Her victory at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England and subsequent world tour with Bob Hope. As Grenada's High Commissioner to Canada.
Her career with the government of Canada as a diplomat. The challenges of Third world development and beyond.
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Book Reviews
“The book appeals at many levels. It is the story of a privileged but disciplined childhood in one of the islands of the West Indies at the end of the colonial period; a life story of a remarkable young woman – a role model for other young women living at the periphery; a story of the motivations, driving forces, values, dreams and aspirations of a generation of middle class West Indians who wanted to contribute to their country’s development; a story of an attempt at a revolution to transform the structures of power and violence that ends up reproducing those very same structures; the challenges and compromises in the field of international development. Above all it is a story of the resilience of the human spirit..”
Peggy Antrobus
Barbados
Student, traveler, wife, mother, diplomat, development worker, beauty queen: Jennifer Hosten has done it all. Beyond Miss World is filled with names of the famous and the near-famous who wanted to be close to Miss World, politicians who became embroiled in the Grenada crisis, and the very poor in Bangladesh who had no idea of the life this one-time beauty queen had led. The book is a great journey; it is about how Miss World became Ms. World, how a beautiful woman became a beautiful person, traveling, educating herself, serving two countries in turbulent times and doing good in a difficult world.
Ian Smillie
Ottawa