Christi-Lee Sinclair of Estevan is grateful for the support she received from the community this year when she was trying to earn a place on the front cover of Jetset magazine.
Sinclair made it to the quarterfinals of the North American contest for Miss Jetset 2020. She finished in sixth spot in her quarter-final bracket, and needed to finish first in order to advance to the semis.
Approximately 200 entrants made it to the semifinal round.
Still, she’s really impressed with how she did in the contest.
“I had a lot of community support. I wish I would have reached out sooner to the community, but I figured I could do it on my own, and then once I got to that quarter-final round, I thought I don’t think I have enough support to make it as far as I did,” she said.
At that time, she started making a big push for votes, and she believes if she would have reached out sooner, she might have finished higher.
Sinclair believes she was among the final 400 participants in a competition that had more than 44,000 entrants.
Her participation in Miss Jetset was also a chance to raise money and awareness for a deserving cause. Thanks to her involvement, Sinclair raised more than $1,000 for the Andrew McDonagh B+ (Be Positive) Foundation, which is the charity of choice for Jetset and an initiative that helps children with cancer.
“It goes to research and accommodations, it goes to support for the families and obviously … having kids of mine own, I couldn’t imagine what it would be like to have a kid with cancer.”
She raised the money through the votes she generated.
“They can either do a free vote every 24 hours, or they could pay for votes, in which each vote was a dollar.”
People would have to pay $1 for each additional vote in a 24-hour span. Then there were two-for-one vote days, in which $1 would give you two votes.
Sinclair could enter again next year. Now that she has been through it once, and she has promoted herself to the community, she believes she would stand a better chance if she does try again.
