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Natural locked beauty in the hunt for pageant crown
Most people bow to the European standard that is supposed to depict beauty -- long, straight tresses, flawless, fair skin and a rail-thin body. But one contestant vying for one of two of the country's most prestigious crowns -- Miss World Bahamas and Miss Bahamas Universe -- isn't buying into it. Kahtura Fernander is standing tall in the mix of 14 young ladies, most of whom are sporting hair weaves, with locked braids that dangle midway down her back. Fernander is a rarity to the country's beauty pageant scene.
"I am inspired to be in the beauty pageant just the way I am -- no extensions, fake nails or overdone make-up," said the brown-skinned 21-year-old who stands a modest five feet six inches and weighs in at 114 pounds.
"I am not threatened by not being the modern ideal of beauty. I do not want to be just another girl who fades into the background with the others. I want to stand out and show that embracing being black and natural is beautiful and we don't have to change to be accepted. If more of us did this, natural hair in pageants would be the norm. I would love to see when we truly represent ourselves and the beauty we have here in our pageants rather than wondering what others think of our brand of beauty," she said.
During her childhood she said she viewed on television what people thought beauty is supposed to be, but said she did not buy into it.
"There was no way that being pretty meant I had to be light-skinned, thin and have long straight or loosely wavy hair. To me, being beautiful is firstly accepting who you are no matter what you look like and embracing the possibilities it presents. God made us to look a certain way so I am proud to be who I am. I will not change that, not even for a pageant."
She took the first bold step to grow her locks when she was just 14 years old and still in junior school. It was a decision that she found herself having to defend over the years to other adults in her life.
"I am the type of person who can show you better than I can tell you. So just like in high school when I had to prove that despite my hair I was serious about my education by excelling in all I did I have to do it again when it comes to proving to other young ladies that beauty is more than a two-dimensional look," she said.
Because she wanted to maintain her natural hair, she had to deal with being called "picky-headed" over the years, and being told that she wouldn't amount to anything because she did not want to conform by relaxing her hair.
According to Fernander, there are still people who ask her what she will do with her hair now that she has entered the pageant and whether she intends to cut it. She doesn't.
"This is me and I am comfortable with how I look. Because of that even if I don't win I want to make a point that we should be who we want to be and really represent ourselves accordingly. The Bahamian woman is beautiful without trying. We don't send girls like that to the international pageant nowadays even though we have so many people that look like me, so I want to change that. I want to give us a choice as well as represent another kind of beauty we have in our country."
Being among the 14 young ladies vying for the crown of Miss Bahamas on Sunday, July 29 at the Atlantis Resort, the natural beauty said she is excited to see the impact her stance will have on other young ladies who are not yet brave enough to don their natural tresses for local beauty competitions. She said there is no shame in showcasing natural hair, and she hopes to inspire more young women to embrace their natural appearances rather than give in to the European ideal of what beauty is.
Even though the norm for contestants entering the beauty pageants is to relax, straighten or wear faux hair if they didn't already naturally have it, Fernander was surprised how easy it was for her to enter the pageant. Fernander said she was accepted by everyone despite her unconventional look.
Because she was, she wonders why so many young women are eager to change who they are to be in the pageant when they would have been accepted as they were.
No matter the pageant's outcome for her is, Fernander said she is proud to have been a part of it because she has learnt a lot about beauty and is meeting people she would not have met had she not entered. She said just being in the pageant is an experience of a lifetime that she would gladly like to tell her children about. She hopes what she did will also be able to inspire them to also reach for the stars and be content in who they are despite what they look like.
She will be providing the support to her future female children that her family provided to her. Fernander comes from a family that loves natural tresses. Most of the female members in her family have natural hair, including her mother, grandmother and aunts.
Fernander's platform for the pageant is to promote higher self-confidence among young people. She hopes to achieve this by establishing ongoing programs that will feature lectures, self-esteem exercises and lessons on beauty and etiquette in urban communities should she win.
The C.C. Sweeting Senior School graduate has completed an associate degree in architecture at The College of The Bahamas. If she wins she hopes to achieve her goals to reach out to youngsters around her. If she doesn't she will continue her academic journey for a masters degree in architecture in August.
Miss Bahamas Organization events
Sportswoman Fast Track competition
When: July 8
Time: 4 p.m.
Where: Thomas A. Robinson Stadium
Cost: $25
Bahamas Top Model Competition
When: July 15
Time: 4 p.m.
Where: Compass Point
Cost: $25
Float Parade
When: July 21
Swimsuit Competition
When: July 22
Where: Mario's Bowling and Family Entertainment Palace
Cost: $25
Evening Gown/Talent Competitions
When: July 26
Time: 8 p.m.
