The issue

Phew! Beauty queens are human after all. Miss Cayman Islands is not an exception. We do not know the true situation. She may have been fighting back in self-defence.

The report gives the picture of a person who was outnumbered. The cop too may have been bought over by her attackers. After all, it was the home of her boyfriend. Besides, the lady was accused of the assault offence before she entered for the competition. A full year before the competition. That, my friend smells. I want to believe that she has learned her lessons since then and should be permitted to move on.

My father says fighting back by being a great success is the best way to move on. She has taken the first step by winning the competition. She has only just begun. No one said fighting back was going to be easy.

My mother too, used to warn me about tainting my reputation. “It may haunt you later. Keep your nose clean “, she warned. Sometimes our human weaknesses get the better of us and the taint is there for anyone to dust up when we least expect. The list of public figures who fall into this category is endless. They did not sink into self-pity.

A super example and inspiration is the ageless beauty, Vanessa Williams. We should not stop or be deterred from fighting back. It should stimulate us to be the best of who we are.

Go for gold Miss Cayman Islands- Tiffany Conolly, no one said that the path to greatness was easy. We wish you the best.