Talent Competition - Fast Track Award ~ Sunday August 3rd, 2008, Salon II & III Wyndham Nassau Resort & Crystal Palace Casino new!!!
The second round of preliminary competitions was the Talent Extraveganza! Our contestants danced, sang, played instruments, made poetry recitals and dramatizations and so much more! At the end of the evening Miss Teen Bimini Lathyra Tinker walked away with Best Talent which affords her an automatic Fast Track Spot into our prestigious Top 13! 1st runner-up Miss Teen Ragged Island Shanice Burrows, 2nd runner-up Miss Teen Exuma Ashley Hamilton.

BLACK OPAL Spokesmodel Competition ~ Sunday July 27th, 2008, Salon IV Wyndham Nassau Resort & Crystal Palace Casino new!!!
The first round of preliminary competition begins with the Spokesmodel Competition! This competition is geared towards training our contestants to shine in the spotlight of a thousand cameras should any of them encounter a campaign to become a spokesperson for a product or company in the future. As for the winner of this event, she will become the official spokeswoman for Nair Products in The Bahamas. This wonderful opportunity has been made available to our organization by our generous sponsor Commonwealth Drugs Limited. Our 18 ladies will compete in three (3) categories: Short Speech on a youth issue, an Advertisement and Runway Modeling. This year's Spokesmodel winner: Miss. Teen Bimini, Lathyra Tinker! Lathyra will now become the official face of Black Opal Cosmetics in The Bahamas! 1st runner-up Miss Teen Gorda Cay Shafayne Allen, 2nd runner-up Miss Teen Eleuthera Keithra Toote.