The date for the National Queen Show is drawing nearer and none of the contestants have yet to receive sponsorship.
The Carnival committee is said to be operating at a loss this year and organizers continues to appeal to the private sector to make a commitment towards Carnival.
“These ladies have been working extremely hard, it’s six ladies and they certainly want to put on a most fantastic, amazing show for the Dominican public and to date there is still the struggle for sponsorship for those young ladies,” Marketing and Communications Executive for FLOW Dominica, Ferdina Frampton said while delivering an address at the third Carnival press conference on Wednesday. “It may not be a full sponsorship that you can give, it may be half, it may be a quarter but little goes a long way in times like these and in situations like these.”
Frampton, who is also a member of the Queen Show Committee, pointed out that the committee is aware of the situation in the business environment in Dominica, however, “if that’s the only contribution you can make during Carnival, let that be the contribution that you make in support of one of those young ladies.”
“Five thousand dollars adds up, $2,000 adds up, $10,000 adds up, whatever it is that you may be able to contribute in one way or the other, I think you should make the effort to do so…,” Frampton explained.“Little is always a lot when you need it.”
Nonetheless, she stated, that the contestants are preparing with the support of the Dominica Festivals Committee (DFC) and the Discover Dominica Authority (DDA).
The contestants are Tasia Floissac, 22, of Castle Comfort; Abigail Shillingford, 19, of Goodwill; Britney Pharoah, 22, of Grandbay; Nawana Shillingford, 25, of Loubiere; Mernel Christmas, 19, of Campbell and Judy Toussaint, 20, of San Sauveur.
The National Queen show is carded for February 5.
You know, I could end this with one single word, by saying the reason there are no sponsors are all due to the Arab Spring, which the Dominica government blame for a lack of money in the country, to even to finish construction on their Moroccan guest house!
Seriously, such has to come to light so that Dominicans can come to their senses and realize that there is no normalcy in Dominica; in regards to money circulating in the country! The government led by a rich dictator gives the nation the impression that Dominica, is much more wealthy than the rest of the Caribbean.
I am here to suggest the reason why there are no business sponsors is all due to the poverty which exists in the country; the success of every business depends on the spending power of the people, if the people do not have any spending power; does not have money to spend the business struggle, they can’t use the little they have to sponsor carnival queen. Very sad but that’s our nation reality!
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I could sponsor one but how much
I do find that these pageant, teen, queen shows somewhat depressing, short-sighted and small-minded. All the girls now, before and in the future are beautiful and attractive Dominica is bless. There are so many of them that you quickly forget who won what. They may be talented, creative and intelligent, but we don’t know that or even when revealed we are more likely to dismiss/downgrade it in preference for the girls physique and facial features. A cultural sadness.
On the other-hand businesses exist to make money. NOT to operate as charities. If they have $5,000,$10,000 or more, I would prefer they give it to their employees as bonus rather than spend it this way. I also believe the parishes should be the ones made responsible for sponsoring. Let them arrange the budget and choose the girl.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Why cant Skerrit sell one passport on their behalf?
when ppl telling us to go and suck salt ……i would sponsor but my money stays with me….let miss scotland sponsor them….
I recommend that
1 pinard burns sponsor the entire
Queen show
2. Alick Lawrence can sponsor a queen
3. All the big boys selling Dominica passport should
Sponsor a queen
4. The speaker of the house an sponsor a
Queen
5. Crazy tees can sponsor a queen
6 Tony can sponsor a queen
There you go!! 6 Sponsors already. Why are they not coming forward?
Good!!!You the business sector are suffering too much to waste money on who is the fattest cow contest!!!Boycot my people!!!
Let the chinese and skerrit deep their pockets!!!
Ok so my suggestion. Forget about the Carnival Queen this year.. The ladies have been chosen for next year show.. So have them go out there and look for the own sponsors. They have a whole year to get their stuff together.
Too much politics in Dominica. The carnival committee needs to consider the time of year when Carnival should be held. It’s time for change if Dominica wants to increase revenue. I suggest sometime in the summer. God bless our country and Queen contestants.
