By Stan Bishop
Feels great to have
dreams come true, doesn’t it?
Amy Stephen is more than just a talented young woman. She’s extraordinary. The humble nineteen-year-old from the fishing village of Anse La Raye on the island’s picturesque west coast has proven that it’s not where you begin but choosing the right road to get to you the end.
If you missed this year’s Carnival Queen Pageant, then I have news for you – blame (and slap) yourself. You missed out BIG time! Amy won four of the seven major awards up for grabs at last week’s National Carnival Queen Pageant! Along the way, she made it tough going for the other six contestants in the competition. In the end, though, the child prodigy became queen.
Preparing for a competition of that magnitude was certainly no biggie for Amy. By the time she had graduated secondary school two years ago, Amy had already performed in a handfuls of plays, and also has an impressive repertoire of chorale singing and dance to her credit. But it was the Carnival Queen Pageant that seems to have catapulted Amy to national fame.
Amy was sponsored by the Saint Lucia Tourist Board which means that apart from her queenly duties that come with the title of Carnival Queen, the Tourist Board will deliver on its promise to make Amy their cultural ambassador for the island. This could not have happened at a better time as Saint Lucia is currently in the run to become the eighth wonder of the world!
Winning the pageant, Amy says, has always been one of her dreams. Now she’s finally done it. Like Amy, we think that there’s that Carnival dream within you just waiting to explode into reality. So join the fun and revelry in this year’s Saint Lucia Carnival and make that dream a reality.
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