Although she didn’t win the latest Miss Grenada USA 2023 crown at Brooklyn’s Medgar Evers Faculty, younger Grenadian magnificence Rhea Catherine Date dazzled in her splendid Night Robe to win the Greatest Night Put on.
In addition to Night Put on, the 5 contestants had been judged on Introduction, Swimwear, Nationwide Gown, Query and Reply, and Expertise.
Mickalia Forrester-Ewen, 25, a fledging actress, who was born in Brooklyn to a Grenadian mom, was topped Miss Grenada USA 2023, on Sept. 16, in the course of the 28th anniversary of the wonder pageant organized by the Brooklyn-based Grenadian-American Ex-Academics’ Affiliation, Inc.
Forrester-Ewen, 25, snatched the crown, from 4 different contestants, earlier than an ebullient, standing-room-only, viewers within the Founder’s Auditorium at Medgar Evers Faculty, Metropolis College of New York (CUNY).
She was topped by final 12 months’s inaugural Over 50 Queen, St. Lucian Sharon Eutrice Willie. That pageant was additionally organized by the Grenadian-American Ex-Academics’ Affiliation.
On her strategy to attaining the coveted title, Forrester-Ewen, Contestant #5, additionally received Greatest Introduction, Greatest Swimwear and Greatest Inventive.
Contestant #3, Tyler Jade Phillip, 19, took the primary runner-up spot; and Contestant #1, Britney Charles, 23, was second runner-up.
Phillip was additionally adjudged Greatest Performing Expertise; and Contestant #2, Atilyah McEwen, 23, was voted Miss Congeniality.
In successful Greatest Night Put on, Contestant #4, Rhea Catherine Date, 20, wore a blinding robe, referred to as “Sunlit Spice Magnificence”, which “embodies the colourful spirit of Grenada”, based on Date’s mother, Pamela Hankey Date, a Brooklyn resident and native of the parish of St. Andrews, Grenada.
“Its radiant yellow hue, paying homage to the solar and the friendliness of the Grenadian folks, makes it an emblem of hospitality,” Hankey Date informed Caribbean Life on Tuesday. “On the entrance, this masterpiece is adorned with delicate yellow bougainvillea (Grenada’s nationwide flower) and glistening sequins that shimmer like sunbeams.
“The pièce de résistance lies in ‘Sunlit Spice Magnificence’s’ again, adorned with an intricate nutmeg sample, paying homage to Grenada’s main agricultural export and the beloved ‘Isle of Spice,’” added Hankey Date in describing the Night Put on. “This robe is a charming fusion of tradition, pure magnificence and sheer class, a real embodiment of Grenada’s essence.”
She stated that the Night Robe was made by Trinidadian designer Patterson Nelson, and that the concept got here from her and Nelson.
Hankey Date disclosed that, 5 days earlier than the pageant, her daughter had “a extreme bronchial asthma assault, however she was resilient” and that “she nonetheless went forward to compete.”
“She was capable of stroll away with the prize for the Greatest Night Robe,” Hankey Date stated. “After successful the Greatest Night Robe, Rhea was excited and overwhelmed with pleasure. Though she had an bronchial asthma assault, and he or she struggled a bit along with her respiration, simply listening to that she received was extraordinarily satisfying to her.”
Hankey Date stated she was not stunned about Date’s accomplishment as a result of she knew that the nutmeg is “important in Grenada.”
“So, portraying and making it come alive on a gown, it was a transparent winner,” she stated.
Date was born on Feb. 21, 2003, in Brooklyn. Her father, Glenroy Coxall, was additionally born in St. Andrews, Grenada.
Her mom hails from a tiny village referred to as LaFillete, which means little lady in French, and her dad is from Grand Bras. These villages have been well-known for his or her breath and depth of their wealthy, inventive, sporting and cultural actions.
At 2, Rhea attended Future Youngsters Studying Heart Daycare in Brooklyn. She then attended P.S.235, the place she enrolled within the SOAR Program, and excelled in her actions, each classroom and extracurricular.
Her different instructional endeavors included Lenox Academy Junior Excessive College, adopted by Brooklyn Highschool of the Arts, the place she majored in dance.
Date at present attends Borough of Manhattan Group Faculty, pursuing a serious in prison justice, with the aim of changing into an legal professional.
Hankey Date stated music and dance had been an integral a part of Date’s formative years. At 10, Hankey Date stated she had already begun dancing and singing “in a way that attracted folks to her.”
Hankey Date stated Date carried out at Grenada Day, Grenada Youth Independence and Miss Grenada USA Pageant.
She additionally served as Grand Marshall on the West Indian Parade and created a Kiddies Carnival band, Rhea and Associates, Hankey Date stated.
As well as, she stated her daughter was “engaged” in a brief movie with Robert DeNiro.
“Rhea has a ardour for vogue as a way of self-expression,” Hankey Date stated. “She is drawn to quite a lot of manufacturers and designs that provide attractiveness and affordability.
“Her ardour additionally lies in hair styling, with giving shoppers the look that makes them really feel assured each inside and outdoors,” she added. “Her aim is to turn into lastly solvent. She plans to personal her personal enterprise and to assist different younger folks to construct requisite abilities, data and skills to turn into entrepreneurs, in order that they’ll thrive and obtain success of their lives.”
Hankey Date stated “Rhea is a proud winner, and we are saying a particular ‘thanks’ to Miss Cicely Mason and the Grenada American Ex-Academics’ Affiliation for giving her this nice alternative and publicity.”
The Miss Grenada USA Pageant, which began in 1992, was impressed by Mason, a Brooklyn resident, who’s at present president of the Grenada American Ex-Academics’ Affiliation.
