Date of Birth (DOB): 10/31/47
From: Grenada
Best Known for: Miss World 1970
Bio: Jennifer Hosten was born and raised in St. George's, Grenada. She completed her education in London, studied broadcasting with the BBC and worked for its Caribbean service before becoming a flight attendant.
In 1970 Ms. Hosten then 22 won the Miss World Title, her enthronement as Miss World was clouded in controversy fueled by racial tensions. Her runner up Pearl Jansen was Miss Africa South making it the first time ever in an international pageant that both winner and runner up were not white. An immediate and distasteful uproar began with the television audience booing as if in an international soccer match. The controversy was further inflamed by a group of women’s libbers who gained access to The venue and took the opportunity to throw flour bombs and other missiles at Bob Hope who was compering the event and by the presence of the Grenada’s eccentric Prime Minister, Sir Eric Gairy, on the judging panel.
Despite the controversy surrounding her victory Jennifer Hosten was acclaimed in Grenada as a national heroine, and less than seven months later, in June 1971, six commemorative stamps were printed in her honour.
During Christmas 1970, Jennifer joined Bob Hope on his annual tour of U.S. overseas army camps, and sang her way through "Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better" with Hope before thousands of American servicemen. She also appeared with Liberace in Australia and made personal appearances all over the world.
After her year of office, Jennifer became a customer relations officer with Air Canada, married that computer engineer David Craig and they lived in Bermuda until 1973, when they took up residence in Ottawa, Canada. She has two children by that marriage a daughter Sopia Craig and son, Beau Craig.
In August 1978, Jennifer Hosten Craig was appointed High Commissioner to Canada from Grenada, in November, 1978, she was a special guest at the Miss World pageant. In 1992 Edwin Mellen Press published an academic study by Jennifer Hosten Craig titled The Effect of a North American Free Trade Agreement on the Commonwealth Caribbean.
Hosten is the recipient of a Masters of Arts in Political Science and International Relations from Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario.
Her current husband is Shaun Sarsfield of the UK, a Tourism Consultant. Hosten has worked with with the Government of Canada since 1993. In 1998 she served as Technical Adviser on Trade to the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) while stationed in the island of St. Lucia. She is currently working as a Development specialist with the Canadian International Development Agency in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Credit given to Afiwi.com
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