{"id":40210,"date":"2015-01-28T22:51:05","date_gmt":"2015-01-28T14:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=40210"},"modified":"2025-01-13T14:07:06","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T19:07:06","slug":"miss-jamaica-kaci-fennell-clarifies-that-she-has-no-pinoy-roots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/01\/28\/miss-jamaica-kaci-fennell-clarifies-that-she-has-no-pinoy-roots\/","title":{"rendered":"Miss Jamaica Kaci Fennell clarifies that she has no Pinoy roots"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_40211\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40211\" style=\"width: 638px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/KaciFennel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40211\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/KaciFennel.jpg\" alt=\"Miss Jamaica, Kaci Fennel (Facebook photo)\" width=\"638\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/KaciFennel.jpg 638w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/KaciFennel-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40211\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miss Jamaica, Kaci Fennel (Facebook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Amidst a flurry of rumours about the heritage of Ms. Jamaica, Kaci Fennel, beauty queen enthusiasts in the Philippines may be disappointed to learn that Fennel is, in fact, NOT part-Filipino.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy xifaxan online <a href=\"https:\/\/maranavetclinic.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/xifaxan.html\">maranavetclinic.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/xifaxan.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Rumours had resurfaced that the Jamaican beauty was born to a Filipino mother, after Fennel bagged the fourth runner-up spot in the recently concluded Miss Universe 2015 pageant. But this wrong information was squelched by Fennel herself, months before the pageant was even held.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Jamaican media in September 2014, Fennel said that her parents are both Jamaican and cautioned people against relying solely on Wikipedia \u2013 which was responsible for disseminating the wrong information about the beauty queen \u2013 as a source of reference<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKids don\u2019t use Wikipedia as a source of information. Listen to your teachers! First, one wrong thing, I was born in 1992. And then they started adding things like my mother is a beauty queen and she is Filipino. And I was like, \u2018Oh, wow tell me more about Kaci Fennell.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy semaglutide online <a href=\"https:\/\/maranavetclinic.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/semaglutide.html\">maranavetclinic.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/semaglutide.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> I want to know some more.\u2019\u2026My mother is Jamaican. Both from them (parents) came from mixed families,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, in an Instagram post on August 11, 2014, Fennel explained that she is of mixed ancestry, but there is no Filipino blood in that mix..<\/p>\n<p>She made the clarification in response to Instagram user, http.awesomest, who asked: \u201cHi @kacifenfen in wikipedia, it says that you have Jamaican, African and Filipino roots. Is it true that your mom is Filipino? Can you please confirm? Coz sometimes, Wiki is a bit too unreliable. Thank you!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThanks for bringing that to my attention,\u201d Fennel replied, \u201cbut I am a born and bred Jamaican with French, Indian, English and black roots. 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