{"id":178083,"date":"2016-12-13T13:00:31","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T18:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=178083"},"modified":"2016-12-13T18:02:46","modified_gmt":"2016-12-13T23:02:46","slug":"btvi-graduate-creates-chic-outfit-for-beauty-queen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2016\/12\/btvi-graduate-creates-chic-outfit-for-beauty-queen","title":{"rendered":"BTVI Graduate Creates Chic Outfit For Beauty Queen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-178084\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/miss-world-bahamas.jpg\" alt=\"miss-world-bahamas\" width=\"550\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/miss-world-bahamas.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/miss-world-bahamas-150x89.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/miss-world-bahamas-250x148.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the beauty pageant world, an unspoken competition begins before contestants ever hit the stage.\u00a0 From the moment a contestant touches down at the airport of the host country, she is already being sized up. Hence, what she wears offstage should be equally as impressive.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-178085\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/miss-world-bahamas2.jpg\" alt=\"miss-world-bahamas2\" width=\"325\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/miss-world-bahamas2.jpg 325w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/miss-world-bahamas2-89x150.jpg 89w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/miss-world-bahamas2-148x250.jpg 148w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/>Presently, Miss World Bahamas, Ashley Hamilton is in Washington DC, where she is competing for the Miss World pageant to be held on the 18th December. She will be competing against 116 contestants. Her wardrobe and costume were unveiled by the\u00a0 Miss\u00a0 Bahamas\u00a0 Organization (MBO) during a presentation at the Serenity Club House, Lyford Cay Road.<\/p>\n<p>BTVI 2010 graduate, Myrlande Julien was one of the designers, having received the opportunity after winning MBO\u2019s Designer Showcase which was exclusively for BTVI students and graduates.<\/p>\n<p>For the svelte, 6\u2019 1\u201d Ashley, Myrlande designed an eggplant, off-the shoulder top with a flounce in the front and accessorized by petals in the back.\u00a0 And although waist-length, it could be worn lower.\u00a0 The blush polish cotton pencil pants were sleek, perfectly fitting the towering beauty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s exposure and says a lot (about BTVI).\u00a0 It shows that if you go to BTVI and are dedicated, anything can happen,\u201d said Myrlande, who was also one of the designers for the recent AIDS Foundation\u2019s Red Dress Soiree along with BTVI instructor, Kathy Pinder.<\/p>\n<p>Myrlande created Ashley\u2019s ensemble within three days and considered it an opportunity of a lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel honoured.\u00a0 It was a very good experience and I\u2019m excited to have one of my outfits worn internationally,\u201d said the fashion designer who is preparing to open her own clothing store Ju Ju Season, this January, with everything designed and created by local designers.<\/p>\n<p>Photos by George Ratliffe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the beauty pageant world, an unspoken competition begins before contestants ever hit the stage.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":178084,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,204],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}