Tishina’s eyes on the Miss Universe Prize
Rosie Awori (LJI) “Finally, the universe is giving value to black skin,” this was part of an Instagram post from Leila Lopes a former Miss Angola who bagged the title of Miss Universe in 2011. Pageantry has come a long way since the crowing of beauties such as Janelle Commissiong and Wendy Fitzwilliam from Trinidad and Tobago, Mpule Kwelagobe of Botswana paved the way for the likes of Jamaican Canadian Tishina Thompson to dream of getting the coveted crown of Miss Universe. Tishina who is Jamaican heritage was born in Montreal into a family of community activists. Her grandmother, the …