Cancel this pappy show…. Why do u all insist on begging. it will not happen. next year soon to come. Cancel cancel cancel. Save the ladies further embarrassment….
skerrit should help them……….
I agree with u.Sell some passports to help them.I could have had millions of dollars I would not waste it on them.Its not a must.
all the money the PM going and beg for on dominica behalf there, why he doh take it and help those young ladies….imagine that it almost carnival season and them people doh get not even one sponser, that so bad…..What is our country coming to?????????????????
Ms. Frampton should say how much it costs to sponsor a contestant and also a brief summary of how the money will be spent.
Oh boy after reading all this comments boy I was in tears laughing.You people have the greatest sense of humor. I feel for bad for those girls but they have to understand these businesses are not doing so good like before, people don’t have jobs to pump money into the system so there for the businesses don’t have money to waste on things that not so important like this. Anyway try next year young ladies or maybe they can ask pm to help . good luck girl.
They should sue the government of Dominica and use the money for that……why not?
This is the problem with Dominica: no forward planning. It is sad that no sponsors have yet come on board but this is a most serious indictment of the Queen Show Committee. My dad always said to us the following: “A lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part”. That said , though, if there are individuals who are able to contribute, please do so.
HOTEP!
I have a problem with that amount they are asking for, $2000 , $5000 or ten thousand will help. If you want funds from the public start off with $100 or so maybe the poor people would be able to help. But personally it is to much I cannot afford that figure.
Stop all beauty contents!! Its 2016. Nobody cares!!
I would sponsor the shabine chick if I wasn’t broke.
Queens, call the baronness for help. She is a proud Dominican after all! And, I hear her “Dominican people” earned her a nice fat paycheck. She could even have the winner spend a weekend at her new mansion.
Matt on Q95 should be able to help those young ladies. Or better still Linton should use tbe money raised on his behalf, for I’m sure that he has his own funds to pay for his ……… mouth.
how necessary is your comment………you all have so much hate for people and dominica will remain so….smfh
Shut the hell off, Linton is not the one bleeding and raping Ma Dominique, the women with all the companies in England shoul sponsor all the girls, also ……. selling the passports all over the middle east and the Baltic need to do the same sponsor the girls, our moniies donated to the cause did not come from the billions of dollars the cronies are getting from the
sales of Ma Dominique sovereignty, latert will be greater, as a BREAD AND BORN I want to know where all the passports monies gone
Linton is not the one who has you all people like beggars,it’s Skerrit.
Know it all why don’t u sponsor them or one of them?where does Linton come in there?Go take it from Pinard or ask Tony to sponsor he that bleeding the Govt purse wrongly.
You know the answer to that, Roosevelt has the largest cabinet in the Caribbean, there are more government ministers in Dominica, than in Obama’s cabinet in the United States, it takes less than seven people in Obama Cabinet to run the country, and I am not talking about the Senate, and the Upper house.
There are more than thirty minister in Skerrit government all each has to do is donate $2,000.00 each 2000.00 X 30 = $60,000.00 dollars. If that is not enough, Skerrit has enough he could probably sponsor them all!
In any event since mostly all the ministers owns more than one house valued at millions of Dollars, all the need to do is forger about all the passports the sold…………, and simply sell one of their millions of dollars house and sponsor the whole thing!
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha: this is a wake up call to the nation!
I am really sorry that the young ladies going through this embarrassing but I am glad it happened this way to teach the DFC and queen show committee etc to APPRECIATE the sponsors more. As a sponsor you not supposed to be begging for complimentary tickets to the show, much less to be give two tickets for a sponsorship worth in excess of $20,000.00. A lot of sponsors don’t feel appreciated.
Furthermore some of these young women are ungrateful ……!! Some don’t pass back to say ‘Thank you’. Not a card or call..nothing! So I certainly don’t blame these sponsors for being reluctant to come on board. Bad treatment all round…..
There is a glut on the market in DA as it relates to beauty contests. DA is small and so the sponsorship pool is limited. Perhaps this could be one of the contributing factors to the lack of sponsorhsip
Awk…ward!
