Tuesday, 25 October 2011 – Road Town, Tortola: Two of the contestants in the recent Mr. & Ms. Fifth Pageant staged by the Elmore Stoutt High School are now the proud owners of sleek new Nokia cell phones, compliments Digicel, BVI’s Bigger, Better Network.

Mr. Andres Stoddard and Ms. Keje Hendrickson finished in the first runner-up position in the prestigious pageant, which saw a total of 14 students taking part.

They competed in a number of segments, including Best Career Wear, Determined to Succeed, Mr./Ms. Popularity, Congeniality, Personal Development, Best Talent, Most Photogenic, Poise, Intellect and People’s Choice.

Stoddard copped prizes for Congeniality, Personal Development and Best Career Wear, while Hendrickson captured the prizes for Poise, Intellect and Best Evening Wear.

The two were congratulated during a brief ceremony at the Elmore Stoutt High School on Monday afternoon by Digicel’s Corporate Sales Executive Sheroma Hodge, herself a previous contestant in the pageant, placing second runner up and winning Miss Popularity.

“These Nokia X2-01’s were appropriately chosen for you as they are built for messaging and offer chat and email features on the go with ease,” Hodge said. “They come with a camera, Bluetooth, stereo FM radio and a microSD card, so we know you will enjoy them and the services provided by Digicel.”

Digicel was a Bronze Sponsor of the 2011 Mr. & Ms. Fifth Form Pageant, which was held at the Multi-Purpose Sports Complex on October 15.

For more information on Digicel, please visit www.digicelbvi.com, our Facebook Page at http://on.fb.me/kQbdOr or on Twitter at https://twitter.com/DigicelBVI.

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About Digicel

After ten years of operation, Digicel Group Limited has 11.5 million customers across its 32 markets in the Caribbean, Central America and the Pacific. The company is renowned for delivering best value, best service and best network.

Digicel is the lead sponsor of Caribbean, Central American and Pacific sports teams, including the Special Olympics teams throughout these regions. Digicel sponsors the West Indies cricket team and is also the title sponsor of the Digicel Caribbean Cup. In the Pacific, Digicel is the proud sponsor of several national rugby teams and also sponsors the Vanuatu cricket team.

Digicel also runs a host of community-based initiatives across its markets and has set up Digicel Foundations in Jamaica, Haiti and Papua New Guinea which focus on educational, cultural and social development programmes.

In 2004, Digicel developed Digicel Rising Stars – an annual talent show to support aspiring young music artists in the Caribbean. The show has spanned the Eastern Caribbean, Haiti, Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago ranking as one of the top-rated shows.

Digicel is incorporated in Bermuda and its markets comprise: Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda, Bonaire, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Curacao, Dominica, El Salvador, Fiji, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Nauru, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, St Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos and Vanuatu. Digicel also has coverage in St. Martin and St. Barts in the Caribbean.

Visit www.digicelgroup.com  for more information.