Dee-Ann Kentish-Rogers

Dee-Ann Kentish-Rogers (born 13 January 1993) is a British-Anguillan politician, model, beauty pageant titleholder and former athlete who was crowned as Miss Universe Great Britain 2018 and represented Great Britain at the Miss Universe 2018 pageant. She placed in the Top 20 at the end of the pageant. Rogers became the first black woman to represent Great Britain at a Miss Universe pageant.[1]

Dee-Ann Kentish-Rogers
Kentish-Rogers in a 2020 political advertisement
Born (1993-01-13) 13 January 1993
The Valley, Anguilla
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
TitleMiss Universe Great Britain 2018
Beauty pageant titleholder
Hair colourBlack
Eye colourBrown
Major
competition(s)		Miss Universe Great Britain 2018
(Winner)
Miss Universe 2018
(Top 20)
Member of the House of Assembly for Valley South
Assumed office
30 June 2020
Preceded byVictor Banks
Personal details
Political partyAnguilla Progressive Movement

Biography
Kentish-Rogers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Kentish-Rogers is a graduate of Law from the University of Birmingham. As well as being a beauty queen and a barrister, she is also an accomplished athlete, having competed in the 2014 Commonwealth Games. She was a heptathlete[1] and ran in the 400 metres in India in 2010 and competed in the heptathlon in Scotland in 2014. She was a pentathlon bronze medallist at the 2012 CARIFTA Games in Hamilton, Bermuda.

On 29 June 2020 she was elected to the Anguilla House Of Assembly defeating incumbent Premier Victor Banks for the Valley South seat. Kentish-Rogers is a member of the Anguilla Progressive Movement, which won a majority in the House Of Assembly. She was appointed Anguilla Minister of Education and Social Development.[2][3]

She has Anguillan heritage and spends her time between the UK and the British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. The Anguilla Tourist Board has been one of her major sponsors.

References
  1. Gena-mour Barrett, "Miss Universe GB: First black winner Dee-Ann Kentish-Rogers on 'great achievement'" Archived 2018-07-18 at the Wayback Machine, Newsbeat, BBC News, 18 July 2018.
  2. Baptiste, Dionne (15 July 2020). "Dynamic Dee-Ann, committed to the development of her beloved Anguilla". www.loopnewscaribbean.com. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  3. "MINISTER DEE-ANN KENTISH-ROGERS WELCOMED AT CHURCH". The Anguillian Newspaper. 7 September 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Anna Burdzy		 Miss Universe Great Britain
2018		 Succeeded by
Emma Jenkins
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