Queen Marcia Baptiste made history when she won the Miss Dominica pageant this year. On February 12, Marcia emerged victorious in the best talent, best in evening wear and Miss Photogenic round, on her way to lifting the crown out of seven contestants.
This was the first time a Portsmouth native had captured the crown in 26 years! Besides her historic win here, Queen Marcia has won the Miss Caribbean World in Tortola and Miss Jaycees Caribbean Queen Antigua in July. She has also placed second runner up in Miss Carnival in St. Vincent and the Grenadines and she emerged fourth out of 20 contestants in the Miss Caraibes Hibiscus which was held in St Maarten.
Besides her winning exploits on the stage, Queen Marcia is a tireless advocate of diabetes and is especially passionate about this work since she has lost family to the disease. She is perhaps the most prominent person raising awareness of this disease in the island of Dominica.
Miss Baptiste would like to say a special thank you to her head Chaperone Elma Aaron, her family and the rest of her team (Prince St. Jean, Ms. Fenella Wenham, Ms. Carlyn Rolle, Tessa Hyacinth, Marcus, Sean Douglas, Mr. Joseph, Mrs. Velma Ambo, Ms Frederica James) Urban Shape Body Action, Aries boutique, Caribbean Contractors Dominica limited, Dr. Geoffrey Lafond, DBlush, Northern Concrete and Steel, Grand Bazaar, Northern Festival Committee, LIME, Supercuts Salon (Portsmouth), The Glam, Belfast trading limited, Springfield Trading Limited, Screws, The Prime Minister of Dominica, Ms Catherine Daniel, Mr. Stephens, DFC, Alvin Alexander and many other businesses and persons who helped out in one way or another, her friends, her supporters, and her criticizers for their support in any way during her reign.
THANK YOU!
Because of her historic win, giving the people of Portsmouth something they had yearned for years and her advocacy in diabetes awareness among Dominicans, Queen Marcia is Insidepossie.com’s Personality of the Year!!!
it’s the little things that matters. If You thanking, thank form the beginning. God hates an ungrateful person. I am very disappointed that certain key persons were left out. Was that a misstake, then correct the error. It was as a result of the good start you were able to move on.
Possie for possie. While I say congrats to Marcia, I must big up my Nurse Parillon. Excellent Talent.
hey my sister ohhhhhh thank god for that. lol
WAY TO GO
OH YEA !!!NURSE PARILLON DID A GREAT JOB ON THAT TALENT BOY…I WOULD WATCH THAT RECORD OVER AND OVER JUST FOR THE TALENT!…. THAT WOMAN REALLY GIFTED BOY. WELL DONE NURSE !ONCE AGAIN ANOTHER EMBASSADOR FROM POSSIE . WOW!…witht that being said..congrats Ms. Baptist…
I take it you meant ‘last’ year.
Congratulations and well deserved merits for a positive young lady
Way 2 go marcia!!! We knew you had it in you. Inspite of everything, you persevered. I hope you will be available to assist Rosilia in her various pageants abroad 2 show her d ropes cuz thats gonna be our second crown in a row! WHO VEX BUST!!! LOL!
Ms. Baptiste, I admire your strength and courage, I was impressed with your advocacy on diabetise, many people do not understand that this disease is a slow killer, I suffered the loss of my love through this killer, and i was happy when you took it up as your business to inform and educate. I am sorry that the cultural division did not see it fit to be at your side as well as the DFC to give you the praise that you truly deserve like all the other ladies who have won the title of Miss Dominica.
However, that did not deter you and you moved on. As your reign comes to an end son, I want to encourage you to stay focus, you are a lovely lady, I hope you will further your education soon and return to Dominica to continue your good work. Our young ladies should take a page from your book, and emulate those wonder qualities that you exhibit. Good Luck my dear in your future endeavours. God Bless You.
way to go marcia!!!!!!!!!
u got all that it needs to be a queen…once a queen always a queen …
you and carlyn make a great team
thank u for all u did u made us proud not only portsmouth but the whole island we could only go
up from here and i know u will help the small one’s coming up great job thank u again.
That is the type of calibre of persons we need to have representing as Queen. Persons with such talent don’t come along very often & I think that we must harness these people potential to the fullest. Not only going out to represent in talent shows, but as spoke persons for other key organisations & i think that the carnival/dfc committees need to take a serious view on that.
congrats marcy.u are a true queen.the dfc treated u like nothing but u prove to dem dat possie got talent.if u was from roseau they would have given u all d daimond in the world but u have God’s blessing dat is wat is important.happy new year and God’s wish unto u.peace
Congratulations Ms, Baptiste!!!!!!
keep on doing your good work…
you’re the most active ‘queen’ i know
hope the others take that trend of yours
‘bigging up’ Ms. Wenham… that’s my girl!
wishing you continued success for the new year
A classy intelligent possie lady you will always be ….. Queen Marcia !!!!
