Dayton International Festival, Inc. -- Youth Group--Ball 2

Miss A World A' Fair 2008

British Calloway, Panama, Miss A World A'Fair 2008
Escort: Isaiah Morales (Panama)

First runner up
Nancy Zheng, China
Escort: Rod Ghavami (China)

Runner up
Nicole Perez, Puerto Rico
Escort: Jaffet Garcia (Puerto Rico)

Hanbum Kim, Korea
Escort: Tony Dao (Korea)

Amrita Muthopadhyay, India
Escort: Skip Smith (India)

Jessa Kellie, Philippines
Escort: Trevor Jorgensen (Philippines)

British Calloway's Biography

The 2008 Miss A World A’Fair is British Calloway, born in Dayton Ohio. She is a 15 year old sophomore at the Dayton Early College Academy. British is involved in many activities including volunteering, cheerleading, basketball, and dancing with two local Latin dance groups. British volunteers at the Humane Society of Greater Dayton, St. Vincent’s Hotel for the homeless, and as a tutor at her school. She also enjoys spending quality time with her family and friends. British has a special desire and drive to make the most of life while making contributions to others along the way.

British has attended the Dayton International Festival for over eight years and enjoys learning about different cultures. She and her mother have been volunteering for the Panamanian Friends Organization at the Festival for the last five years. They have helped in the creation of the cultural display, as workers in the booth, and as members of the door squad. British is a member of the DIFI Youth Group. She also performs at the A World A’Fair with Grupo Raices Latinas and Grupo Caribe, two local dance groups that promote Latino culture through music and dance. Two of her favorite dances performed with Raices Latinas are Congo and El Punto, both are folkloric dances from Panama. She especially likes El Punto because it is danced in the Pollera which is the national dress of Panama. This dress is a favorite of hers because it includes an elaborate headdress made of gold combs and pearl pieces called tembleques.

Although British is not Panamanian by birth, she is an honorary member of the Panamanian community due to her numerous years of dedication to the organization. British truly embodies the mission of the World A’Fair. She has gained an immense passion for the diversity of different cultural and ethnic groups. British is very proud to represent the country that she has grown to love as her own. She will be visiting Panama for the first time in June of this year and is very excited about the trip. Winning the Miss A World A’Fair 2008 pageant has been a dream come true for British. It is truly her honor to represent Panama as well as all of the other countries at the 2008 Dayton International Festival.

Previous years' winners of the Miss A World A'Fair Pageant:
(married names shown in parentheses)


Mary Woo 2007 Korea	Maria Gabriela Medina, 2006 Panama	Crystal Anne H. Belen, 2005 Philippines

Erin Petkus 2004 Scotland	Elizabeth Pages 2003 Colombia	Hiloni Bhavsar 2002 India	Laura Talbot 2001 Korea	Stephanie Van Der Sluijs 2000 Netherlands

Roohi Abdulla 1999 India	Meghan Monahan 1998 France	Cheryl Castro 1997 Philippines	Veronica Njodinizeh 1996 Nigeria	Molly Geiger 1995 Lithuania

Sarah Jang 1994 Korea	Angela Kathumbi 1993 Africa	Reina Sheppard 1992 Carriba	Anjali Mediratta (Brannon) 1991 India	Heather Naber (Steineman) 1990 Hungary

Darlene Joson 1989 Philippines	Kathy Kennedy (Nozar) 1988 Hungary	Deborah Ullmer 1987 Peru	Shailini Jandial (George) 1986 India	Donna Pratt 1985 Africa

Neerja Jandial (Chaudhry) 1984 India	Deborah Eyman (Ketchen) 1983 Netherlands	Mary Hawkins (Chizmar) 1982 China	Melody Pratt (Palmore) 1981 Africa