If this is the way things are going just now you will not get any young ladies in Dominica to go for Carnival Queen Show, if they cannot get any sponsors, and how comes is only the Carnival queen Show girls/Ladies that cannot get sponsors, i see the Princess and Mother Queen show pageants getting sponsors, what is that nah…why are they not getting sponsors…
it’s probably because the princess and queen mothers asked people they know to back them up on their quest. And walk around with their sponsor sheets asking for donations, having a chat with local symstresses to make their clothes for less than $2000, those little girls just pass around their school and raise the money pronto. Carnival Queens expects it handed out on a silver platter …..or didn’t anybody tell them? Psssh
First of all, I crying down big stupes on Queen Show Committee. How come is now all you want to be looking for sponsors for those girls and all you know every year all you having this pageant??
Second of all, why are you all doing the same old thing over and over again expecting different results? It’s clear that the Dominican public has very little interest in pageants, so probably you all need to either drop that pageant business from the roster of carnival activities totally or re-vamp your approach to getting sponsors.
Third of all I’m not even a beautiful woman, but gosh, these girls are so plain looking. They have nothing going for them in the way of looks. Strip away all of the garish make-up and you would see that these girls don’t even rate a 6 by way of looks. (And the ratings thing is my son eh, so don’t shoot the messenger
) Where are all the beautiful tall girls that took part in Dominica’s Next Top Model 2014?
I was with you until your third point. Boo on that comment. The ladies are all lovely. Beautiful, natural black women!
With regards to your 3rd point, … since you and your son are able to rate the girls as having nothing going for them, why don’t you show your face? Perhaps the mirror would shatter in pieces.
such a shame no one is stepping up. But here is my list of distinguish people and companies that, can turn this around to be a success . The Baroness “Suce sel” Scotland, Sir Emanuel Nanton, Presidents Xi Jinping, Maduro, Castro, Jholda james, Donnie McClurkin My dominica trade house, Range developments, cabritis resort Kempinski group, Blackstar entertainment, Dons & Divas, N.E.P. And if that does work to raise funds, i am putting my passport on ebay for sale to raise money for sponsorship
Atkinson you have me laughing so hard,I can’t stop. Thanks for making my day.I needed that.Nowlet me go and sue-say-cel. My people have so really great sense of humor. Thanks DNO for posting sure great comments. Love DNO.
Ask Matt to agansize a radio fund for them
He is good at that
None of them are queen material.. This is a real mismatch this year. Now the question to be asked is WHY. Did we treat the past queen with the respect she deserved? Did we do all we could and more to meet her every queenly demands? Are we as a responsible entity doing what it takes to attract the best girls matching the profile of a Queen..
Not sure what you mean by your comment that none of the ladies are queen material. Shame on you! I dare say that you have a mother and sisters, yet you show such disrespect to those young ladies who are trying to keep a tradition alive. Perhaps it might be time to revisit the pageant but that does not give you or anyone to make such vile comments.
Go crawl back under your rock!
I would love to sponsor these young ladies to put in a week’s work helping in a care home eg the infirmary, hospital etc.
Dominica has more pressing demands on its meagre financial resources.
Go use your time more productively and stop begging for sponsorship.
hmmm the sosssay sel curse is kicking in boy. no body doh have money? We not sending money overseas again man?
No…we using all to pay court charges for people that say what they want when they want.
It burns u eh? Don’t burst a blood vessel. It’s our hard earned cash.Tell Astaphans to stop saying what he wants u r very bias.
check these Chinese businesses here to sponsor. They just taking taking and not giving back to culture putup#orgetout
well well well the beautiful lovley ladies are sucking salt. We need Keiran … Burns or whateva the spelling to sponser 1 then skerrit passport money can sponser 2 umm lets see oh yes tony astaphans can sponser 1 then barones scotland after enjoying a 150 000 dca treasury money party in 4 hours can use her 10 000 pounds a month salary and sponser 1 then minister of tourism who manages fast cash, perkys and first domestic insurance can sponser 1.. For now sousay sell!! Just saying eh
I second that!
