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Published:Tuesday | October 31, 2023 | 12:05 AM
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Honouree of the Blue Mountain Award and founder of HarbourView Equity, Sherrese Clarke Soares, smiles brightly in this quick snap.
Ashley Anguin
Honouree of the Blue Mountain Award and founder of HarbourView Equity, Sherrese Clarke Soares, smiles brightly in this quick snap.
Honouree of the Lignum Vitae Award, Janice Hart of Yale New Haven Hospital, rocks a Afro-Caribbean design.
Ashley Anguin
Honouree of the Lignum Vitae Award, Janice Hart of Yale New Haven Hospital, rocks a Afro-Caribbean design.
From left: Josef Forstmayr, managing director of Round Hill Hotel and Villas; Fayval Williams, minister of education; Pamela Bridgewater, former United States ambassador to Jamaica and her husband, Rev Russell Awkard.
Ashley Anguin
From left: Josef Forstmayr, managing director of Round Hill Hotel and Villas; Fayval Williams, minister of education; Pamela Bridgewater, former United States ambassador to Jamaica and her husband, Rev Russell Awkard.
Trephene Wilf from the United Nations Development Programme walks the red carpet in a black dress, complemented by a multicoloured scarf from Kenya.
Ashley Anguin
Trephene Wilf from the United Nations Development Programme walks the red carpet in a black dress, complemented by a multicoloured scarf from Kenya.
Paula Kerr Jarrett Wegman turned heads in this dramatic one-shoulder style gown with side cut-outs, a high slit, and shimmering sequins. She was honoured with the 2023 International Humanitarian Award.
Ashley Anguin
Paula Kerr Jarrett Wegman turned heads in this dramatic one-shoulder style gown with side cut-outs, a high slit, and shimmering sequins. She was honoured with the 2023 International Humanitarian Award.
Dressed for the occasion is Jamaican comedian, Juliet ‘Julie Mango’ Bodley.
Ashley Anguin
Dressed for the occasion is Jamaican comedian, Juliet ‘Julie Mango’ Bodley.
Gracing our lens is Jénine Shepherd, founder, Youths For Excellence, wearing a 1920s flapper design.
Ashley Anguin
Gracing our lens is Jénine Shepherd, founder, Youths For Excellence, wearing a 1920s flapper design.
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The ballroom of Manhattan’s prestigious Plaza Hotel was filled to capacity as enthusiastic donors and supporters gathered for the 41st staging of the Hummingbird Gala and After Party Soirée hosted by American Friends of Jamaica (AFJ) last Friday. Danny Wegman of Wegman’s Food Market and his wife, Jamaican social entrepreneur Paula Kerr Jarrett, recipients of this year’s International Humanitarian Award, had made their mark on the Big Apple, receiving full support from their friends. Other honourees, Sherrese Clarke Soares from HarbourView Equity and Janice Hart from Yale New Haven Hospital, added to the success of the event, resulting in the AFJ pulling in thousands of US dollars in pledges. Something Extra brings the vibrancy all the way from New York City.