Miss BVI 2025 to be crowned @ Festival Opening Ceremony- Hon Hodge-Smith

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - While it was already announced that there would be no Miss BVI 2025 Pageant, the public was reassured that they could still attend a royal celebration with the coronation of last year’s first runner-up, Miss Donyelle D. Hodge, as Miss BVI; however, that too has been changed.

Back in June 2025, Junior Minister for Tourism and Culture, Hon Luce D. Hodge-Smith (R4) said the cancellation of the pageant for the 71st Emancipation Festival was “way, way, way beyond” their control.

She explained then that, “It was simply impossible to have a pageant with two contestants. I must say the committee made special efforts to encourage other contestants to stay on board…and to even to solicit for other young ladies to come out and vie for the title, but unfortunately, time was of the essence.”