Since Tropical Storm Erica the government has found excuses NOT to do so many things so now the private sector is using the same excuse not to sponsor the queen show. For some reason I believe people and businesses are of the firm belief that the ministers are the ones benefiting in every facet as a result they have left the responsibilty for those cabalists. People have been hesistant to do things not because TS Erica affected them directly but because they are not seeing the ministers using any of their personal funds except to make themselves more affluent. For example while there was a call for people to house persons from petite savanne neither Blackmoore, Ian Pinard, Skerrit, Melissa , Austrie, lennox Lawrence housed them into their mansions. In fact their women and children are living comfortably.
There should not be a queen show this year. We are all still recovering from Erika.
Cancel the queen show.
i can sponsor a girl $20,000.00 but after the show she should be mine
Is that your idea of starting your new profession Mr. Pimp?
Lmfao, which one you choosing
Doh worry.
MATT will make a telephon. PPL must pledge.
the level of idiocrisy to be scammed by a man to pay his debt.
FOOOOOOOOOLS!!
Linton get….PJ get…so…just inform him.
De country nice. money flowing.
tell mr PM he sent for Donnie McClurkin and Destra to perform for minutes. it just shows what his priorities are foolsssss.
Be careful pal, not to choke on your own venemous vomit.
Poor u.Sa ka fais ou malade eh?
No sponsor no show.. ha ha
No ! The Government should stay out of this . Maybe the Tourist Board should get involved . In addition other civic groups in the business if promoting DA should initiate fund raising events for these events so that we do not have to wait until the last minute for funding . Whatever happened to Jaycees, Chamber of commerce, The Rotary Club ?
For the blogger who complained about moderation this is a necessary exercise in order to maintain some civility . Do not take it personally ! A format like this is good and will only produce positive things !
Labour will have to hold a radiothon on Kairi fm.
BREAKING NEWS… Finally the six sponsors have stepped up. The public is notified that the following are potential sponsors for the 2016 Carnival Queen Contestants: 1. First Domestic Insurance Company, 2. National Bank of Dominica, 3. J Astaphan & Company Limited, 4. H. H. V. Whitchurch & Company Limited, 5. Dominica Air and Sea Ports authority, and, 6. Dominica Hotel and Tourism Association.
Now that the main sponsors have been identified let’s work of making them commit….
Suggestion: Make it a Ms Red Show Nah for labour to sponsor them!
Keerun and the useless labour ministers will sponsor them and the Baroness! In any event, they are the ones the DFC MUST give free tickets anyway! Not from the cash tin of my struggling rum shp Papa!
I heard some people got lots of money in businesses in the UK. They should be proud to be sponsors to advertise their business. Good marketing.
It is unfortunate the contestants cannot get sponsorship but I am wondering if this is bad planning that has now resulted in an emergency. Because in a very tight economy sponsorship has to cared for at a very early stage.
Also are the business entities provided tax breaks by the GOVT on the money used to sponsor these contestants?
Just asking….
Tell Key Run Pee nard Burns and Jay Elle to sponsor them na
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Many people don’t have money or jobs. Beauty contests are not a priority in most people’s’ lives at this time. Contestants may have to be able to fund their own needs.
The doe have money and how they give linton 80000 cash to pay when he could pay on his own Dominicans too wicked and like to cry. They have money self.
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The government squandered 32 million in 3 weeks for an election sewo..250 thousand dollars to one man to come and perform for about 2 hours..why can’t they sponsor all the contestants?
What’s wrong in helping Linton? Was it your wish that he loses his properties so that he and his family would be made homeless. Never. God would nor allow that to happen to a man after his own heart. You surly didn’t contribute to Linton financial help so give it a rest.
And allu that crying about the 80K Linton got from his supporters more wicked
CAUSE the millions that certain people collected from “shell companies” in the UK is much greater than the 80K that Linton supporters gave…. BUT ALLU HAVE BIG ISSUE WITH THAT 80K AND NOT THE MILLIONS!!!
@Lumberjack. This is not tax payers money or better yet people getting rich from the sales of our passports. I think it would be wiser to be more concerned about that.
The u give the girls and stop making our hard earned money that we gave out your problem
All facts… hahaha
somebody please help thes young ladies…………………they so cute
HELP WHO? TO DO WHAT?
Help them to do what?
To go and expose themselves to the public?
