Back from Jamaica – Fetish Queen of the Universe

I’ve returned from Jamaica as a judge in the Fetish Queen of the Universe pageant. We had such a GREAT line-up of amazingly talented ladies. It was such a blast to meet so many wonderful new people, to have the chance to dress up and of course all the great times and memories that were made. I can’t wait for the photos!

We had a super cool new photographer, Thomas Radin, at the event that I had the pleasure of working with. He was so much fun, so creative and he had no problem letting me do my thing. I find it’s so much better when I can share ideas about the kids of photos I hope to get, backgrounds, colours, creative elements and more. Seasoned photographers are often so focused on the shots they need they simply want you to be a “model” and follow direction. I think in many cases this is a truly important quality because there’s sooo many models who just want to be told how to pose and what to do since they feel it’s the photographers job to do the rest. I’m not that way at all…. I can be totally spontaneous, fun, silly, wacky and get some unbelievable images out of a shoot. The hardest part for me is always trying to get a photographer to get out of the studio and not try to get me to pose like it’s a family photo. Thomas and I came up with some pretty crazy stuff and it was a highlight of my trip.

The weather was exceptional the entire time I was in Jamaica except on the day we all left. One of the resort staff made the cutest comment to me, “this is Jamaica sad because you’re leaving”. I thought that was so sweet. I only really have two negative things I can say about the resort. One is that there are definitely sand flies that bite your ankles and skin while you’re there. It’s not the worst thing ever but it was annoying. And two, I can’t tell you how many times someone came up to me trying to sell me cigarettes, paintings or other illegal things and it was done so often it became offensive. At first I tried to make light of it when asked if I wanted to buy week or coke that the resort was fully inclusive, but after the 10th time it wasn’t funny anymore.

I think the best part of the entire trip for me was of course, the opportunity to DRESS UP! While the crowing and competition itself was awesome and fabulous, I particularly enjoyed the theme nights; costumes galore, creative outfits and accessories. The pirate theme was my favourite but the medical asylum turned out to be pretty phenomenal. I’m so impressed with the level of participation from everyone.

Judging this competition was so hard because everyone was really so different and so unique from one another and everyone had their special elements. There were three of us judging, myself, Kip and Tom. Here’s a run down of the ladies and the shows they did in no particular order:

I will conclude this posting with the official results of the competition, but before I do, I’d like to extend a big thank you to Robert Fluty for inviting me to be a judge at this competition and for putting together such a great event. As well, my thanks go to the resort staff at Hedonism II who were so accommodating and good spirited and a special thanks to my wonderful companion Dicey Doug who made the whole trip possible and pleasurable.

The official “Fetish Queen of the Universe” is Miss Dee Flouer from New York, 1st runner goes to Maitresse Renee from Houston Texas and 2nd runner-up goes to Tara Emory from Boston Massachusetts. Congratulations everyone!!!

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