Former Miss Jamaica and worldwide mannequin Davina Bennett says she is grateful to be alive after being struck by a automobile simply minutes from her house in New York Metropolis on Saturday evening.
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Bennett, who was collaborating in her first style week, shared particulars of the horrifying expertise in an Instagram submit on Sunday. She stated the incident occurred on September 13 after she had walked in a present for stylist Kahlana Barfield’s collaboration with Goal.
“I finished at a pedestrian crossing…when the sign got here, I stepped off the curb, and that’s once I was hit! The subsequent factor I knew, I used to be waking up in an ambulance,” Bennett wrote. She described feeling “scared, confused, crying, and in shock.”
The 2017 Miss Universe second runner-up stated her family members rushed to the hospital after she known as them. Medical doctors informed her it was “extraordinary” that she had not suffered any damaged bones or fractures, solely bruises and ache. “I smiled and stated, ‘It’s God,’” Bennett recalled.
Regardless of the ordeal, the 29-year-old mannequin expressed willpower to proceed pursuing her profession. “This is likely to be the tip of my first style week, I’m presently in extreme ache, however I’m grateful to be alive…This was unlucky, nevertheless it received’t be the tip of my journey.”
Bennett obtained an outpouring of well-wishes from followers and colleagues following her submit.
