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Friday, November 06, 2009
By Lyndah Wells
Thursday November 5th marked the launch of the second edition of Islands of the World Fashion Week (IWFW).
Held in The Sheraton, Cable Beach Nassau, hundreds on fashionistas turned up to watch featured designers, both local & international send their designs down the runway.
The evening started of with the finals of The Model Muse Search Competition and two winners were selected.
Judging the event were fashion veterans Susan Stein, Louis Sarmiento publisher of IMG Fashion DAILY Magazine, modeling industry VIP Wayne Sterling, Bobby Roche and Kirk Brown.
The Female Model of the Year was awarded to Curaçao native, Giovara Geertriuda, who was sincerely humbled by the event.
“I am so honored,” Geertriuda gushed after walking down the runway in a bold orange dress. “There were so many amazing girls here.”
Bahamian Kendrick Kemp snagged the title of Male Model of the Year, standing out as the only male model that took his crisp white jacket off during his walk. Kemp later said that he had been modeling for four years and was now trying to break back into the Bahamian modeling scene.
Both Geertriuda and Kemp will both receive a grand prize of $10,000 in addition to their titles and other prizes.
Guest the settled in and the shows began.
The shows in order of appearance featured were:
NextGen Designers:
phylicia Ellis- Bahamas
Sabrina Sturrup- Bahamas
Kevin Evans - Bahamas
Darcel de Vlugt- Trinidad
Eco-Fashion and cultural fashion designs
Patrick Lafrontiere- French Guyana
Guest designer: Leanne Marshall,
