Press Release
August 27, 2007
For Immediate Release
Contact: Bob Cooper - prguynow@yahoo.com, 401-447-6474 Days/Evenings
Providence Resident and URI Student wins Miss RI Latina Title
(Providence, Rhode Island, USA) Sasha Zacarias, an eighteen year old Providence
resident won the title of Miss Rhode
Island Latina yesterday during the 22nd annual contest in front of a packed
house at Rhodes on the Pawtuxet in Cranston.
One of 8 serious contestants for the title during the 5 hour pageant, Sasha
was selected by a judicial panel including state
officials like RI Secretary of State Ralph Mollis, and noted Italian-American
entrepreneur, Gianfranco Marrocco owner
of Mediterraneo Restaurant, and Dolce Vita Café and Dolce Vita hotel
on Atwells Avenue.
Fluent in both Spanish and English, Sasha is now entering her second year
of studies at the University of Rhode Island and
is a long time Providence resident and graduate of the Providence Public
School System.
Sasha's adopted father, Wilbur W. Jennings Jr. is a former Providence Public
Works employee and chairman of the 8th Ward
Democratic City Committee. He currently works for Herb Chambers Honda
in Seekonk, Mass. Sasha's Mother, Aridia Jennings
is a teacher's assistant in the Providence Public School System.
Sasha will go on to represent Rhode Island in the Miss Latina US pageant next year.
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