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Meet the Queens…
posted (August 31, 2017)
There are all kinds of pageants year-round - but September is synonymous with the Queen of the Bay and this year's event will be held on Saturday night. Now, there is of course a lot of drama surrounding the pageant with district coordinators rebelling against National Coordinator Zenaida Moya.

But, the show goes on and today we found the eight contestants getting ready for the big show on Saturday. We spoke with a few contestants and got a sneak peek of the upcoming performance.

Amy Reyes, Santa Elena Representative
"What inspired me apart from fulfilling my dream. I wanted to make my twin towns proud because as the entire country can see no one not a single person from the Cayo district has won the title as Queen Of The Bay."

Esmeralda Cal, Orange Walk representative
"I want to represent my people, you know the culture is your people. My Belizean culture and also this queen of the bay is different than any other pageant. We have a platform so if you were to win you can show your love for your people and do something for your people."

Crystalline Castillo, Stann Creek Representative 2016/Miss Queen of the Bay winner 2016
"I am inspiring to young people in my country and although I go out and do things that the public sees. The most important thing that I need to do is inspire others."

Sahar Vasquez, reporter
"How are you feeling that you know have to give over the crown to someone else?"

Crystalline Castillo
"It's bitter sweet. Everything is a season and my season is over. It's time for me to focus on something. It was a pleasure being the Queen of the bay."

Zenaida Moya, Organizer
"Queen of the bay 2017 is our 72nd annual Queen of the Bay pageant."

"We are going to get the judging of the other segments. We have the introduction, costume segment, we have of course the patriotic question, we have the talent, we have swimsuit segment."

The pageant starts at 7:00 on Saturday night and it will be held at the Birds Isle.

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