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Yendi Amira Phillipps (born September 8, 1985) is a Jamaican TV Host, model and beauty queen who the winner of the Miss Jamaica World 2007 beauty pageant, as well as the Miss Jamaica Universe 2010 pageant. She represented Jamaica at the Miss World 2007 contest held in Sanya, China and at Miss Universe 2010 held at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. on August 23, 2010, where she finished as the first runner up to Ximena Navarrete of Mexico. After Miss Universe Phillipps appeared in commercials for brands such as Toyota.
Miss World 2007
She placed in Miss World Beach Beauty, Miss World Sports, Miss World Talent, Miss World Top Model and the Beauty With A Purpose Award. The Jamaican Beauty made Miss World history and was the first contest to ever place in all of the fast track events listed above . During the telecast, she made the final top 16.
Miss Universe 2010
She was crowned Miss Jamaica Universe 2010 on July 3, 2010, and represented Jamaica at the Miss Universe 2010 pageant in Las Vegas on August 23, 2010 run by high-class billionaire Donald Trump. Phillipps scored the highest in swimsuit and came in second in evening gown, entering the final question round in second place with a score of 8.884. She became the first runner up behind Mexico.
She is one of only three former Miss World semifinalists to place in the Miss Universe semifinals, the others being compatriot Christine Straw of Jamaica in 2004, Ada de la Cruz of the Dominican Republic in 2009 and Patricia Yurena RodrÃguez of Spain in 2013 (coincidentally Phillips, de la Cruz, and Rodriguez all finished as 1st Runner-Up).
2010–present: After Miss Universe
Phillipps currently holds a bachelor's degree of fine arts with a concentration in dance from The College at Brockport, State University of New York and a master's degree in Recreation and Leisure Management. After the Miss Universe pageant, Phillipps appeared in an American ad campaign for the car brand Toyota. Phillipps has also appeared in commercials for Pepsi Refresh in the US and the Sprite campaign in India. Yendi Phillipps has also appeared in publications such as Skywritings magazine, Caribbean Beat magazine, Woman & Home, Fair Lady, Buzz, Collage, Soul, Basia and Ocean Style. Phillipps has also hosted Digicel Rising Stars. On April 22, 2012, Yendi announced via her Facebook fan page that she was pregnant.On September 21, 2012, she gave birth to a 7-pound, 11 ounces baby girl.