I am indeed pleased to have been crowned Miss Teen Dominica as part of the 2011 Carnival Season.
I see this as more than just a mere opportunity to represent myself and my school but as a platform to echo the sentiments and speak to the issues affecting the youth of the Nature Island, Dominica. It is in this regard that I would like to lend my voice to a situation which is dear to my heart and dear to the hearts of my fellow students, teachers and principal of the Isaiah Thomas Secondary School.
We are all deeply worried and concerned about the disappearance of Shanice Jemmott. We would like to call on the relevant authorities for a collaborative approach for the search and rescue of this young lady.
The situation has touched us immensely at our learning institution and I would like to rally the entire Dominican populace to join in the effort. The situation isn’t merely one for the family, friends and community of Shanice but it is reflective of a situation which could befall any young person.
Every minute counts and we would like to urge everyone to assist in any way possible and to make any information that they may have available to the Police and/or relevant authority or family. A young girl’s life is in the balance and a collaborative, well coordinated approach is needed at this time.
I would also like to urge the population to continue to pray for her safe return and comfort the family in their moment of distress.
Once again, I would like to thank the organizers of the Miss Teen Dominica Pageant, the Waitukubuli Dance Theatre Company, my sponsors LIME Dominica Ltd., my chaperones and my school for this wonderful opportunity to be an ambassador for the youth of Dominica.
STOP DAMN HATING!! ….oh shayte!….all of allu just vex!…who vex well lost..she hav d crown alreadi!>..stewpz…infact d news item was talkin about a missin individual in dominica..nt about ms. nicole having dah crown…jus stick on ONE topic!…BEHHH!! she win dooee!!! BEHHH!!
…dominicans never change eh! smh
shut up lala,is if u aself not illegal
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah stop being cruel. leave her alone omg thats sad.
How many Dominicans now have American passports? Because her last name is Rodriquez and her hair long and straight, she is less of a Dominican than someone holding another passport right?
am a dominican leaving in another country, wether i go to school or i work i still contribute to socitey. so if the child is a student at i.t.s.s y cant she represent her school? y should it be a problem.. that doesnt mean foreigners taking over dominica.. all you dominican need to travel.. so that all u mind will be broadern. all you to behind back stop leaving in the eighteenth century.
its A shame its Only Non Nationals run things in DOMINICA. The Prime Minister Is illegal he is a non Dominican so lets see where this place is heading. I can remember a DOMINICAN had a Daughter born in a neighboring Island and she was crowned Carnival queen there and after the show the Minister of Culture took the crown until she could prove she was born in the said island. If its a fact that she is not born in Dominica the Next in line contestant can sue the organization for their negligence and plauurism. Dominicans is so backward???? and Dominica’s daughters is so ugly?????Come on Raymund Lawrence and others what are you people doing to Dominica??? Is Dominica the latest Whore on the market???? OH MY GOD …………………..I want to hear from Marcella laroque and Shannon Vigilante , Sandra Brown and others….Come one Dominica, where are these people taking us. I guess its one sure sign of the drug cartels, human trafficking and the venezuelian connections is taking over Dominica. I pray we do not have to do like Libya sometime.
mashhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh the pm is not in ur business. leave him out plzzzzzzzzzz
Congrats am so proud 2 b a past student of I.T.S.S.and to miss TEEN DOMINICA ur crown is urs dnt let any one take it frm u k?u go 4 it n speak out so watever fire dat is burnin them let them burn tanks 4 representin my past school its been so long sumting gud came out frm der but u changed all of dat tanks!!!ppl if u can’t say sumting gud 2 the child then shut up dnt comment n just knw it happened already n u can’t do anyting about it!!!
congrats nicole thanks for making us proud…
Hi haters ms Rodriquez is very much deserving of her crown so instead of trying to bring a fellow ITSS student down we should commend her efforts in speaking for the missing girl’s safe return. y’all just mad because we on the map….Go ITSS…We the best
Dominicans by majority have an innate tendency to embrace and defend a foreigner whilst they find no problem in bashing their own. Sir Arthur Lewis of St. Lucia diagnosed this malaise as Self Contempt. To Dominican “charity begins outside the home”. To prove this point just see how Dominicans are going to respond to my comment. A foreigner don’t have to defend themselves here there are too many eager natives willing to do JUST that. Sadly it is a legacy of slavery that is predominant in Dominica.
Whilst one don’t have to be born in Dominica to represent the country, it is internationally recognized in all civlised countries that to represent a country you have to be at least a NATIONAL. So the the question how can a NON-DOMINICAN be a Miss DOMINICA is perfectly logical.
I have asked many of my Caribbean colleagues their impressions of this paradox, and they all reply that only in servile Dominica this parody will be tolerated.
