASURABLE…
1) Named Digicel TCI Brand Ambassador for a year appearing on advertising campaigns for TV/Print/Billboards and making appearances at Digicel TCI Events.
2) Digicel TCI PostPaid cellular phone for a year
3) Advertising & Appearance Fee - $1,000 Cash
4) Featured on the cover and in an editorial spread in the 2012 Summer _Times of the Islands_ magazine
5) Profile page in _Destination: Turks and Caicos Islands 2013 _edition
6) Round trip ticket to New York
7) Two nights stay with meals at the Amanyara Resort,_ _
8) Luxury Get-away on the Caicos Adventure’s Lady K
9) Full Body treatment – Spa @ Regent Palms
10) $200 Gift Certificate to Yoshi’s Japanese Restaurant
11) $150 Gift Certificate to Gracie’s Cottage, Point Grace.
12) Three Months membership to Rock It Hot Fitness
13) $500.00 Gift Certificate from Wish Boutique located at Regent Palms.
14) Six month Hair Styling services courtesy of Kier’s Hairapy
15) Test Photoshoot with Tropical Imagings Ltd
CARLISA WILLIAMS
1ST RUNNER-UP – VALUED AT OVER $5,000.00
US$500.00 Cash, Digicel TCI PostPaid phone for six (6) months, Parrot Cay Weekend Getaway, a Day Pass for Four to Beaches Resort & Spa TCI, Test Photoshoot courtesy of Paradise Photography,
$300 Gift Certificate for Avon by Shirley Hentutler, $150 Gift Certificate to FaBoutique and a Gift Certificate to Baci’s Restaurante.
FELICIA WILLIAMS
2ND RUNNER-UP – VALUED AT OVER $3,500.00
$250.00 Cash, Digicel TCI PostPaid phone for six (6) months, Gift Certificate to Yoshi’s ($150)_, _Gift Certificate for May Kay Cosmetics by Melanie D. Smith, $300.00 Gift Certificate from Caribbean Village Boutique at Beaches Turks & Caicos and a Gift Certificate to Teona Spa.
CONSOLATION PRIZES:
INDUSTRY READINESS – SAMENTHA ETIENNE - Awarded to the contestant whose personality shined most during the pre-show, preliminary judging round. She receives a 3-month Gift Certificate Grace Bay Sports Center and $150 in CASH.
MODEL’S PORTFOLIO – SAMENTHA ETIENNE - Awarded to the most photogenic contestant. She receives a Six-month Gift Certificate for two (2) to Digicel TCI Cinemas.
BEST RUNWAY WALK – SAMENTHA ETIENNE - The Contestant that commanded the catwalk in the _Rock that Look_ passage! The winner of Best Runway Walk will receive a GIFT CERTIFICATE TO ROYAL JEWELS.
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BEST BODY – SAMENTHA ETIENNE - The winner of Best Body in the _Swimwear Couture Passage_ will receive a Gift Certificate for Spa Treatment and complementary skin care products from Anani Spa located The Grace Bay Club. She will also get Eight (8) sessions of underarm and bikini laser treatments courtesy of Dermamed along with appearing in a Dermamed laser hair removal promotions campaign.
FASHION FORWARD – CARLISA WILLIAMS - Fashion Forward is awarded to the contestant who best showcased their garment in the _Royele Couture segment_. She receives a Gift Certificate to Yoshi’s ($150).
RTC VIEWERS CHOICE – ETHLINE WILNER - The winner of RTC Viewers choice will receive a Gift Certificate to Hemmingway’s on the Beach and a Plaque with her photo courtesy of RTC.
FACEBOOK ‘LIKE’ & ‘SHARE’ AWARD – DWINA ARIZA - This goes to the contestant that receive the most likes for her TCI Top Model Photos on our official TCI Top Model Contest Facebook page – and she wins a $250.00 Gift Certificate to Business Solutions and Gift Certificate to Gilley’s Café.
THE SALVATION ARMY FASHION CHALLENGE – ETHLINE WILNER – The goes to the Contestant that recorded the fastest time. She won a gift basket of Bambara products courtesy of FOTTAC.
PATRON’S CAT-WALK-OFF – CASSIDY WILLIAMS* - She won a VIP ticket to the 2013 TCI Top Model Contest.
FIERCE FASHION FORWARD – BIANCA HARVEY-JOSEPH* - She won a $150 Gift Certificate to L’ete Boutique.
*NON-TCI TOP MODEL CONTESTANT RELATED AWARDS.
PROUD PARTNERS:
Royele Communications Ltd, Digicel Tci – Our Premier Sponsor, Times Of The Islands, Radio Turks & Caicos, The Regent Village At Grace Bay, Regent Palms Resort, Air & Sea Agency, Mark Osmond Dental Clinic, Brilliant By Tropical Imaging Ltd, Kier’s Hairapy, Double R Media, Power 92.5fm, The Sun, Wood Contractal Services, Parrot Cay Resort, Graceway Sports Center, Avon By Shirley Hentutler, Mary Kay By Melanie D. Smith, Grace Bay Club, Lumpy Taxi & Tours, Sng Financial Services, Basic Essentials, Villa Del Mar, The Tuscany Resort, Teona Spa, Handypro Maintance, Griffith & Partners, Caicos Adventure’s Lady K, Le Vele, Faboutique, Grand Turk, Turks & Caicos Tourist Board, Anani Spa At The Grace Bay Club, Yoshi’s Sushi Bar And Restaurant, Rock It Hot Fitness, Business Solutions, Tubbz True Fitness Gym, Automotive Arts, Amanyara Resort, Beaches Tci Boutique, Osprey Beach Hotel, Classique Couture, Lemon Café, L’ete Boutique, The Sands At Grace Bay, Environmental Arts, Digicel Tci Cinemas, Bnc Consulting Group Ltd, Gilley’s Café, Gracies Cottage, Point Grace, Baci Ristorante, Hemmingway’s On The Beach, Learn And Lead Educational Center, Tremm Jocale, Wrightfully Fit Fitness Center, Paradise Photography And Dermamed.
TCI Top Model 2013 Contestants
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Ethline Wilner
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Sarantina Philantrope
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Iberly Abreu
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Jessica Johnson
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