35 named for 2022 Flair Distinguished Awards

Thirty-five extraordinary women will today be honoured by The Gleaner’s Flair at the fourth staging of The Distinguished Awards Luncheon at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel. The awardees include Rear Admiral Antonette Wemyss Gorman, chief of defence staff for the Jamaica Defence Force, who will receive the publication’s highest honour – the Excellence Award.

The Distinguished is sponsored by Mastercard, FLOW, Nestlé, Aperol Spritz, Hardware and Lumber, Sagicor, Stewart’s Automotive Group, Roast by Bresheh, Ettenio and Frame Art. Here are the awardees, read their stories inside today’s special edition of the Flair.

EXCELLENCE AWARD

- Rear Admiral Antonette Wemyss Gorman

PIONEER AWARDS

- Dr Glenda Simms – Nation-building

- Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce – Sports

- Ophlin ‘Sister Nancy’ Russell – Entertainment

- Leonie Forbes – Entertainment

- Mazie Miller – Food

DISTINGUISHED AWARDS

- Monique Powell – Business

- Joni-Dale Morgan – Business

- Mina Robertson – Fashion

- Rhea Gayle – Fashion

- Jherane Patmore – Arts and Culture

- Shelley Maxwell – Arts and Culture

- Mikayla ‘Koffee’ Simpson – Entertainment

- Shauna ‘Etana’ McKenzie-Morris – Entertainment

- Renee Rattray – Education

- Rachael McDonald – Education

- Nicole Wickham – Agriculture

- Olive Downer Walsh – Agriculture

- Simone Clarke-Cooper – Media and Communications

- Carlette DeLeon – Media and Communications

- Kayon Mitchell – Media and Communications

- Simone Badal McCreath – Science and Technology

- Georgia Crawford Williams – Science and Technology

- Sanya Goffe – Law

- Cecile Black – Law

- Ashli-Ann Broughton-Jackson – Volunteerism

- Adenike Stephenson – Volunteerism

- Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw – Sports

- Jhaniele Fowler – Sports

- Suzanne Rousseau and Michelle Rousseau – Food

- Jessica Hylton-Leckie – Food

- Dr Mindi Fitz-Henley – Health

- Professor Celia Christie- Samuels – Health

- Antoinette Peart – Health

SOCIAL MEDIA PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR

- Kerry-Ann ‘Chiney K’ Collins