Miss Jamaica Universe

Jamaica’s 2012 Miss Jamaica Universe, Chantal Zaky, is currently in Las Vegas representing our country at the Miss Universe 2012 finals. If you want to help guarantee a place for her in the semifinals, Jamaicans and fans are being encouraged to vote for her online at the official Miss Universe website.

The online voting winner is guaranteed a place in the semifinals! Voting starts on Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 4pm ET and ends on Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at 6pm ET. You can vote up to 10 times per day per account/valid email address. The contestant receiving the most eligible votes will advance to the Semifinals.

Start voting for her, right here!

A picture of the beautiful Miss Jamaica Universe 2011, Shakira Aminah Martin.

According to a report in today’s Sunday Gleaner, Chantal Zaky has signed on with FSH Prime Jamaica Limited (the only authorised distributor of the General Nutrition Centers (GNC) brand of nutritional products in Jamaica) as ‘Brand Ambassador’ for GNC Jamaica.

Zaky will work with GNC Jamaica to reach out to aspiring models and fitness enthusiasts through social media, gym appearances and marketing. The GNC Jamaica team already includes Dr Jair Lyons, sports physical therapist, specialising in sport and fitness injuries and Kandi King, training and fitness enthusiast … more details here

Just yesterday, June 11, Miss Jamaica Universe 2012 Chantal Zaky confirmed that the Jamaica AIDS Support for Life (JASL) is one of the charities that she will work closely with during her reign.

JASL is an organisation that is ‘dedicated to preserving the dignity and rights of persons living with and affected by HIV/AIDS and to help with the fight against the spread of HIV/AIDS by providing education and other interventions to promote change‘. Zaky will take part in efforts by the group to benefit HIV-affected persons. Among them will be fund-raising events where free counselling and HIV testing will be among the offerings.

Chantal reportedly chose to work with the organisation because she wanted to, among other things, highlight the services available to help and educate persons living with AIDS/HIV. She also wanted to share her voice with a group that is dedicated to people living with AIDS/HIV, and she feels that lending her assistance to this charity will help to increase awareness of the services available to the community in the form of support and education.

Video of the introduction of Miss Jamaica Universe winners at the Miss Universe pageant, between the years 2001 to 2011. Featured in this video – Zahra Burton (2001), Sanya Hughes (2002), Michelle Lecky (2003), Christine Straw (2004), Raquel Wright (2005), Cindy Wright (2006), Zahra Redwood (2007), April Jackson (2008), Carolyn Yapp (2009), Yendi Phillipps (2010) and Shakira Martin (2011).