Background
Lawrence was born in Kingston, Jamaica.
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She graduated from Randolph-Macon Woman"s College in Lynchburg, Virginia, where she majored in biology with an emphasis on pre-medicine. According to her contestant biography, her career ambition is to become a doctor specializing in obstetrics and gynaecology.
Career
Upon relinquishing her crown in March 2007, Lawrence said in a statement that she had "taken a deeply personal decision to face up to my responsibilities as one who expects to become a mother later this year. I believe with all that is within me that it is my moral obligation to do what I believe to be ethically correct and follow what I believe in my heart to be right."
Lawrence, however, received overwhelming support from the Jamaican public for her decision to have her baby.
Achievements
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In March 2007, she relinquished the Mission Jamaica World title upon announcing her pregnancy, becoming the first winner in the Jamaican contest"s 23-year-history to do southern After winning the Jamaican title in August 2006, Lawrence placed in the first six at the Mission World competition held in Warsaw, Poland, where she was also named Mission World Caribbean. The pageant"s entry rules dictate that contestants must not have given birth to a child prior to the competition, and the winner "must be prepared to be a positive role model for the youth of Jamaica." Mickey Haughton-James, a pageant official, said that "Lawrence"s actions could potentially harm the tradition that is the Mission Jamaica World pageant and its past and future winners." She received the backing of the Mission World Organization and was allowed to retain both her crowns for the full duration of the reign.
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Jamaica