Where: Atlantis Theatre
Miss Bahamas Beauty pageant
When: July 29
Time: 8pm
Where: Atlantis Theatre
Geneva Rutherford to be honoured at Beauties @ Brunch event in Freeport
Freeport, Grand Bahama Island - The highly anticipated fashion event by Cia Monet to commemorate the 50th anniversary of women's suffrage and honour great women of The Bahamas is set for Sunday, June 24th at 4pm at the Canal House, Pelican Bay Hotel. Beauties @ Brunch which celebrates fashion, sophistication, professionalism and poise, by coupling beauty and fashion with premium venues, food and wine. The event is in partnership with the Grand Bahama Red Rose Ball Committee, which will also receive part proceeds towards their charitable contributions in HIV/AIDS Awareness in Grand Bahama.
Miss Grand Bahama Beauty Pageant Unveils 7 Contestant: Pageant Underway!
Freeport, Bahamas - The competition has officially started as seven hopefuls vying for the title of Miss Grand Bahama 2013-2014 were recently unveiled during an elegant evening of beauty, fashion and entertainment poolside at Sabor, at the Pelican Bay Hotel.
Beauties @ Brunch to support Grand Bahama's Red Rose Ball Committee
The successful Beauties @ Brunch event which supported the Bahamas Crisis Center last month in New Providence is on its way to Grand Bahama! The Cia Monet experience will hit Freeport on Sunday, June 24th at 3pm with a fashion event at the Canal House, Pelican Bay Hotel.
Media personality, Debbie Bartlett named patron of final Beauties @ Brunch event
Nassau, Bahamas - Veteran journalist, Dr. Deborah Bartlett, CEO of Gems radio, life coach, author, and TV talk show host is lending her support as patron of the final Beauties @ Brunch event on October 14th at the Sheraton Nassau Beach Resort. The hallmark of the event is its celebration of fashion, beauty, sophistication, nation building, professionalism and poise showcased at premium venues with food and wine.
Grand Bahama Beauty Captures Theodore Elyett's Miss Teen Bahamas Title
Nassau, Bahamas - For
the first time in the history of Theodore Elyett's Miss Teen Bahamas
Beauty Pageant, the national crown and title has been captured by a
Family Island representative. A stunning island beauty from the
nation's second city, Grand Bahama - 18 year old Yamease Swain, walked
away with the top title at the 6th Annual Theodore Elyett's Miss Teen
Bahamas Beauty Pageant - Sunday August 21st, 2011.
Yamease, Miss
Junior Grand Bahama National 2011, walked away with the prestigious
title of Theodore Elyett's Miss Teen Bahamas 2011 during a highly
contested pageant held at the Wyndham Nassau Resort Rainforest Theatre.
Yamease beat out 13 other...
Beauties @ Brunch fashion event to assist the Bahamas Crisis Center
Nassau, Bahamas - The Bureau of Women’s Affairs is celebrating the 50th Year of the Suffrage Movement. Cia Monet Fashions, an online shopping company run by Patricia Chatti presents Beauties @ Brunch, this Sunday, May 6th, 2012 at Compass Point. The event is under the patronage of Mrs. Sandra Dean Patterson of the Bahamas Crisis Center, which is celebrating 30 years of service to the Bahamian People. Beauties @ Brunch will be hosted by Phyllis Albury Garraway and part proceeds will be donated to a the Bahamas Crisis Center.
Letter: A failure to appreciate natural beauty of Bay Street
EDITOR, The Tribune.
Downtown Art as a part of the so-called "Love My Bahamas Downtown Art Experience" clearly indicates certain people in-charge have zero appreciation of the beauty of Downtown Olde Nassau.
The photographs published today by Tim Clarke on the back page, Saturday, January 21, showing the mural on the facia of the old Methodist church next to Number One, Bay Street and actually the murals on the Ministry of Tourism Building, Church Street in the immediate precincts of the historic Christ Church Anglican Cathedral makes me again wonder - do those in charge have a true appreciation of the natural beauty and respect for the natural beauty of Bay Street?
There is absolu ...
Child Beauty Queen and Brownie of The Year Youngest Recipients Of Beauties At Brunch Awards
At age six, a time when many youngsters are still trying to figure out two plus two, Lauryn Rolle was following in her mother’s footsteps as a successful model and was the owner of Drama Queens, Inc., a company she started as a result of being involved with Creative Wealth’s youth program. At five, actress and model Syngular Journee Brown was crowned Miss Petite Bahamas. Both youngsters graced the cover of the 2012 telephone directory and now they are the slated to be junior recipients of the Beauties at Brunch Awards Ceremony.
Grand Bahama Beauty Captures Theodore Elyett's Miss Teen Bahamas Title
For the first time in the history of Theodore Elyett's Miss Teen Bahamas Beauty Pageant, the national crown and title has been captured by a Family Island representative. A stunning island beauty from the nation's second city, Grand Bahama - 18 year old Yamease Swain, walked away with the top title at the 6th Annual Theodore Elyett's Miss Teen Bahamas Beauty Pageant - Sunday August 21st, 2011.
Yamease, Miss Junior Grand Bahama National 2011, walked away with the prestigious title of Theodore Elyett's Miss Teen Bahamas 2011 during a highly contested pageant held at the Wyndham Nassau Resort Rainforest Theatre. Yamease beat out 13 other...
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