Bio Jenaae Jackson was born in Kingston, Jamaica on June 1st 1990. She attended school on the island before migrating to the United States with her family at the age of seven. During her teenage years Jenaae began modeling, working with companies such as JC Penny and designers such as Heatherettes Richie Rich. In 2005, Jackson won her first pageant title when she was crowned Miss Teen Florida Caribbean 2005. She later went on to represent Jamaica in the international Miss Earth 2009 pageant held in Boracay, Philippines, where she competed against 80 contestants from around the world. In 2013 Jackson competed in the Miss Jamaica World contest and placed First Runner Up in the contest, winning sectional prizes Best Figure and Best Skin Tone. She also won the Miss Jamaica World Model Fast Track, placed First Runner Up in the Beach Beauty Fast Track, and Top 10 in the Sports Fast Track competition. Jackson plans to launch an international luxury event-planning firm and obtain her Masters of Business Administration in the near future.
Interview with Jenaae Jackson1. What is your main goal or mission? My main career goal is to launch an international luxury event planning company. I’m very creative, and I love planning and organizing. I love being able to turn ordinary or empty spaces into extraordinary, grand, and luxurious social atmospheres. If I’m not doing so in real life, I often do so in my head. I can look into a bare room and create a spectacular affair with my imagination, drawing inspiration from something as simple a particular flower I saw that day or even a song on the radio. My events will include dinner and birthday soirées, dance parties, corporate events, weddings, launches; any opportunity to bring people together, blow them away, and show them a fabulous time. It’s also a great interest to mine to motivate girls. I believe girls today could use more positive role models. It really bugs me to see young girls today emulating singers, certain celebrities and reality stars who in my opinion portray less than suitable moral standards for young women. Dressing provocatively, behaving as the young people say “ratchet” and being “bad” is celebrated. It’s important that girls know how to be ladies, have high moral standards, know how to prioritize and excel. We need not to continue this trend of moral decay. I’d love to start a mentoring program where I’m able to do this.
2. How do you define your personal brand?Lil ole me? A brand? It would be:
“I’m just a girl with big dreams, conspiring a master plan to take over the Universe. Don't believe me.. just watch.”3.
You emerged on the world stage as a confident, beautiful and intelligent young lady when you competed in The Miss Jamaica World Pageant 2013. How has this experience transformed your life?This experience really has just given me more enthusiasm to do all the things I dream of doing. I’ve gained more confidence to lengthen my goals and bucket list. I will take the lessons, experiences, and relationships gained during Miss Jamaica World to continue my journey to live my life to the fullest.
4. What does success means to you? To me success is when you have reached a point in your life where you have a feeling of fulfillment. When you feel there is no more climb to climb, because you are at your peak, you are exactly where you want to be. I think everyone accomplishes this feeling differently. For some it may mean reaching the executive level in the company they work and obtaining certain material items, for others it may just be having a happy, healthy family. For me, well I’m still figuring it out. I’m still very much climbing and striving to discover that peace and feeling of fulfillment or “success”.
5. Many young people today are feeling discouraged for many reasons. Do you see yourself as a role model?
I am young, ambitious, and know exactly what I want in life and where I want to be. I am not perfect person by far, and I too get discouraged at times. However, I am confident in my abilities and I do see myself as a positive and relatable role model.
6. Do you feel a sense of responsibility to continue to inspire people who have great expectations from you?Yes I do, and I like that sense of responsibility. It keeps me motivated. I’m very honored to be a source of inspiration, and am working hard to exceeding those great expectations. When I get lazy, the thought that others are watching and have great expectations of me helps me get back on track. I am very grateful for this.
7. How do you define "beauty with a purpose"?Beauty. By definition beauty is the quality or aggregate of qualities in a person or thing that gives pleasure to the senses or pleasurably exalts the mind or spirit. Beauty surpasses physical attractiveness, which are both often used interchangeably and/or confused with one another, but are very different. How pretty ones face is, the shape of the eyes, the length and luster of the hair, or the symmetry of the face are all measurements of ones physical attractiveness. However, these measurements vary in the opinions of different people, and change completely depending on the particular country you are or ones culture. Beauty however continues deep to a person’s soul, and is unvarying internationally. Beauty is not measured, but felt. Purpose is the goal toward which one strives or for which something exists, a reason for ones being that feeds ones soul. Beauty and purpose, together these qualities are a force to be reckoned with. Beauty with a purpose to me is a spirit that transcends people from all walks of life, with an internal determination for any goal that contributes to the world.
8. Of God & Spirituality, how important is your faith.Faith is very important to me. My faith keeps me motivated.
"You block your dream when you allow your fear to grow bigger than your faith." - Mary Manin Morrissey
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"Jackson was crowned the first runner-up, and she also took home the coveted prizes for 'Best Figure' and 'Best Skin Tone'. If any other person had the ability to upstage the queen it was Jackson, who was a crowd favourite and a worthy contender. Jackson was the most confident of the lot, and even sang to the audience while showing how she would promote Brand Jamaica if she had to." This was a direct quote about your amazing performance on coronation night for Miss Jamaica World.
What advice would you give women who would like to follow in your footsteps? Miss Jamaica World was a really great experience for me. I truly believe pageants in general are a great opportunity for girls to develop life skills, gain confidence, build relationships, gain exposure, and have fun. I encourage young women interested in participating in pageants to go for it!
11. What are your top five beauty and skin-care regimen that you use to achieve your flawless beauty?Hmm.. I can’t think of five that I really practice religiously, but ill share two that I actually do.
- For me, the most important rule is completely cleansing your skin at night before bed. During the day with all the makeup, dirt, sweat, sun exposure, and hand touching, by the end of the day your skin is beat and needs to rejuvenate. It’s important that you thoroughly cleanse all the makeup and impurities before bed so that your skin can recover while you sleep. Whenever I skip this because I’m too lazy, I regret it either by the next day when my skin looks tired or a couple days after when I have a big pimple. Invest in some cleansing wipes for those nights you are too exhausted to make it to the bathroom sink as a back up.
- Nails! I’m a girl who loves having my nails done. Weather in the salon or at home, I try to maintain my nails once a week. Stay away from acrylic! When I want my nail polish to last really long I have the gel or shellac mani done at the salon. Love, love, love! It last forever, make your nails harder and extra shiny and don’t damage your nails if removed correctly. They sell the at home kit in the pharmacies now, definitely worth it!
12. What is your next hurdle in life?My current hurdle in life is completing my Business degree, as well as continuing to grow my business plan.
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