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Zahra's big heart
published: Monday | January 21, 2008
Miss Jamaica Universe 2007 Zahra Redwood with a young fan. - Contributed
Using her appointment as Miss Jamaica Universe 2007 to give back to her
country, Zahra Redwood is demonstrating that she has the heart to match her
confident stride. The beauty queen has embarked on a campaign to bring
more visibility and awareness to the issues of mental health in Jamaica.
During this past festive season, Zahra championed a collection drive of cash,
clothes and toiletries, as well as harnessed volunteer energies, to assist the
mentally ill community. "Too often we neglect this group within our society and this
is one of the main reasons that I decided to pursue this cause," she said.
With the success of the collection drive behind her, the bio-chemist/beauty queen is
ready to move to phase two of her cause. Redwood is fine-tuning plans for a series
of media advertisements and outreach seminars to help disseminate her message
and raise awareness about mental health. "We will co-ordinate the efforts of two
previous mental health campaigns launched and completed in 2006/2007 to
enhance the message for 2008," explained Zahra.
The balancing game
As she enters the final phase of her reign, she is balancing work as a medical

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representative and her charity outreach with the hectic schedule of Miss Jamaica
Universe activities. She does volunteer work with the Open Arms Drop-in Centre in
Kingston as she continues the drive to solicit cash and kind for this facility and
others across the island.
Numerous requests continue to pour in for Redwood to attend various events
across the region and North America. Her current schedule includes appearances
on the runway as well as for charity, in the Turks and Caicos, Atlanta and Ontario.
At home, Zahra will be meeting, greeting and signing autographs for the public at
the Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival this week. She will be making appearances
at a number of Miss Jamaica Universe road-show activities across the island.
Zahra will hand over the crown at the grand coronation show on April 12 .
Interested applicants to the Miss Jamaica Universe pageant 2008 should contact
Pulse by visiting its New Kingston office at 38a Trafalgar Road; calling 968-1089-90
or email: info@pulsecaribbean.com.
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