A PAGEANT LEGEND - Yendi Phillips Yendi Amira Phillipps is the winner of the Miss Jamaica World 2007 beauty pageant, as well as the Miss Jamaica Universe 2010 pageant. She represented Jamaica at the Miss World 2007 contest held in Sanya, China and at Miss Universe 2010 held at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. on August 23, 2010, where she finished as the first runner up to Ximena Navarrete of Mexico. She placed in Miss World Beach Beauty, Miss World Sports, Miss World Talent, Miss World Top Model and the Beauty With A Purpose Award. During the telecast, she made the final top 16. She is one of only three former Miss World semifinalists to place in the Miss Universe semifinals, the others being Ada de la Cruz of the Dominican Republic in 2009 and Patricia Rodríguez of Spain in 2013 (coincidentally all three ladies finished as 1st Runner-Up).
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