Dee-Ann Kentish-Rogers | |
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![]() Kentish-Rogers in 2020 | |
Minister for Education and Social Development | |
Assumed office 30 June 2020 | |
Premier | Ellis Webster |
Member of the House of Assembly | |
Assumed office 30 June 2020 | |
Preceded by | Victor Banks |
Constituency | Valley South |
Personal details | |
Born | The Valley,Anguilla | 13 January 1993
Political party | Anguilla Progressive Movement |
Alma mater | University of Birmingham (LLB) |
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Beauty pageant titleholder | |
Title | Miss Anguilla 2017 Miss Universe Great Britain 2018 |
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 an Anguillan politician,lawyer,athlete,former model and beauty pageant titleholder. A member of the Anguilla Progressive Movement,Kentish-Rogers has served as the Minister for Education and Social Development in the government of Ellis Webster since 2020. She has also represented the constituency of Valley South in the House of Assembly since 2020. Since 2021,she has been a Millennium Fellow at the Atlantic Council in Washington,D.C. [1]
Kentish-Rogers first received national recognition in athletics,competing for Anguilla at the 2010 and 2014 Commonwealth Games,and at the 2012 CARIFTA Games. She afterwards became a model and beauty pageant titleholder,winning Miss Anguilla 2017 and Miss Universe Great Britain 2018,where she was the second Black British woman after Anita St. Rose in 1996 to win the title. Kentish-Rogers later went on to place in the Top 20 at Miss Universe 2018 as the British representative.
Kentish-Rogers was born on 13 January 1993 in The Valley on the island of Anguilla,a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean,and was raised on her family farm. [2] [3] Growing up,Kentish-Rogers resided in a house with 11 other family members,including several male cousins,and was a self-described "tomboy" who played football. [3] Kentish-Rogers later began competing in athletics,beginning with the 400 metres and later switching to heptathlon. [3] As an athlete,Kentish-Rogers represented Anguilla at the 2010 and 2014 Commonwealth Games,and at the 2012 CARIFTA Games,with the ultimate goal of joining Team GB at the 2016 Summer Olympics. [4] [5] While competing at the 2014 Commonwealth Games,she suffered a knee injury which put an end to her athletics career. [3]
Following the end of her athletics career,Kentish-Rogers relocated to Birmingham in England to enroll in the University of Birmingham as a law student. She graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree and qualified as a barrister in 2018. [4] [3] [2]
Kentish-Rogers began her pageantry career in 2017,after she was crowned Miss Anguilla 2017. [6] Following her return to Birmingham the following year,Kentish-Rogers registered as a contestant at Miss Universe Great Britain 2018;she was eligible for the pageant due to her residence in Birmingham,as eligibility is reserved for British citizens resident in only England,Scotland,or Wales. [7] The pageant was held on 14 July 2018 in Newport,Wales,and Kentish-Rogers went on to be declared the winner. [8] [6] Following her win,she became the first Black British woman to win the title. [9] [4] [2]
As Miss Universe Great Britain,Kentish-Rogers received the right to represent Great Britain at the Miss Universe 2018 pageant. The pageant was held on 17 December 2018 in Bangkok,where Kentish-Rogers went on to place in the Top 20,advancing as one of the continental semifinalists from Europe. [10] [11] [12]
Kentish-Rogers began a political career in 2020,after announcing her candidacy on behalf of the Anguilla Progressive Movement (APM) in the 2020 general election. Kentish-Rogers was selected to contest the Valley South constituency for the Anguilla House of Assembly,standing against incumbent premier Victor Banks. The election was held on 29 June 2020,where Kentish-Rogers ultimately defeated Banks and was elected to the Anguillan parliament. [13] She received the highest number of votes of any constituency candidate standing in the election,and additionally became the youngest person elected to the House of Assembly,aged 27. [13] [5]
Following the certification of election results,the APM were determined to have won the election,securing a majority in the House of Assembly. [14] [15] Party leader Ellis Webster later took office as premier and formed a seven-person government,nominating Kentish-Rogers to serve as education and social development minister. [15] [16] [17] [18] In February 2022,Kentish-Rogers served as acting premier for ten days,while Webster was not present in Anguilla;aged 29,she became the youngest person to serve in the position in Anguillan history. [19] [20]
In June 2023,Kentish-Rogers resigned from the government and from the APM in protest of the government's handling of the implementation of the goods and service tax (GST),but was reappointed one week later. [21]
As of 2020,Kentish-Rogers continued to reside in the family home where she was raised in The Valley. [5] While reigning as Miss Universe Great Britain,Kentish-Rogers split her time between Anguilla and Birmingham. [6]
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