Representatives from The Lean on Me Foundation and Miss Universe Cayman Islands Organisation visit the HMP Fairbanks prison
Derri Lee said that “this has been an initiative by the Lean of Me Foundation since 2008. Over the past 9 years they have included contestants and titleholders from the Miss Universe Cayman pageant as many of them are inspiring motivational speakers that have touching backstories and endless aspirations.”
Derri Lee added that “as we aim to champion women with a purpose in Cayman we feel that visiting the prisons with messages of hope will somehow change the inmates mindsets and their lives which may ultimately help them to encourage others not to make the decisions that led them to be incarcerated. We all have a purpose in life and we as women have to rise above our adversities”.
Theresa Pitcairn was one of the guest speakers. Theresa was Miss Cayman Islands 1982 and Cayman’s most successful contestant ever, having placed in the top 15 of the 1982 Miss World contest and taking the Miss Congeniality crown at the Miss Universe pageant in the same year. Theresa is a lawyer, she has served on many Government boards and associations, writing some of our legislations but more importantly she is an advocate for Caymanians in particular Caymanian women. Theresa expressed that “No matter what happens to us, no matter how ugly and awful, no matter how hurtful, it’s what you do about it that counts.
