12 Things to Know about Miss Jamaica World 2021, Khalia Hall

Khalia Hall, 25, was crowned Miss Jamaica World 2021 on October 9 at the Courtleigh Auditorium in New Kingston, winning the title over 14 other contestants. Hall received the crown from 1976 Miss World Canadian Jamaican Cindy Breakspeare, who stood in for 2019 Miss World Toni-Ann Singh. Dominique Shorter was named first runner-up, while Melessa […]

Jamaican Writer and Feminist Una Marson Honored with Google Doodle

The Google Doodle for October 10, 2021, celebrated the Una Marson, a Jamaican writer, advocate, and broadcaster who was the first Black woman to work as a radio producer at the BBC in the United Kingdom. Marson was born in 1905 in Santa Cruz, Jamaica. She became the first woman to serve as publisher and […]