Saphire Longmore-Dropinski (born 1976) is a Jamaican politician and beauty pageant titleholder. She is member of the Jamaica Labour Party who currently serves as a Government Senator in the Upper House of Parliament of Jamaica. She also works as a psychiatrist and model. [1] She represented her country at Miss Universe 2000 pageant in Cyprus, after winning the Miss Jamaica Universe . [2]
Dr. Longmore attended Glenmuir High School where she was Deputy Head girl, and holds a doctorate degree in Psychiatry from the University Of The West Indies, Mona. [3]
In 2008, she married European Union diplomat Alex Dropinski. [4]
Miss India or Femina Miss India is a national beauty pageant in India that annually selects representatives to compete in Miss World, one of the Big Four major international beauty pageants. It is organised by Femina, a women's magazine published by The Times Group.
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Patricia Yurena Rodríguez Alonso is a Spanish model, actress, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Spain 2008 and then Miss Universe Spain 2013. She represented Spain at Miss World 2008, where she placed in the top fifteen, and at Miss Universe 2013, where she was the first runner-up, becoming the highest-placing Spanish delegate since Teresa Sánchez López was first runner-up at Miss Universe 1985, and after Amparo Muñoz won the title in 1974.
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