Former Miss Jamaica Gina Hargitay spends a lot of time travelling the world.
The vivacious beauty has a busy schedule, including her role as a sought after motivational and public speaker who primarily works with young people.
She has had several speaking engagements all over the world, to places such as Senegal, Brazil, Grand Cayman, Canada, and the United States. She is currently studying history and politics at the University of Westminster in London. No matter where she is in the world, her mind and heart is still focused on one place — her homeland Jamaica.
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| The former beauty queen is swarmed by children of the National Basic School in Trench Town. |
In 2013 at age 18, she was selected as Miss Jamaica World and represented the country at the Miss World Pageant in Bali, Indonesia, where she placed in the top 10 and became Miss World Caribbean. Three years later she became the youngest inductee in the Caribbean Hall of Fame, which recognises people from the Caribbean who have made significant contributions to the region’s culture and heritage. This was just one of the several instances where her penchant for helping others, especially young people, was being recognised. Among the charities that she works with in her homeland is the Sickle Cell Foundation of Jamaica. Her work there is driven by the fact that her older brother has sickle cell, and she and her mother carry the trait. The charming beauty queen is passionate about raising awareness about the disease.
But in November 2016 Gina took on another role — ambassador for the international charity Shashamane Sunrise, a group which assists with educating children in developing countries, including in her homeland, Jamaica, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago, Kenya, Uganda, and Ethiopia. During a chance meeting with a representative of the organisation that year, she was alerted to the work of the organisation and subsequently made contact with its chairman, Dr Rene ‘Zazou’ Williamson.
Gina has already made significant strides since becoming a ‘Shash Ambassador’. In January this year she co-hosted the organisation’s flagship charity event, “Fashion Meets Music” alongside another former beauty queen, Miss Universe 1998 Wendy Fitzwilliam. Gina has also been a key figure in the organisation’s services tours to sponsored schools in Jamaica, including the Windsor Forest Primary, which is located in a poor farming community in the parish of Portland; and the National Basic School in Trench Town, one of the most socially and economically challenged communities in the Corporate Area. more
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