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Miss Belize is the title given to the winner(s) of beauty pageants held yearly in Belize to select a national beauty ambassador to represent Belize at major international pageants such as Miss World, Miss Earth, Miss International and also to other minor international and regional pageants. In 2008 there is no Miss Belize to the Miss Universe pageant. ==History== In the early years, there was one pageant held yearly to select a Belizean representative for the Miss World pageant, with either that same winner or a runner-up representing Belize at Miss Universe. Recently there have been the emergence of different pageants to select representatives for the different international pageants as opposed to just one pageant with several winners. Some of the major pageant companies and organizations include (Pageants Belize Ltd. ) (Michael Arnold); Queen of the Bay Committee (Emma Boiton); (Queen of the Jewel Ltd. ) (Opal Enriquez); (Belize International Pageants Ltd. ) (Darlene Clarke Campbell); Leilah Pandy Enterprises Pageantry & Modeling (LPELL) (Leilah Pandy, former Miss Belize). Even though Belize's performance at international pageants has been less than stellar, Belize's presence at regional pageants such as Miss Costa Maya International, has been respectable, garnering two winners, one under the directorship of Carolyn Trench Sandiford and Margaret Johnson and a few finalists. Beauty ambassadors who have achieved some success for Belize include Sarita Diana Acosta, Chantae Chanice Guy(was recruited by Margaret Johnson in 2010 to be trained along with 12 others ladies to participate in the 1st.ever Top Model Competition of which Ms. Guy was the winner. Subsequently, she was given additional personal training by Margaret Johnson into the finer arts of Modeling, photography and how to do professional photo shoots. Its as a result of such detailed training that in 2012 she was taken and sent to Miss World 2012 and won a place in Miss World 2012 top 10 Models. Photographers used to showcase her came from Director Ms Margaret Johnson Personal Photo Shoot as artistic director and Michael Arnold was her lead photographer. Leilah Anne Magdalena Pandy was professional trained by the same Margaret Johnson first in Houston Texas when she represented Belize at Miss Universe and again in Belize under her Directorship when Leilah Pandy was sent to participate in Miss Earth and won her various accolades. Miss Margaret Johnson is the only National Director of Miss Belize who sent three delegates into International Beauty Pageant Competitions all at the same time: Felicita Arzu was sent to Miss World, Leilah Pandy was at Miss Earth and Belize also participated in little Miss Universe for the 1st time and won Best Talent Award and rave review for her National Costume which was designed and created by Margaret Johnson and National Director with limited funding. Maria Jeffery won Miss Belize Universe in 2006 under what can be noted as one of the best organized Miss Belize ever as can be verified by videos and saw various International Media Houses present for the 1st. time in Belize including French Media. In 2006 Miss Belize got its 1st. ever Logo and a Professional we might add and a year when pageantry of Miss Belize received major revamping of the entire system under the leadership of Johnson. Maria Jeffery won Miss Belize Universe under her comprehensive training and went on the represent Belize at Miss Universe in 2007. 2007 is the first time Miss Belize was selected during rehearsal to participate in Miss Universe top 12 finalist and those who were in the live audience were privy to a video presentation made by Miss Universe Organization of Miss Belize and the country of Belize showcasing the natural beauty for Belize and its people. Opal Enriquez won a pageant in Los Angeles but was never an official Miss Belize winner of any pageant held in Belize but nonetheless did well in her pageant under her US Director Eva Gallego and went on to become Miss Costa Maya 1st. Runner Up when Andrea Elrington withdrew. Ms. Enriquez has gone on to produce her own winner at Costa Maya in 2013 and giving Belize its 3rd. Miss Costa Maya pageant International winner. In 2008, a controversies arose when dethroned Miss Belize Universe 2008, Tanisha Vernon held a press conference in March in which she enlisted various queens competed and had already attended their International Pageants under Pageants Belize banner, her predecessor Maria Jeffrey, Miss Belize World 2007-08 Felicita Arzu, Mini Belize Venisha Price, Mini Universe Princess laid unfounded accusations at Pageants Belize director Margaret Johnson for allegedly not keeping her promises and handing over prizes knowing that Miss Vernon could not receive her prizes without signing her National Contract after she won and for accepting events to participate in without first consulting her Pageant Organization, raising and collecting funds on her own without the knowledge of Pageants Belize Ltd and Miss Johnson. In 2006 all the sponsors who promised prizes to Miss Belize Universe 2006 Maria Jeffery delivered on those promises and the delegates and the respective companies were sent letters to be able to deliver all prizes accept for one to Miss Jeffery and Arzu directly not to pageants Belize or Margaret Johnson. Both these young ladies visited the various sponsors to receive their prizes. A website is being created to share with the pageant world more on the details of these and the accurate history of pageants in Belize, unpublished photos and videos. It would be premised of us not note that Director Margaret Johnson is the only director/pageant trainer/consultant of Belize to have produced Belize best trained and quality delegates for Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss Earth that had the world looking seriously on who would represent Belize and as such Miss Belize Universe 2005, Andrea Elrington once trained my Margaret Johnson received the highest International pre-pageantry recognition and was on almost every pageant fan top 12 list all over the world to win Miss Universe 2007 and even earned the coveted 7th position on one of the world leading Online Pageantry Magazine called Missossology and the 1st. Miss Belize ever to receive various request via her trainer Margaret Johnson from the various leading pageantry website including Globalbeauties for interviews while Leilah Pandy became the 1st Miss Belize to get an online Interview due to the request of her then trainer Margaret Johnson before her Miss Universe pageant. Leilah Pandy represented Belize well. Unfortunately, elected Miss Belize Universe- Tanisha Vernon refused to signed the prerequisite contract with her Miss Belize organization making it impossible to receive her sponsored prizes and lost out on the opportunity to participate in Miss Universe. (Please note that signing a contract with Belize is necessary to participate in Miss Belize as a delegate and then the winner is also required to sign another contract with the Belize organization usually within 30 days of winning her pageant and before she is allowed to sign any Miss Universe, World, Earth or any International pageant contract to officially able to represent Belize. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Miss Belize」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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