Incidentally for all those emotional ones, Haitians due to their darker complexions and poverty are treated as less than humans in beloved Santo Domingo. Go figure.
You must fist establish yourself as a nation, before delving into the obscure world of cultural diversity. The same Dominicans who are yet to embrace the indigenous Caribs or even Marigotians for that matter(calling them monkeys). Find no problem into importing, embracing and defending other nationalities whilst castigating and cursing what is closer to home. If you can’t love what is home grown then it is purely hypocritical to pretend to love imports.
Nothing personal with the young lady who was coincidentally backed by the biggest corporate sponsor, thus could pay for the most expensive evening wear, spectacular wear and the best chaperones money could buy. She must be made to feel welcome in dominica by ‘all means’. However not at the limitation of the people who built this nature isle.
It is just that One has to do things right, national representatives should be nationals period!
she is a national
lool it… some ppl sick. she won and has called on dominicans to assist in a situation she has to be reminded of daily.. afellow student has disappeared. she attends the school and so has the right to represent the school and she won. a sweep even… i jeannette ferreira say… live up ppl and let live… too much negative vibes.. is not like she can change laws.. a miss teen wi.. stop being afraid… she did not steal the crown she earned it even with her speech not being the best.. as for her post now, how many ppl write their own speech? she wanted something said and some one help her to bring it out nicely.. get over it peeps … next year will be some ones turn
Unlike most of you on here, I attended the show. Miss Rodriguez deserved the crown. Unless things have changed Teenage Pagent is about show casing one’s talent, it ‘s about poise/grace while representing the school of attendance. Nicole did all of this. She displayed real talent, unlike some of the other contestant who tried to act or tried to sing (this is by no means meant to minimize their efforts). She performed her dance routine to different songs one of which was a soca. Isn’t soca part of our culture? Give the young girl a break her confidence was remarkable, considering that English is not her Mother tongue. She has raised the bar for Teenage Pageant and as far as I’m concerned that’s a positive for all.
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! yayyyyyyyy itss in it…..now although i am saddened by shanice disappearing and all the sorrows her mother feels i have a feeling that nicole’s “two cents” as they say can play a big part!
I really wish the energy put in Bashing this young lady was put in finding the missing girl ………..Please note that the news it world wide and not just in the hills of you beautiful island………just go to prove the reason why we as a race is so BACKWARD as we protray the style of CRABS IN A BUCKET
TO Miss Teen Dominica congrats on your victory. And even though it has been said many times and in different ways maybe Shanice will see that, she is care for, loved, and missed, by a whole different group of people. And hearing it or reading it, and knowing who it is coming from will maybe give her that strenght and courage that she needs. That another young person like her is speaking. So to all those that are putting the young people down take a step back and think of what u are saying. Think of what this girl might be feeling and thinking. If she had never spoke about this situation YOU same ones will still be bad mouthing the girl. BE HAPPY FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE.
wow i know she did not write this,,, but it’s all good though,,, but why dominicans jumping up like first time allu see a shabeh lol,,,,, look at the pix,,, shanice is much more lovely looking than this dominican
Honestly, you are a very lost soul. You comment on everything and anything on DNO. Very pathetic,get a life. As the saying goes, if you have nothing nice to say, shut up!!
and even if she didn’t write it, your point is? i’m sure she had a hand to play in it because its in her name. Presidents, Prime Ministers and world leaders have speech writers so why can’t our Miss Teen. It is the thought that counts, she went besides herself and thought of her schoolmate and used her new position to make a clarion call to all the other Dominicans.
continue the good work under the guidance of your teachers and principal and all the others who assist you before, during and after your reign…
This is a teenager you are speaking about. You should encourage her to continue to be positive. I think “mouth from the south” needs serious concelling. You are so negative and you try to spread it using DNO media. Please stop because it is very unpleasant to the readers. Haven’t you gotten the point? I a mproud of you miss teen dominica and please continue to shine!
but mouth from the south well rude. the girl deserved the crown and she win it well good. about the shanice story i hope that she is found soon. we need to keep on praying.
my dear nicole. i love u so much. i hope u enjoy every moment of ur reign. goooooooo itss u got wat it takes. to all the teachers wjo continue to help the school shine big up . and those who c it fit to help bring down the school, ur days are numbered. n to d boso who thinks that holding shanice is the best way to solve his problem, fire burn u.
WE SHOUDL BEGIN GROOMING THIS GIRL FOR MISS UNIVERSE
If we groom her for miss universe she can only represent her home country which is Dominica Republic.
