Claire-Lee DeCouto will be Bermuda's lone representative at the 40th Annual Hal Jackson's Talented Teens International (HJTTI) Scholarship Competition which begins tonight.

The 2010 delegates include young women from around the world who are gifted in the fields of music, dance, stage performance, instrumentation and acting.

Partially sponsored by Youth Development Foundation, Inc. the week-long event is being held in Bermuda for the first time ever.

Below is a list of participants:

Miss Texas Neiya Tingle

Miss Bahamas Danielle Lee Dorsett, 15

Miss Delaware NicKayla Tucker, 13

Miss Canada Britny Williams, 15

Miss British Virgin Islands Adorya Baly, 17

Miss Trinidad and Tobago Shauna Taylor, 17

Miss Florida Mary Kathryn Chambers, 15

Miss Connecticut I'Kira Reid, 17

Miss North Carolina Jacquelin Harris, 17

Miss Louisiana Gayla Williams, 17

Miss Missouri Destiny Lockhart, 15

Miss New York Sydney Williams, 15

Miss Bermuda Claire-Lee DeCouto, 17

Miss Virginia Monique Melchor, 16

Miss US Virgin Islands Jessica Willock, 16

Miss South Carolina Aisha Bellinger, 17

Miss St. Maarten Ginara Lammar, 14

Miss District of Columbia Siera Toney

Miss New Jersey LennAsia Harvey, 14

Miss Georgia Tiara Lamm, 17.