The Cayman Islands are a popular tourist destination, full of beautiful beaches, luxurious hotels, delicious local cuisine, and beautiful natural parks and features. The Caymans are also home to some notable people, who you may have heard of, but did not know they were from the Cayman Islands.
One such person is Gladwyn Bush, also known as Miss Lassie. The Cayman's best-known artist, Miss Lassie began painting at 62 years of age, saying that she had a vision. She painted mostly Christian-themed oil paintings, and also painted her own walls and furniture with her visionary images. Miss Lassie was written up in The New York Times as a "madwoman" who painted her visions and was waiting for her family to take her back into the fold. Considering she was 87 at the time, one can assume she was talking about her ancestors. Bush died in November of 2003, leaving behind a very decorated house that the Cayman National Cultural Foundation is keen to preserve to its original, offbeat glory.
Another famous Caymanian is the rugby player and alpine skier Dow Travers. Travers competed for the Cayman Islands for alpine skiing in the 2010 Winter Olympics, where he became Cayman's first Winter Olympian. He was born in Grand Cayman in 1987, but went to boarding school in London before he graduated to attend Brown University. At school, he plays rugby and skis. Because of his accomplishments and athletic honors, Travers is a national hero of the Cayman Islands, and still thinks of Grand Cayman as home.
Cydonie Camille Mothersille is another famous Caymanian athlete who competes in track and field. She was born in Jamaica in 1978, but moved to Grand Cayman when she was 7 years old. When she was in high school, the gym teacher noticed that Cydonie had an affinity for athletics and encouraged her to pursue a career in track and field. Cydonie went on to compete in the CARIFTA Games, and later the 2008 Olympics. She is married to Ato Stephens, another track and field star, who is from Trinidad and Tobago. Stephens has completed in the Summer Olympics three different times.
Born in the Cayman Islands, former Victoria's Secret model Selita Ebanks was born in 1983 and spent her youth in George Town, Grand Cayman. She moved to New York in high school, and was accepted to several colleges but took the modeling route instead. She worked with Elite Model Management, and was a Victoria's Secret "Angel" until 2009. Since then, she has appeared on Celebrity Apprentice, and Kanye West's short film Runaway. During her tenure as a Victoria's Secret model, she had an appearance on the hit TV show How I Met Your Mother with other Victoria's Secret models Heidi Klum, Marisa Miller, Alessandra Ambrosio, and Miranda Kerr and she was in Sports Illustrated 's 2007 Swimsuit Issue.
Frank E. Flowers is an award-winning film writer and director who hails from George Town, Grand Cayman. His grandfather, Clarence Flowers, was a rags-to-riches businessman in Grand Cayman, and his parents were not originally supportive of his career choice to make movies. Flowers started off his movie career with the short film Swallow in 2003, and went on to make a feature-length film in 2004 called Haven, which was filmed on Grand Cayman. Frank has been associate producer on a film called The Warrior's Way, starring Kate Bosworth and Geoffrey Rush, and wrote a film called Metro Manila, which is currently filming.
One such person is Gladwyn Bush, also known as Miss Lassie. The Cayman's best-known artist, Miss Lassie began painting at 62 years of age, saying that she had a vision. She painted mostly Christian-themed oil paintings, and also painted her own walls and furniture with her visionary images. Miss Lassie was written up in The New York Times as a "madwoman" who painted her visions and was waiting for her family to take her back into the fold. Considering she was 87 at the time, one can assume she was talking about her ancestors. Bush died in November of 2003, leaving behind a very decorated house that the Cayman National Cultural Foundation is keen to preserve to its original, offbeat glory.
Another famous Caymanian is the rugby player and alpine skier Dow Travers. Travers competed for the Cayman Islands for alpine skiing in the 2010 Winter Olympics, where he became Cayman's first Winter Olympian. He was born in Grand Cayman in 1987, but went to boarding school in London before he graduated to attend Brown University. At school, he plays rugby and skis. Because of his accomplishments and athletic honors, Travers is a national hero of the Cayman Islands, and still thinks of Grand Cayman as home.
Cydonie Camille Mothersille is another famous Caymanian athlete who competes in track and field. She was born in Jamaica in 1978, but moved to Grand Cayman when she was 7 years old. When she was in high school, the gym teacher noticed that Cydonie had an affinity for athletics and encouraged her to pursue a career in track and field. Cydonie went on to compete in the CARIFTA Games, and later the 2008 Olympics. She is married to Ato Stephens, another track and field star, who is from Trinidad and Tobago. Stephens has completed in the Summer Olympics three different times.
Born in the Cayman Islands, former Victoria's Secret model Selita Ebanks was born in 1983 and spent her youth in George Town, Grand Cayman. She moved to New York in high school, and was accepted to several colleges but took the modeling route instead. She worked with Elite Model Management, and was a Victoria's Secret "Angel" until 2009. Since then, she has appeared on Celebrity Apprentice, and Kanye West's short film Runaway. During her tenure as a Victoria's Secret model, she had an appearance on the hit TV show How I Met Your Mother with other Victoria's Secret models Heidi Klum, Marisa Miller, Alessandra Ambrosio, and Miranda Kerr and she was in Sports Illustrated 's 2007 Swimsuit Issue.
Frank E. Flowers is an award-winning film writer and director who hails from George Town, Grand Cayman. His grandfather, Clarence Flowers, was a rags-to-riches businessman in Grand Cayman, and his parents were not originally supportive of his career choice to make movies. Flowers started off his movie career with the short film Swallow in 2003, and went on to make a feature-length film in 2004 called Haven, which was filmed on Grand Cayman. Frank has been associate producer on a film called The Warrior's Way, starring Kate Bosworth and Geoffrey Rush, and wrote a film called Metro Manila, which is currently filming.
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