Why is a non national being crowned Miss Teen Dominica ? Hey just asking and roy I am right on board with you on that, when we live overseas we have to go through so much crap in order to be embraced and we just giving ours away just like that criteria for entrance should be born dominican or of dominican parentage sorry but I don’t see any of my young Dominican females going to Santo Domingo and being crowned Miss Santo Domingo Do you ?…I am disappointed
You should give the young lady a break why one of our own did not go, she made everyone proud, give jack his jacket and jacqueline her lip stick. This young lady deserved the crown. We as a people never put ourselves forward and when someone else does, we tend to critisize thats not right.
All those talking about her culture is break dancing part of our culture, no africans did not use to break dance, we see it on BET and we adopt it and people perform these routings in everything. So my word to you all stop trying to bring down people and appreciate.
Nothing is never good for you Dominicans, that is why you all keep going in circles.
Miss Rodriquez put a death ear to those negative comments and rise above all. Once again congratulation to you and keep your heads up.
And this young lady who is missing it is very sad to see that she has disappeared in thin air, God is watching over you all especially her family, who i know personally. i strongly believe that a message should be learnt from this.
Young ladies who are being abused, please speak out do not be ashame, their is hope for you all and someone positive is here to listen. Note i said positive, because to many of times we speak to the wrong set of people, persons who cannot do anything to solve the solution.
And to DNO, please edit these useless, unnecessary comments properly. i think you all should raise the standards of things being said.
Admin: We give everyone the opportunity to express themselves. Just because you are not in agreement with someone’s opinion, it is useless or unnecessary. Everyone has a right to their own opinion.
if she was going up for another school allu dominicans would not say nothing eh. stupes. we suppose to be happy for her and not bringing her down. nicole darling you were the best
Allu have issues just because she is representing I.T.S.S. , you all figure that nothing good can come from this school because it is a “country” school, well whatever, she has been crowned and none of you can change that fact…
The girl attends the same school as Shanice……she have a right to express herslef. No one said anything about she being a D’can right away because she made that statement. They attend the same school………I’m sure they;re all worried………stop this nonsense u all are doing. CONGRATULATIONS MS RODRIGUEZ AND MY PRAYERS ARE WITH SHANICE AND HER FAMILY
she is a campbell resident
all u little dirty- foot dominicans.
thts not her own words for sure…she cya even speak english properly
so what d hell stop hating she has a crown and i beat u got a frown
not her owned words but she had part to play in writing it.
u urself cant even speak proper english and u from d/ca muchless ur dummy
stop hating the girl. you could do better?????
oh my GOd so many dislikes. wow.
what i’m trying to say is that she is not saying anything new . she is not saying anything that everyone one has already said. so seeing that she is a sort of a public personality right now why not say something with a little more substance. why not talk about the fact that the young girl was abused as said by her grandmother. why the police autorities aren’t givng any information on the person whom the grandma suspected to be involved in the dissapearance. this is a 14 year old girl and the only way for her to be abducted without a trace while going to or for school by a stranger would be if she was taken at gunpoint.
hasn’t already said.
I fully endorse this statement by Miss Rodriguez and as President of the National Youth Council i applaud this effort.
Delroy N. Williams
come on give young people a chance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!……………..
it’s ashame u D/cians are so nieve about really life, accepts anything with a little color, that all it is wonder if she was Haitian how would u all would react !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
just now is a chinese and haitian we’ll see on stage. i’d go to the show to support them. everybody deserves a chance
I’m not surprised at all. All you Dominicans are noted for embracing what is not yours and kicking your own in the face.
… Did you post this comment under the wrong article??? The young lady just expressed her view as relates to the MISSING TEENAGE?? What are you views on that?!?!? GOD!!!
True that. Wonder how belly dancing is part of OUR and I repeat OUR culture
So what are we saying about the new trend now where a large percentage of our pregnant women when they are about 8-9 months run to the US to make their children and come back? In the next 10-20 yeras more than half of our children will have been born overseas. Will we say that they are al non-Dominicans then?
I say it’s time we stop the foolishness now, starting with this rubbish about Skerrit not being a Dominican!! Let’s change all those stupid laws and backward mentality!!!
I suspect that Ms Rodrigez might just be the one to help us to begin to get out of this stupid, backward way of thinking that many of us seem to be engulfed in!!!
i support u vibes.and hear them boast.”my child is obama child weh.” the girl deserve it. some of us dominicans do not like the hatian and spanish here butwe leaving dominica and going back door to someone elses country.
you a the one that full of rubbish and as the calypsoian said and I qoute go back to the drawing board I would suggest you get your facts in order before you make any comments., and by the way Miss Rodrigez cannot change the issue around in Dominica it’s up to the people to do so you a the stupid one.
Congratulations, Ms. Rodriguez.
