{"id":243671,"date":"2020-01-28T12:10:02","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T16:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=243671"},"modified":"2020-01-28T15:54:26","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T19:54:26","slug":"queen-contestants-kimra-charles-and-melanie-charles-aim-to-use-their-platforms-to-make-a-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/queen-contestants-kimra-charles-and-melanie-charles-aim-to-use-their-platforms-to-make-a-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen contestants Kimra Charles and Melanie Charles aim to use their platforms to make a difference"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_243675\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-243675\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-243675 \" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/KIMRA-CHARLES-e1580227319158-642x673.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/KIMRA-CHARLES-e1580227319158-642x673.jpg 642w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/KIMRA-CHARLES-e1580227319158-286x300.jpg 286w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/KIMRA-CHARLES-e1580227319158-458x480.jpg 458w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/KIMRA-CHARLES-e1580227319158.jpg 753w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-243675\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kimra Charles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Miss Dominica 2020 contestant Kimra Charles is using her platform -Breast Cancer in Men- to encourage them to get screened early for the deadly disease while Melanie Charles, also launched on Saturday, wants to be a voice for voiceless children.<\/p>\n<p>Kimra Charles used her official launching ceremony last week Saturday to encourage men to do routine check-ups.<\/p>\n<p>Charles who is sponsored by Maxroy Trading was launched in the park opposite Ma Boyd\u2019s Bar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to draw to your attention to one specific strain of cancer that a lot of people are unaware of and that is breast cancer in men,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>She said she is aware that some men are reluctant to do routine check-ups.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut my platform will be encouraging our men to be checked. A check today could save your boyfriends, your husband, father or son from a lifetime of pain,\u201d Charles said.<\/p>\n<p>According to Charles, over the past 10 years, reports have shown that there have been four known incidents of breast cancer in men in Dominica.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I believe it is one too many,\u201d Charles remarked.<\/p>\n<p>Meantime Parliamentary Representative for Roseau North, Danny Lugay, who also addressed the event is encouraging Dominicans to live a healthy lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p>In direct support to Kimra Charles\u2019s platform, Lugay said, \u201cIt will mean that when she goes to the school, and the public, when she speaks, she will have to speak of [a] healthy lifestyle including diet,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>He also encouraged the consumption of more fish in the community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd one of the changes I would like to see is that Dominicans eat a lot more fish coming from the Fond Cole fishermen,\u201d stated Lugay.<\/p>\n<p>These lifestyle changes, according to the Parliamentarian, should also include exercise on a regular basis.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, he encouraged participants to enjoy the journey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWearing the crown will be only temporary but the friendship forged among yourselves will be for a lifetime,\u201d Lugay indicated.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_243679\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-243679\" style=\"width: 330px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-243679\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Kimra-Charles-launching-cropped.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"330\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Kimra-Charles-launching-cropped.jpg 277w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Kimra-Charles-launching-cropped-191x300.jpg 191w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-243679\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Melanie Charles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Melanie Charles of Goodwill was also launched on Saturday and her aim is to become an ambassador for the voiceless children in society.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the ceremony held at Lindo Park she said children are the most vulnerable in society and it is imperative that they start off on equal footing in life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSadly, and for a variety of reasons many parents are not in a position to care for their children in the best possible way. And so, their living conditions are poor as well as their diet, hygiene and this goes on to affect their schooling, education and general, physical and mental health,\u201d she told the crowd gathered.<\/p>\n<p>Melanie Charles expressed that she feels extremely blessed to be able to say that she is part of a family who gave her a purpose and voice to stand before the public .<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am no longer that shy girl that I once was. I want to place underprivileged children with loving, caring, responsible families right here on our island,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Miss Dominica 2020 contestant Kimra Charles is using her platform -Breast Cancer in Men- to encourage them to get screened early for the deadly disease while Melanie Charles, also launched on Saturday, wants to be a voice for voiceless children&#8230;.","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":243678,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[68,38,16,8,77,235,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-243671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-carnival","category-culture","category-educationyouth","category-entertainment","category-homepage","category-homepage-carousel","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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