the end of this week as they will be judged by top model/actress Beverly Johnson.

Ms Johnson, who has graced the covers of several top American and foreign magazines and walked the catwalk in many cities agreed to be a celebrity judge at the pageant on Sunday, August 13.

She will arrive on the Island with her teenage daughter on Thursday and will enjoy a little rest and relaxation before leaving on August 14.

Along with modelling and having a beauty secrets book titled "True Beauty'' Ms Johnson has also done extremely well in the television and film industry appearing in such movies and `National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1', `Meteor Man', `Ashanti' and the `Perry Mason Mysteries'.

Pageant organiser Mr. Terry Smith said Ms Johnson was booked to attend the contest after they were unsuccessful in securing super model Iman.

Judges at the pageant will be the first Miss Talent and former Miss Bermuda Islands contestant Miss Carol Ann Williams, producer Mr. Jerome Cook, and playwrite Ms Patricia Pogson.

SURROUNDED BY BEAUTY -- American visitor Mr. Lewis Salicrup was captured in Hamilton by some of the Miss Bermuda Islands contestants. Pictured from left are Miss Southampton Renita Minors, Miss Sandys North Shauntaa Burch, Miss Sandys Zoey Roberts, Miss St. George's Christina Cabral and Miss Hamilton Parish Ruby James.