By KORTNEY RODGERS
MISS Universe Bahamas and Miss World Bahamas were told they should consider themselves “cultural ambassadors” when the beauty queens paid a courtesy call to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday.
Tomacina “Tomii” Culmer and Rosetta Cartwright were welcomed by Philip Miller, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary.
“They can be incorporated into a lot of events that we have at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We plan to get them involved in the protocol division,” Mr Miller said.
“When you go abroad, you don’t have an individual presence; they call you ‘Bahamas’. Remember that you represent the whole country, so we recommend, in this case, that they put their best face forward,” he added.
Grateful for the opportunity as Miss World Bahamas, Ms Cartwright told The Tribune that she felt honoured to sit amongst people of such authority.
“It feels very surreal,” she said. “If you told me last year that I would have a courtesy call with the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I would’ve told you that you’re lying. I believe this is just one more step toward becoming a better ambassador for my country.”
Ms Culmer, Miss Universe Bahamas, said she has always felt like an ambassador for her country. “I’ve had the opportunity to speak highly of my country and get people interested in what the Bahamas has to offer and to be able to represent on a Miss Universe scale will be a great experience,” she said.
The queens made history as Grand Bahama took both titles at the Miss Bahamas Organisation’s pageant finale last month at Atlantis.
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