Haters/complainers/negative people: The young lady is Dominican by naturalization. There is no law that bars her from participating in the Miss Teen pageant. So, those who are making an issue of where she was born, give the lady a break. Go get a life! She is Dominican whether you like it or not.
Just for the record, Vibes: No one has said that Mr. Skerrit is not a Dominican. The issue is whether he violated the Constitution when he contested the general elections.
GO ITSS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! someone always have something negative to say when something happens in itss. it is a great shame…… instead of helping people oppress instead……..GREAT JOB NICOLE AND TO ALL THE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS WHO HELPED YOU…..YOU DESERVED IT……..THANKS FOR REPRESENTED ITSS WITH SUCH ELEGANCE AND POISE………….haters try harder but u all will NEVER bring itss down
good job ms rodriquez
Government and people of Dominica…if this woman is not a naturalized Dominican yet….as of today she should be, she is a Dominican NOW.
what just like that, you must be MAD. I am working for the Government in AXA and it will take me 15 years to get naturalized and you saying that Dominica just have to give ours away. give me a break.
come back home and develope you country. stop crying.mwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwh.
Where in the world is AXA…no one told you go to AXA…chances are you will never come back to DA…so we need more Dominicans to come to Dominica. you are fighting for AXA citizenship, she is helping DA get International Exposure.
You stay in AXA for the next 15 years until you get your citizenship
What is wrong with you people and your negativity.,we had a prayer vigil at school on friday this young lady was so emotional,she was in tears,she wanted to say something and her new platform was just fitting for it.
YEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH great stuff, am very impressed. GO ITSS GO
We missed you on the broad cast
Finally we in the Commonwealth of Dominica are beginning to appreciate diversity at the National Youth Level.
Here is a young lady that is a Dominican but from the other Dominica that speaks Spanish and we have embraced her as one of our own. This is truly remarkable and tells a lot about our cultural and societal tolerance as an enlightened people and in particular about our school administrators.
This simple act sends a strong signal to all Caribbean Governments that we as ordinary Dominicans and institutions are ready to embrace the one Caribbean phenomenon of CSME and later political union.
DNO, the accomplishment of this young lady through our local Youth Pageant must be posted on your entire sister online news sites for the world to read.
Today I feel proud to be a Dominican – for I can boast with a sense of pride that we are not just friendly but we are tolerant and we embrace diversity within our society and cultural activities.
Carnival is an education and I am happy to see the many schools that participate in carnival and allow their entire student body to learn some lifelong lessons .
That is so great,using your platform to make your voive heard.. Congratulations!!!! I am so proud of you…
Well said ms Rodriquez. If we the young people do not take the initiative who will?
@ wow: I hope that YOU are not using this blog to further your own advantage either.
Tell me what advantage she could be trying to further at this point, idiot??? She win already and the judges’ decision is final!! STUPES.
Boi in dominica it’s damned if you do damned if you don’t. Shaking my head.
Great effort Ms. Rodriquez. I hope you continue to use your crown as a medium in which you can encourage the youth in a positive way. I hope you go out there and compete in other pageants and make ITSS and Dominica on a whole proud. Enjoy your reign as Miss Teen Dominica 2011. All the best.
hope that she really cares and she’s not using this family misfortune to her advantage
she won already?? In what way could she possibly use this sad incident to her advantage?
Let’s be real.
This young lady has done what many of us adults fail to do and that is SPEAK OUT!!
I applaud her for this and urge others of her peers to do the same. Maybe then and only then will we(adults) be brought back into reality.
Thank you Ms Rodriquez.
You are such a coward…is this Mouth of the South in another name???
please don’t put me in dat seen,,, MOTS always represent on his/her name
OH SHUT THE HELL UP!! WHAT COULD SHE POSSIBLY GAIN BY SPEAKING UP ON SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS HER AND THE EDUCATION OF OTHER STUDENTS AT HER SCHOOL? ARE U KIDDING ME??? U PEOPLE SERIOUSLY NEED TO STOP, WHAT HAVE U DONE TO HELP IN FINDING SHANICE JEMMOT? THIS YOUNG LADY IS REPRESENTING DOMINICA AND SHES ALREADY DOING A GOOD JOB… I APPLAUD THE FACT THAT SHE SPOKE OUT….IT DOESN’T MATTER HOW LONG SHES BEEN IN DOMINICA…….FACT IS THERE WERE NO RULES PREVENTING HER FROM REPRESENTING HER SCHOOL, AND SHE DID EXACTLY THAT. NO ONE SPOKE UP ABOUT IT BEFORE BUT THE FACT THAT SHE WON IS BOTHERING U……GET OVER UR SELF….SHE HAS THE CROWN……
amen!!
fool.!
stupid!!
I applaud you. Great. Please keep the momentum up.