SHELLY-ANN STATUE TO BE UNVEILED SUNDAY

Paris, 9 October 2018 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and

Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has announced that the statue of Jamaican

Olympian Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce will be unveiled on Sunday, 14 October 2018.

The unveiling will take place at a special ceremony at Statue Park in the National

Stadium, where the statue will be mounted.

Minister Grange said the unveiling of the statue "was timed to coincide with the

commemoration of Heritage Week.”

According to Minister Grange:

“Shelly Ann is one of our modern day heroes whose accomplishments are

an inspiration for the entire nation. It is quite fitting that we should unveil

Shelly Ann’s statue at this time when we celebrate and highlight Jamaica’s

rich heritage in all areas, including sport.”

Minister Grange has invited the public to attend the ceremony and witness the

unveiling of Shelly Ann’s statue. “The statue is here in Jamaica; it has been

installed and we’re all set for the unveiling on Sunday at the National Stadium. I

look forward to welcoming members of the public as we celebrate this happy

occasion with the outstanding pocket rocket,” said the Minister.

The Prime Minister, the Most Honourable Andrew Holness, will unveil the statue

in the ceremony which will begin at 4:00pm.

The bronze statue — to the scale of one and quarter life size — was designed by

renowned sculptor Basil Watson.

Watson has been engaged by the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and

Sport to design statues of four of Jamaica’s outstanding sports stars under the

Jamaica 55 Legacy Programme. The statue in honour of Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce

is the second to be completed under the Programme. The first statue (of Usain

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Bolt) was completed and installed last December. The remaining statues — of

Veronica Campbell Brown and Asafa Powell — are now in the design stage.