Jamaica’s representative in the Miss Universe pageant, Jordanne Lauren Levy, placed 10th at the Miss Universe grand coronation in El Salvador on Saturday.
Jamaica was the only Caribbean representative to have made it into the Top 20 this year.
In an interview with the Jamaica Observer following the competition, the 27-year-old medical doctor, who also competed in the swimsuit competition, said she is proud of her achievement.
“I feel immensely proud to be able to represent my country. I stand tall in everything that I believe in, my experiences that gave me the position to be in the Top 20. I am proud of all the work that I put in to reach where I did,” Levy shared.
She also said was grateful to have visited El Salvador for the competition.
“I’m so grateful for my experience in El Salvador, it was a dream come true for me. It’s really a childhood dream of mine. I wrote it down in my childhood diary. I was able to be on stage and see the dazzling lights and embrace it all.
“El Salvador was the perfect place to host the Miss Universe pageant, much like Jamaica, it has natural beauty and warm people, and I am so grateful that I was able to be a part of the 72nd Miss Universe pageant,” Levy said.
Nicaragua’s Sheynnis Palacois was crowned as the 2023 Miss Universe winner, while Thailand’s Anntonia Porsild and Australia’s Morayah Wilson finished second and third respectively.
The grand coronation of the 72nd Miss Universe pageant was held at the Jose’ Adolfo Pineda Arena in San Salvador, El Salvador. Grammy-award winning American R&B singer John Legend performed during the coronation.
Jamaica has made the Top 10 at the Miss Universe finals on eight occasions.
The country’s highest position in the competition came in 2010 when Yendi Phillips finished in second place behind Mexico’s Ximena Navarrete.
