MISS BELIZE WORLD 2008-CHARMAINE CHINAPEN

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New photos of Charmaine Chinapen, Miss Belize 2008







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TAKEN FROM http://www.pageantsbelize.com/Biography.html


Application Form Bio Excerpt

LOCATION: Belize City

NAME: Charmaine Chinapen

Please fill out each question carefully and completely. All answers will appear
verbatim to the judging panel, online and media. Please answer using your
best English. If you do not speak English, please have someone translate for you.
It is in your best interest to be truthful.

1. Languages spoken? English, Spanish, Creole

3. List any special training you have had (music, art, drama, etc).

• Piano –Piano at Royal Schools of Music, England, under Patricia Arnold
  
• Voice –Belize Music School under Gina Scott,
  

Scott Calcagno of John Robert Powers, New York

• Acting –Phillip Galinsky of John Robert Powers
  

Atonia Pettiford of Barbizon, New York

• Choreography – William Neal, Belize
  
• Modeling – Rebecca Bratland of Barbizon, New York
  

4. List any event you have participated in that are related to any of the following:
music, art, drama, etc).
2007:
• Appeared in Pantene Pro-V Print Advertisement for Hype Hair Magazine April 2007 issue

2006:
• Modeled for MoeMos Jeans at Launch Party for Tmobile Sidekick 3 Release, New York
• Lead acting role as Theodora in Haunting of Hill House & Isabella in Picture at St. John’s University,
NY.

2006_2008
• Face of Richard Holder Photography, Belize

2005:
• Modeled at Fashion Institute of Technology, NY.
• Promotional Spokesmodel for Clairol Natural Instincts, Pantene Pro-V in NY
• Promotional Spokesmodel for Jetix Disney Soccer Show in NY

2004:
• Modeled for “Belize Passion for Fashion” – House of Culture, Belize
• Soloist & Model for “Belize Pre-Easter Show” – Princess Hotel, Belize
• Modeled for “Belize Pre-Christmas Fashion Show” – Biltmore Hotel, Belize
• Award Presenter for Belize Entertainment Awards
• Coordinator for “Casino Fashion Show” – Princess Hotel & Casino, Belize

5. List any Awards and special Recognitions received

2008:
• Silver Key Nominee for Chemistry by the Skull and Circle Honor Society, St. Johns University in New
York, USA

2005:

• Barbizon television commercial acting scholarship winner
  
• John Robert Powers’s singing scholarship winner
  

2004:
• Country of Belize CXC (Caribbean Examination Council ) record holder,
11 CXCs with 9 ones and 2 twos, also receiving ones in 3 outside subjects,
with just a few months of study.

• St. Catherine Academy (SCA) CXC record holder
  
• 2nd Place SCA Belle of the Ball (Charity Fundraiser)
  
• 2nd Place Graduate in final year at SCA
  

2003:

• Belize Best Actress Award for lead role of Mary in “Choices” – Belize’s 1st movie
  
• 1st Place in Teen Dance Competition, Belize
  

2002:
• Miss St. Catherine Academy High School (Junior Division)

2000:

• AIDS Awareness representative _ Belize
  
• 1st Place for Belize Northern District in Spelling Bee
  
• Top 10 nationally n Belize Primary School Examination
  
• Salutatorian of Belize Elementary School
  

1998-2000:

• Belize Festival of Arts - Multiple Gold & Silver Awards:
  
• poems, choral singing and art
  
• Double Dare Contestant for Nickelodeon Studios, USA
  

6. List any sports you have participated in

Swimming, Rock Climbing, Bicycling, Track & Field, Video Gaming, Hiking in the Belizean Rainforest.

8. What is your proudest personal accomplishment (other than participating in this pageant)?

Given that Belize has the highest rate of AIDS per capita in Central America, I find it paramount to bring
awareness to this illness which continues to afflict so many. My opportunity arose when there was a chance
to audition for ‘Choices”, a play promoting education on AIDS by Rotary Belize.
This movie has sparked many positive reactions and
HIV/AIDS awareness in Belize.

11 What is your career ambition and what are you doing or plan to do to accomplish it.

My career ambition is to become a neurosurgeon. As a neurosurgeon, one of my ambitions will be to
help people in developing and underdeveloped countries through “Doctors Without Borders” and other
charities with similar objectives. In taking an active role in such charities, it is my goal that one day, I will be able to fund and manage my own charity to assist orphaned children and teenagers.

18. List any interesting or unusual jobs you may have had.

At 17, I got the opportunity to be the Coordinator of a Princess Casino Fashion
Show, December 2004. What makes this interesting is that I had to watch the show
which I had put together from the glass windows, as I could not legally be allowed
into the casino.

19. List any volunteering you may have done.
• Emergency Room & Academic Admissions
Winthrop University Hospital, New York
- Liaison between incoming patients and residents through test and medicine deliveries
- Worked with incoming residents by managing events and handling correspondences.
• Conference Services, St. John’s University, New York
- Managing events by overseeing procedures, checklists, outlining policies & regulations for client’s
information and queries.
• Walk for Aids – New York
• Multiple Sclerosis Association of America
• Mercy Kitchen – Belize ( A place for the Elderly and others in need of food)
• HelpAge – Belize
• Penny Harvest – New York
- The largest child philanthropy program in the US that empowers children by allowing them to contribute to
charitable organizations through pennies
• Rotary Belize
• Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA)
- Worked on the Summer 2008 Program & taught Math & English to Standard 4 children

20. List all the countries you have visited.

• • Czech Republic• Belgium• Austria• Guyana• Panama• Costa Rica• USA• Canada• Puerto Rico• Mexico
  
• • Venezuela• Holland• England• St. Lucia• Grenada
  
• • Martinique• Trinidad & Tobago• FranceI love traveling.
  

21. Where is the most interesting place you have ever been?
From the moment you step into the castles with the manicured lawns and the detailed sculptures, England is
the most magnificent place. I was overwhelmed by how history came alive in the cathedral architecture
through the stained glass mosaics, and the high ceilings. The British countryside is a storybook artist’s
canvas where places like Stratford-Upon-Avon materialize from a Shakespearean dream. Being in such close
proximity to a plethora of attractions, I fully appreciated the awe-inspiring sites such as Stonehenge. The
opportunity to go to Althrop, where my role model Princess Diana spent her formative years has deepened
my inspiration and increased my motivation to reach my goals.


22. Where would you most like to visit in the world and why?
Being that I am a philosophy of science major, the conflict between science and religion has intrigued me. It
is my dream to visit Jerusalem. It would be an awe-inspiring opportunity to enter a world where Jesus walked
and spent his last days, a place that Christianity, Islam, and Judaism all call home. I imagine a trip to
Jerusalem would be a highly meaningful, indescribable, and transformative experience.

23. How would you describe yourself in three words?
Empathetic, Resilient, Determined.

26. If you were to become Miss Belize 2008, what charitable cause would you most be interested
in working with and why?

As Miss Belize 2008, it would be one of my foremost goals to assist in informing my fellow Belizeans about the
prevention and the necessary behavior change to combat HIV and AIDS.

28. If you could wake up tomorrow having gained one ability or quality, what would it be?

When I was a little girl, I envisioned myself waking up with the ability to heal people, and to multiply food. Of
course, I soon realized this is humanly impossible. Presently, I yearn for the acceleration for the development
of nanotechnology and other scientific research which will help to increase food supply and spur advances in
medicine in order to confront and alleviate sufferings.

Photo taken before becoming Miss Belize