{"id":2907,"date":"2026-10-15T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/uncategorized\/latoya-malcolm-scholarship-wolmers-20261015\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T12:00:00","slug":"latoya-malcolm-scholarship-wolmers-20261015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/trust-news\/latoya-malcolm-scholarship-wolmers-20261015\/","title":{"rendered":"Seiveright honours late beauty queen Latoya Malcolm with scholarships for two students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamaicaobserver.com\/2026\/10\/15\/seiveright-honours-late-beauty-queen-latoya-malcolm-scholarships-two-students\/\">Jamaica Observer<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>October 15, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"585\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/obs-seiveright-latoya-20261015-feat.jpg\" alt=\"Former Miss Universe Contestant LaToya Malcolm (Photo: Miss Universe Jamaica Instagram page) Jamaica Observer, October 15, 2026.\" class=\"wp-image-2906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/obs-seiveright-latoya-20261015-feat.jpg 585w, https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/obs-seiveright-latoya-20261015-feat-263x300.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Former Miss Universe Contestant LaToya Malcolm (Photo: Miss Universe Jamaica Instagram page) Jamaica Observer, October 15, 2026.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>KINGSTON, Jamaica\u2014Member of Parliament for St Andrew North Central and State Minister Delano Seiveright has sponsored scholarships valued at $100,000 each for two high school students in memory of the late Latoya Malcolm, a former Miss Universe Jamaica contestant and 2024 Miss Bikini Jamaica International winner, who died suddenly in July at age 35.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Malcolm\u2019s mother, Nadine Newby and her brother, Giovanni Malcolm, identified and selected the recipients, who are Grade 10 students attending Excelsior High School and Wolmer\u2019s High School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Latoya Malcolm Scholarship for Resilience supports the students\u2019 educational development while encouraging perseverance and academic excellence despite life\u2019s challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seiveright announced the scholarships during Malcolm\u2019s emotional funeral in August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Malcolm was remembered for her kindness, warmth, ambition and generous spirit. Her sudden passing also attracted international media attention, including coverage by US entertainment outlet TMZ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The scholarships recognise Malcolm\u2019s determination and resilience, qualities she demonstrated while pursuing her ambitions despite personal challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamaicaobserver.com\/2026\/10\/15\/seiveright-honours-late-beauty-queen-latoya-malcolm-scholarships-two-students\/\">Jamaica Observer<\/a>, October 15, 2026. Republished for the Wolmer\u2019s Trust community with attribution.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Jamaica Observer October 15, 2026 KINGSTON, Jamaica\u2014Member of Parliament for St Andrew North Central and State Minister Delano Seiveright [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":2059,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[112],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trust-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}