Congrats Miss Baptiste! Well deserved! You did well!
Congratulations!
So Prince have talent man?…… and Wenham? these are the people in the back ground who make things work.
But of course, that is the way a committed and consciencious team dynamics is sopposed to flow and kudos to each and everyone of them for bringing to fruition a professional coloboration that truely works. Well done and keep up the brilliant work ‘A Team.’
Bon Jour I hope they doh give alu big foot eh for all those compliments!lol
Well done insidepossie.com and congrats to Queen Marcia. Thank you for representing Dominica so well during your reign as Queen for 2010. I’m sure you must have done your best, under the circumstances.
I was so so disappointed (not in you) when I saw you some weeks aback at the Melville Hall Airport, coming from representing Dominica overseas ,and not one official from C.O.C or even Discover Dominica Authority was there to welcome you back. You had to go search for your luggage and take the up to customs yourself, with your crown on your head. This was so so bad and i really wonder why were you abandoned and disrespected in that way.
My first instinct would be to hit the airways next day ( if i were you) as a form of protest. But again you are a lady of CLASS.
WISH YOU ALL THE BEST IN THE FUTURE AND AGAIN THANKS FOR REPRESENTING D/CA THE WAY YOU DID.
love this..congrats 2 u marcia..possie really needed tht..just up 2 possie to learn from that
love this…honestly possie need 2 learn from that
Congratulations to the queen, her town and her country. It is strange how we are very quick to add our criticisms when someone does something wrong, but slow to support someone who has done outstandingly weel. May God continue to light up your life with blessings, success and happiness.
this was posted on Insidepossie.com a couple weeks ago i’m right…. insidepossie’s writter and the organisation should be given credit, not one word was changed.
ADMIN
Can someone on this site instruct this person that the credit is situated under the headline of all stories? sigh… somebody hurry and buy this site please.
OH dear, shame that people feel the need to use other people’s work and not reference or acknowledge this. Heard about ‘copyright’ or ‘plagiarism’? Interesting…………….
ha ha thats the same thing i was saying. To me thats plagerism cause these people “dno” coudl @ least quote or something
ADMIN
InsidePossie.com gave full permission for us to publish the article as is. They were the ones who approached us and ask us to publish the article on our site. And they had been following up with us. Plus the article was credited. Some of you Dominicans are too troublesome. Find something constructive to do.
Admin u have to forgive us is not all dominicans that are like that they read one way and thats
what they come up with i know its hard to put up with us but as time go by u will see that u have
more supporters than none supporters remember the lord set this path for so u know the devil
will send his troups to let u quit but stand firm and keep doing it for the ones that know what
it was like when only on tuesdays the paper would come out by that time its so late just keep
your head up
Congrats on being named the sites “personality of the year” we love you sweet
weh papa! by next year that personality of the year zafeh lose all significance! Stupes!
Not necessarily as it is great to see Dominicans showing appreciate to their fellow islanders and that is admirable, and even more so when it has been awarded to the so deserving and inspiring Miss Dominica 2010, Marcia Baptiste.
This is an opportunity for people who are civic minded and exhibit community spirit like Marcia has done and continue to do, to keep striving to make that change in their local communities for the better.
Good job!
Not nice. hmmm….I wonder if it was you how long would you want it to last? are u the type they call “haterz”?
IMAGINE THAT NONE THE BUSINESS PLACES WANTED TO SPONSOR HER. CONGRAS GIRL
Well deserved. You were a very good Queen. I hope you excel in your studies. Good luck!
way 2 go marcy
WELL DONE. WITHOUT SUPPORT YOU COULDN’T HAVE MADE IT ALONE.
BUT WHEN IT BECOMES SO OBVIOUS TO FORGET PERSONS WHO WERE AT THE FOREFRONT IN YOUR COSTUME AND WHAT ABOUT THE PERSON WHO WROTE YOUR TALENT WHICH STOOD OUT IN YOUR WINNING (IT’S NOT ME TO MENTION NAMES) ONE HAS TO WONDER, WHERE IS THE REST OF THE GRATITUDE. THAT’S MY TWO CENTS
ANYWAY YOU’VE MADE YOUR MARK. iT DOESN’T STOP HERE ANYTHING YOU DO PEOPLE WILL SEE YOU AS THE QUEEN FROM POSSIE. LIVE UP TO THE NAME IT SHOULDN’T END WITH THE REIGN.