Sheroma "Brass.Angel" Hodge-Philip (born Sheroma Hodge, 2 February 1985) is a Virgin Islander model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss

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2010, the official representative of the

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to the 2011

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pageant.

Early life

Hodge attended British Virgin Islands High School from 1997 to 2002 and graduated from H. Lavity Stoutt Community College in 2004 with an

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, where she collaborated in

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and designing the college's website. Hodge completed a

bachelor's degree A bachelor's degree (from Medieval Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six years ...

in media and communication, with a specialization in

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, at the

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. She won the multimedia student award for her graduating class.

Miss British Virgin Islands

Hodge, who stands tall, competed as one of 5 finalists in ''Miss British Virgin Islands 2010'', held in

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on 1 August 2010, where she obtained six special awards including ''Best in Swimsuit'', ''Best in Evening Wear'', ''Best Intellect'' and ''Best Poise''. As the winner of the title, Hodge was crowned by outgoing titleholder Josefina Nunez, gaining the right to represent the

in the 2011

pageant in

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, Brazil.

References

External links

Official Miss British Virgin Islands website
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