March 5, 2026
Ocho Rios, St. Ann. Jamaica
COVER STORY ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

UTECH STUDENT IS ST ANN FESTIVAL QUEEN

PARRY TOWN RESIDENT DEVETA DOWLING CROWNED

ST ANN’S BAY, St Ann; June 22, 2025

 

(Deveta Dowling Miss St Ann Festival Queen 2925)

Twenty-eight-year-old UTECH student Deveta Dowling is the new St Ann Festival Queen.

(Deveta Dowling, St Ann Festival Queen, flanked by first runner-up Anishka Parish and 2nd runner-up Keshanna Watkis) 

Ms Dowling, wearing the sash of Jewelley Junction, won from a field of eight in a tight, well-organized and executed Parish Coronation show at Marcus Garvey Technical High School, St Ann’s Bay on Sunday evening, June 22.

She told the North Coast Times that she wanted to dedicate the win to her mother.

First runner-up was Anishka Parish, a 20-year-old registered nurse.

Second runner up was 25-year-old Moneague College student Keshanna Watkis.

The North Coast Times will carry a full story on the Coronation event on the website on Tuesday, June 24, 2025.