Gillain Berry

{{Short description|Jamaican-Aruban model}} {{Infobox pageant titleholder |photo = |title = [[Miss Aruba|Miss Aruba 2010]] |competitions = [[Miss Aruba|Miss Aruba 2010]] (Winner) [[Miss Universe 2011]] (Unplaced) [[Miss World 2011]] (Unplaced) |birth_date = {{birth year and age|1988}} |birth_place = [[Kingston, Jamaica]] |birth_name = Gillain Berry |occupation = [[Fashion model|Model]]<ref name="stats"/> |height = {{height|m=1.75}}<ref name="stats"/> |eye_color = Brown<ref name="stats"/> |hair_color = Brown<ref name="stats"/> }}

'''Gillain Berry''' (born 1988) is a Jamaican-Aruban [[Fashion model|model]] and [[beauty pageant]] titleholder who was crowned [[Miss Aruba|Miss Aruba 2010]] on December 4, 2010, and represented her country in [[Miss Universe 2011]] and [[Miss World 2011]].

==Early life== Prior to competing in [[Miss Aruba]], Berry worked as a professional [[fashion model|model]], appearing on local television commercials and magazine ads.<ref name="morning"/> She plans to study for her [[bachelor's degree]] at the ''University of Aruba'' and speaks [[English language|English]] and [[Papiamento]].<ref name="morning"/>

==Miss Aruba== Berry, who stands {{height|m=1.75}} tall, competed in her [[Aruba|country]]'s national beauty pageant, [[Miss Aruba]], held in [[Oranjestad, Aruba|Oranjestad]] on December 4, 2010,<ref name="aruba"/> where she was crowned the eventual winner of the title, gaining the right to represent [[Aruba]] in the 2011 [[Miss Universe 2011|Miss Universe]] and [[Miss World 2011|Miss World]] pageants.<ref name="diario"/>

==References== {{reflist|colwidth=30em|refs=

<ref name="stats">{{cite web |title=Gillain Berry |url=http://komamodels.com/models/ko-girls/gillain-berry.html |access-date=8 December 2010 |publisher=Koma Models |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100926202355/http://komamodels.com/models/ko-girls/gillain-berry.html |archive-date=26 September 2010 }}</ref>

<ref name="aruba">{{cite web|title=Miss Aruba candidates prepare for pageant|url=http://www.aruba.com/news/general-news/miss-aruba-candidates-prepare-for-the-pageant/|access-date=8 December 2010|publisher=aruba.com|date=November 17, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306032243/http://www.aruba.com/news/general-news/miss-aruba-candidates-prepare-for-the-pageant/|archive-date=6 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

<ref name="diario">{{cite news|title=Gillain Berry crowned Miss Aruba 2010|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://www.diario.aw/2010/12/gillain-berry-corona-como-miss-aruba-2010/|access-date=8 December 2010|newspaper=Diario|date=December 7, 2010}}</ref>

<ref name="morning">{{cite news|title=Meet Gillain Berry, Miss Aruba 2010|url=http://issuu.com/themorningnews/docs/december_8__2010?mode=embed&layout=http://skin.issuu.com/v/light/layout.xml|access-date=12 December 2010|newspaper=The Morning News|date=December 8, 2010|archive-date=2 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120202184116/http://issuu.com/themorningnews/docs/december_8__2010?mode=embed&layout=http://skin.issuu.com/v/light/layout.xml|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110706132403/http://www.missaruba.aw/ Official Miss Aruba website] {{S-start}} {{S-ach}} {{S-bef|before=Priscilla Lee}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Miss Aruba]] |years=2010}} {{S-aft|after=[[Liza Helder]]}} {{S-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Berry, Gillain}} [[Category:Aruban beauty pageant winners]] [[Category:Aruban female models]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Miss Universe 2011 contestants]] [[Category:Miss World 2011 delegates]] [[Category:1988 births]] [[Category:People from Oranjestad]] [[Category:Jamaican emigrants to Aruba]] [[Category:Aruban people of Jamaican descent]]