Clarissa Nicholls is the last child of Mr and Mrs Mayil Nicholls of St.Cyr in the Carib Territory. Born on 14th November 1985, Clarissa became the family’s treasure. Her educational journey began at age 4. While still at the Salibya Primary School, then only eight years old, she found herself very sensitive towards youth involvement in drug abuse and joined the Carib Territory Club Pride. Later, she became a member of the Carib Territory Drug Busters Club. She felt the need to help curb social ills affecting society.
At 12, having been successful at the Common Entrance Exams, Clarissa began her secondary education at the Castle Bruce Secondary School. There she undertook business subjects.
Her studies did not preclude her involvement in community activities. She quickly became a member of the Karifuna Cultural Group, where she started as a dancer and progressed to playing simple instruments. She’s also had the opportunity to represent the group in functions in Dominica and the world by extension.
Clarissa also grew interested in pageants. Upon completion of her secondary education, she participated in and emerged first runner up in the 2003 Ms. Kalinago Pageant, held in the Carib Territory. She later participated in and copped the title of second runner up in the 2004 Ms. Wob Dwiyet Pageant held at the Old Mill Cultural Centre. Her consistent participation in cultural activities and her continuous work in cultural preservation was rewarded with the 2006 Young Artiste Award. One year later, Clarissa was crowned Ms North East 2007, held in Marigot.
Paralleling her participation in pageants was her continued education. While at the Dominica State College, she majored in Business Administration. Not willing to limit herself she also engaged varied subject areas and was awarded certificates in communication skills, masonry, tile laying, small business development and agricultural marketing.
At 22 she engaged a program in public speaking and worked at Wacky Rollers for a year. At 23, she joined the Salybia Youth Ministry and also took a course in computer literacy and was attached at the Ministry of Tourism and Legal Affairs as a junior clerk for a month.
Clarissa continues to be a vibrant individual who looks forward to pursue studies in Management and Hospitality.
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This biography has been provided by the Dominica Festivals Commission.
Hi Clarissa, girl i wish u good luck ,show them u can do it,be your self girl.
ay ay..u c da girl..she is d 2007 ms north east..and i heard she say on marpin da she have a supriz 4 dominicans..watch it, she goin and take da crown in large..thats d secret cuz she knows she has haters and she will shut them up and make them hate more wit d results of d pageant…mark my word.
hope you keep working hard …let the haters hate but dont let them bring you down…stand tall and be proud of yourself…good luck my girl.
PEOPLE, there is much more to queen than beauty.Look at how beautiful Attainea Toulon was ..
Queen is about boldness and intelligence with little or no beauty at all.
Its about having the potential to be Consistent and Bold.
Dana and Kristelle posses these qualities .
dats my baby sis. … dont worry, the night in question will tell. To those concerned about your employment status,not working is not a crime. No one can put limit on you but yourself, dont talk about beauty, like u took all when god was giving, we have a score to settle and i will be there to do that. GOOD LUCK SIS, ONLY THE BEST IS GOOD ENOUGH, HAVE FUN LOTS OF FUN. SEE U
HEY CLARISSA GIRL YOU ARE AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL. IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE WHEN ONE OF US CAN GO OUT DERE AND SHOW THE REST OF THE WORLD WHAT WE CAN DO AS THE FIRST INHABITANTS OF DOMINICA AND THE CARIBBEAN. TURN A NEGATIVE INTO A POSITVE AND KEEP ON SMILING GIRL YOU CAN DO IT. YES WE CAN !!!!!!!! GOOD LUCK
I see dominicans are still closed minded, shit talking idiots who are racist sounding with out even knowing they are! She look chinese! So what, she a carib. She not working! Is that any of your damn business, and what does that have to do with being carnival queen? So the picture look off…. how good do you look? Why dont you go up on stage and pee yourself.
OK am done….
a better pic should have been posted of this contestant..this 1 isnt showing what she looks like in real..you should c that girl yourself,she is a beauty..maybe the prettiest of the 7.
do your best girl friend bring the crown home , But rember put god frist , good luck
this picture didnt bring out as much as the previous ones
i was @ that function & it wasnt about too much or bad make up..its d ligh & d angle of d camera..she is very beautiful & seem 2 have what it takes to make a good queen,dispite d fact that she is unemployed.do we know d reason behind her unemployment?..NO..so lets not take it & make an issue..@ that function, she spoke better than al d others..my dear,good luck,i saw it in u that night..god bless.
Y! TOO much make up my girl, watch that next time. Wish you luck doh.
bad make up
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK CLARISSA NICHOLLS
this woman looks fake with all that make up plus she looks Chinese huh
make us proud girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@ lola, is she the Only contestant in histroy to be not working, when she win She will Get a job , as Embassador for Dominica.
God Luck hun and have fun
So wait, she is not working? I hope that means that she has time to practice and win!
She is beautiful. All the best my dear.
she’s very pretty.
i hope she and all the other contestants can carry themselves well.
she not looking as nice in that photo as the others i saw her in.
Hey Clariss…We wish you all the Best..Make us Proud…You have out support and Prayers!!! God Bless you!!
Good luck mama!