Kevon Felmine

Beau­ty, tal­ent and in­tel­li­gence ruled on Sat­ur­day night as 18-year-old Rachael Bap­tiste was crowned Car­ni­val Queen at the Miss Point Fortin Car­ni­val Pageant. The young beau­ty is all set to rep­re­sent this coun­try in the Miss Unit­ed Na­tion Pageant to be held in Ja­maica lat­er this year. In a show which pa­trons were made to wait an hour be­cause the tar­di­ness of some del­e­gates, a large au­di­ence at the au­di­to­ri­um of the Point Fortin West Sec­ondary School was treat­ed to a won­der­ful show. The five con­tes­tants who graced the stage gave the judges a tough task at the show which was held for the first time in ten years. Even though it was a close call, Bap­tiste fin­ished 22 point bet­ter then her clos­est com­peti­tor Man­disa Pom­pey.

Rep­re­sent­ing the oil­field vil­lage of Lot Ten, Bap­tiste ex­celled in all cat­e­gories. She al­so copped the spe­cial prize of Top Mod­el and Best Tal­ent. Pom­pey, who rep­re­sent­ed Fan­ny Vil­lage, won the tro­phy for Best Physique and Best Evening Gown. Third place win­ner Pauline Cal­liste took top ho­n­ours in the Miss El­e­gance and Miss In­tel­li­gence. It was a splen­did Car­ni­val show by the girls who dis­played cos­tumes from Lega­cies' 2012 pre­sen­ta­tion Flight. It was Miss Gon­za­les, Tami­ka Thomas, who won the prize for best por­tray­al of Car­ni­val Cos­tumes, while Mari­ah Ro­driguez won the ti­tle of Miss Pho­to­genic.