All Entries in the "Jamaicans On Top" Category
Pat Baccas-Brown, the first Jamaican to be appointed Lt Colonel of Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, GA – Jamaican born, The Honorable Pat Baccas-Bowen, founder, CEO, Producer and host of Atlanta based Future Movement Radio (FMR) has made her community and country proud with her recent appointment as ‘Lieutenant Colonel’ by the Governor of Georgia, the Hon. Nathan Deal. She is the first Jamaican in the State of Georgia [...]
Paulet Biedermann receives Diamond Jubilee Medal
Jamaican Paulet Biedermann was awarded Canada’s Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Medal recently in Ontario for more than 20 years of humanitarian service in that country. The Hanover-born Biedermann has worked as a motivational speaker and social worker, particularly in Ontario where she has lived for more than 30 years. She told Outlook that she is [...]
Moya Williams is Top in the World in Cambridge Exam
Eighteen-year-old Moya Williams was left stunned recently when she learned Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) had named her, a Jamaican living in the Cayman Islands, its top performer worldwide in travel and tourism. As a result of her outstanding performance in her exams last June, Moya just over two weeks ago received the ‘Top in [...]
Kardinal Offishall a Jamaican doing it big in Canada
Jason D. Harrow (born c. 1976), better known by his stage name Kardinal Offishall (pronounced ), is a Canadian rapper and record producer. He is often credited as Canada’s “hip-hop ambassador”, and is best known for his distinctive reggae and dancehall-influenced style of hip-hop. Biography Harrow was born in Scarborough, Ontario, in Toronto’s east [...]
Raheem Sterling doing Jamaica proud at 17 years old
He is only 17 years old and hails from the tough Corporate Area community of Maverly, but Raheem Sterling rubs shoulders daily with football superstars, including Jamie Carragher, Luis Suárez and the England captain, Steven Gerrard. He is quickly becoming a fan favourite at Anfield, the home of one of the biggest football clubs in [...]
Jamaican Born Morvia Reid Williams is creating quite a stir
Jamaican born designer Morvia -Reid Williams has been hailed for her Eco friendly collection, which is 100% socially conscious and fashion forward Kahnami Creations “Fashion with a Conscience” was one of the most inspired event of 2012 thus far. This collection, with its Eco friendly theme had an amazing effect on fashionistas who are fans of Kahnami [...]
Levi Roots sells Jamaican music and sauces to the world
Keith Valentine Graham, better known as Levi Roots, is a British-Jamaican reggae musician, television personality, celebrity chef, businessman and multi-millionaire residing in Brixton, South London. He has performed several top R&B and Reggae stars, including James Brown and Maxi Priest, and was nominated for a Best Reggae Act MOBO award in 1998. Levi [...]
Jully Black flies the jamaican flag proudly
There are some artistes who every journalist should get an opportunity to interview, and internationally-acclaimed singer/songwriter Jully Black, the ‘washbelly’ who confesses that she is truly a Mama’s girl, is one such class act. Totally devoid of airs and the often misplaced trappings of ‘divaship’, Jully Black, unofficially crowned ‘Canada’s Queen of [...]
Nandi Chin Fernandez – A Designing Woman
WASHINGTON — Jamaican Nandi Chin Fernandez is this year’s winner of BRIDES magazine’s Operation Dream Dress contest, a competition aimed at giving up-and-coming designers an opportunity to create the ultimate wedding dress. The announcement was made live on ABC’s Good Morning America on June 9, where the winning dress was revealed. The Kingston-born Ms. Fernandez, [...]
Jamaican appointed Chief Magistrate of Belize
Belize will have a new foreign chief magistrate. She is Ann Marie Smith, a Jamaican National who is working as a criminal magistrate in St. Lucia. Her a ppointment takes effect from September 1, 2011. She will succeed Margaret McKenzie who has been the chief magistrate from 2007. Mrs. McKenzie’s contract expires on September 30th, [...]
Usain Bolt runs race wearing shirt with his own picture on it
Jamaica’s Usain Bolt won the 200 meters at a Friday meet in Paris while wearing a shirt emblazoned with his own picture: This is something Muhammad Ali would have done, which is fitting since Bolt’s attention-grabbing antics can be traced back to The Greatest. Like with Ali, Bolt postures and preens and it’s as much [...]
Janice Palmer: Designing Woman
Janice Palmer, an interior designer, became the first black designer selected to participate in the Decorators’ Show House & Gardens. This event, one of several fund-raising efforts for the Atlanta Symphony Associates, featured the Lotus House located in one of Buckhead’s most prestigious neighbourhoods on West Wesley Road. The Decorators’ Show House & Gardens showcases [...]
Jeniel Williams: Model Achievement
Born on Febraury 25, 1989 In Kingston, Jamaica Jeneil Williams is the new black pearl cherished by fashion editor and bookers ; her fans count in high places — like Anna Wintour, Franca Sozzani, and Mario Testino. Jeneil has always dreamt of becoming a model and made her debuts after her family encouraged [...]
Colin Powell: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Colin Luther Powell was born on April 5, 1937 in Harlem, a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, to Jamaican immigrant parents Maud Arial (née McKoy) and Luther Theophilus Powell. He also has Scottish ancestry. Powell was raised in the South Bronx and attended Morris High School, a former public school in [...]
Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam
Louis Farrakhan, born Louis Eugene Walcott (also spelled Wolcott) on May 11 1933 in The Bronx, New York, the younger of two sons of Sarah Mae Manning (16 January 1900 – 18 November 1988) and Percival Clark, immigrants from the Caribbean islands. His mother was born in Saint Kitts and Nevis. His father was a [...]
Sheryl Lee Ralph — all the world’s a stage
Sheryl Lee Ralph (born December 30, 1956) is an American actress and singer. Raised between Mandeville, Jamaica, and Long Island, New York, Sheryl Lee Ralph was born in Waterbury, Connecticut to an African American father and a Jamaican mother. In 1973, she was crowned Miss Black Teen-age New York. At 19, Ralph was the youngest [...]
Tyson Beckford
Tyson Craig Beckford (born December 19, 1970) is an American male model and actor, best known as a Ralph Lauren model. He is currently the host of the Bravo program Make Me a Supermodel. Beckford was born on December 19, 1970 to a Jamaican father of Panamanian descent and a Jamaican mother with [...]
Naomi Campbell – the best in the business
Naomi Campbell’s successful modelling career – unprecedented for a black model – has made her one of the most recognizable and in-demand models of her generation. Naomi was born in Stratham, London, England to a Jamaican mother, Valerie Campbell (née Morris), a former ballet dancer. In accordance with her mother’s wishes, Campbell has never met [...]
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