Dee-Ann Kentish-Rogers

Dee-Ann Kentish-Rogers
Dee-Ann Kentish-Rogers
Member of the House of Assembly for Valley South
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 30 June 2020
Preceded by	Victor Banks
Personal details
Political party	Anguilla Progressive Movement

Dee-Ann Kentish-Rogers
Dee-Ann Kentish-Rogers
Born	13 January 1993; The Valley, Anguilla
Home town	Tanglewood, Anguilla
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Title	Miss Universe Great Britain 2018
	Beauty pageant titleholder
Hair colour	Black
Eye colour	Brown
Major; competition(s)	Miss Universe Great Britain 2018; (Winner); Miss Universe 2018; (Top 20)

Dee-Ann Kentish-Rogers (born 13 January 1993) is a British-Anguillan politician, model, beauty pageant titleholder and former athlete who was crowned as Miss Universe Great Britain 2018 and represented Great Britain at the Miss Universe 2018 pageant. She is the first black woman who represented Great Britain at a Miss Universe pageant.[1]

Personal life

She is a graduate of Law from the University of Birmingham, as well as being a beauty queen and a barrister, Kentish-Rogers is also an accomplished athlete, having competed in the 2014 Commonwealth Games. She was a heptathlete[1] and ran in the 400 metres in India in 2010 and competed in the heptathlon in Scotland in 2014. She was a pentathlon bronze medallist at the 2012 CARIFTA Games in Hamilton, Bermuda.

On June 29, 2020, Miss Rogers was elected to the Anguilla House Of Assembly defeating incumbent Premier Victor Banks for the Valley South seat. Miss Rogers is a member of the Anguilla Progressive Movement, which won a majority in the House Of Assembly.

She has Anguillan heritage and spends her time between the UK and the British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. The Anguilla Tourist Board has been one of her major sponsors.

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References

Gena-mour Barrett, "Miss Universe GB: First black winner Dee-Ann Kentish-Rogers on 'great achievement'" Archived 2018-07-18 at the Wayback Machine, Newsbeat, BBC News, 18 July 2018.

External links

Official website, MissUniverseGB.
Hidden Story About Dee-Ann Kentish-Rogers Life

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Anna Burdzy	Miss Universe Great Britain 2018	Succeeded by Emma Jenkins

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[BBC-1] Gena-mour Barrett, "Miss Universe GB: First black winner Dee-Ann Kentish-Rogers on 'great achievement'" Archived 2018-07-18 at the Wayback Machine, Newsbeat, BBC News, 18 July 2018.