Stupse
If they listen to me you need to solicit sponsorship the year before the show, hence make it go to a general pot and move away from each girl having individual sponsors. If the costume round is sponsored by Commess boutique then monies should be equally divided to execute that round and so forth. This late in the game begging for monies look bad, even thou there is favoritism behind the scenes carmem. Start planning as soon as this queen show is over hence put a request out to have new bodies in helping with the planning process etc. Nuff said
well every year they are given the Same advice. uttershame#
EXACTLY!!! I have been preaching so a long time. i fthey want thes pageants to continue they have to move to a more modern age way of organising.
Apart from advertising of their business that they can do on the radio stations for a fraction of the cost,what is in it for the sponsors?
exactly.
the queen never reigns. can’t even remember last year’s queen.
I am sick and tired of this begging game. First of all, let the organizers work for nothing if they are that concerned. Secondly, if people want to play let them play but why should others pay for that all the time. This is not a yes we care program or another social service you know.
They should have gotten a sponsor before volunteer ing to participate…ask around for a sponsor.. If u dont get one then you can’t participate
That is why I stopped posting on this site…why should comment await moderation…comments should be immediately posted
Yeah, and give Astaphan the ammunition to sue the pants off the commentators and DNO!
Have you forgotten that Astaphan is trying to sue any and everything that breathes or even dead?
DNO . Please keep moderating and protect us from Mighty Astaphan of the House of Litigation.
Joe, I think Tony Astaphan is trying to compete with Judge Jeffreys (who was a Baron by the way!). Read up on the man and you will understand what I mean. Maybe next time Skerrit will knight him?
you should also find out who is responsible to get sponsorship. The DFC not the young ladies who have to seek sponsorship.
The young ladies don’t have to do anything. Nobody is forcing them to take part but maybe is somebody telling them that if they want to do it they must pay somemthing. Is a business for someone, nothing else.
Ask Linton sand his boys .Them and there boys in blue quick to point out that this one do or say. Then show some kind of niceness. Dont always chewgonay
Why not ask the Labour Party gang? Are u forgetting they have all the connections and Linton has none..just let the pm smile and his dimples will turn leafs into money.
80K Linton got from supporters VS millions collected from “shell companies”…………………………..TELL ME WHO IN A MUCH BETTER PLACE TO SHOW KINDNESS!!!!!!!!
Dang I guess they will really have to suck salt
They should ask Q to raise them $$$ 
Well ,well , from the monies of the sales of passports which goes into private accounts , i think the queens should have already gotten sponsors by the private individuals, who say they love Dominica so much.very . sad , sad , sad.
Dominica’s business’s seem to be suffering as is the whole of Dominica, with lack of funds. I like to see the PM as Robin Hood! The PM can come to the assistance of these beautiful young ladies Our PM is our saver in times of trouble! We are counting on his generosity and help.God Bless our PM Skerrit.
I believe that the Government needs to step up and make a substantial contribution and likewise the opposition
At this point you should be looking for sponsors for next year contestants not this year’s.
I wish if i had won the power ball 1.5 billion,I would have sponsored every single contestants,I would have find someone to donate thousands of dollars to compete with Mr.Skerrit next general election with good ideas,intelligent ,tegrity,honesty and good leadership for our country,and build an international airport and a marina Portsmouth area.
play the waste of time super 6 they have here … Maybe u might be able to help. 200,000 doallrs. Other countries is millions doninica and the rest is 200,000 bull…
Not sure what you mean by your comment that none of the ladies are queen material. Shame on you! I dare say that you have a mother and sisters, yet you show such disrespect to those young ladies who are trying to keep a tradition alive. Perhaps it might be time to revisit the pageant but that does not give you or anyone to make such vile comments.
Go crawl back under your rock!
I am hopeful that Mr Kieron Pinard-Byne will be generous and kind to sponsor all 6 contestants after receiving EC$80,000 following the judgement by the Privy Council. This is a worthy cause. We will be very happy!!!
Besides he said he wasn’t doing it for the money. So he should just donate it
Actually, Mr Keron should donate this money to the people of Petite Savanne.
These ladies should go wrk for their sponsorship!
Tell lennox hold another radiothon
Linton wasn’t the one who held it Dummy.U hold one.