Min­is­ter of So­cial De­vel­op­ment and Fam­i­ly Ser­vices, Don­na Cox, at­tend­ed the Prize­giv­ing for Van­i­ty Fair’s first Grad­u­a­tion Com­pe­ti­tion.

The fab­ric store, com­mon­ly known for its ex­clu­sive pieces and ac­ces­sories, has been in ex­is­tence for the past 50 years.

Dur­ing the month of Ju­ly, grad­u­ates who pur­chased fab­ric from Van­i­ty Fair were en­cour­aged to en­ter the com­pe­ti­tion. A to­tal of 22 con­tes­tants through­out T&T en­tered the com­pe­ti­tion, and the top four grad­u­ates were award­ed with prizes from the man­age­ment and staff of Van­i­ty Fair and Val­park. The own­er of the store, Sidee­ka Ojar, told those present that this com­pe­ti­tion was seen as an op­por­tu­ni­ty to bring lo­cal de­sign­ers and grad­u­ates to­geth­er, as the na­tion is full of tal­ent and cre­ativ­i­ty.

In awe of the cre­ativ­i­ty demon­strat­ed in the com­pe­ti­tion, Min­is­ter Cox ex­pressed her sat­is­fac­tion stat­ing that she hopes the grad­u­ates con­tin­ue to work hard and flour­ish in every­thing that they put their mind to. She al­so con­grat­u­lat­ed all win­ners and wished them the best in their fu­ture en­deav­ours.

The win­ners of the Van­i­ty Fair 2023 Grad­u­a­tion Com­pe­ti­tion were:

· 1st place- Azari­ah De­here, Cara­pichaima East Sec­ondary School

· 2nd place- Shaki­ra Ali, St Fran­cois Girls Col­lege and Tyler Gib­son, La Ro­maine Sec­ondary School

· Pop­u­lar­i­ty vote for “Most likes”- Onel­la Ce­de­no, El Do­ra­do West Sec­ondary School