17 Facts About Lisa Hanna

Lisa Rene Shanti Hanna was born on August 20,1975 and is a Jamaican politician and beauty queen who was crowned Miss World 1993, becoming the third Jamaican to win the title.

Lisa Hanna was a candidate in the 2020 People's National Party leadership election, following the PNP's defeat at the 2020 Jamaican general election and the subsequent resignation of PNP President and Opposition Leader, Peter Phillips.

Lisa Hanna was educated at the Queen's School, Jamaica, where she was appointed a Goodwill Ambassador by the United Nations Development Programme, and has a Bachelors and Masters degree in Communications from the University of the West Indies.

In 1998, Lisa Hanna acted in the romantic comedy How Stella Got Her Groove Back.

In 2003, Lisa Hanna tried her hand in broadcasting, hosting a Jamaican talk show Our Voices and was a guest presenter on Xtra in the United States.

Lisa Hanna returned to her country a year later and was a communications consultant for the Hilton Hotel in New Kingston.

Lisa Hanna is one of the youngest women to be elected to the Jamaican Parliament.

Lisa Hanna was appointed as Minister of Youth and Culture.

In 2016, Lisa Hanna shared her strategy for tackling the needs of Jamaican children at a UNICEF conference in New York City.

In 2015, Lisa Hanna successfully lobbied to have Jamaica's Blue and John Crow Mountain's declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

In 2021, Lisa Hanna became a weekly columnist for the Jamaica Observer, where she opined on an array of topics, from the value-added opportunities of Jamaican Agriculture to her desire to see Bob Marley named National Hero.

In March 2022, Lisa Hanna was appointed to APCO Worldwide's International Advisory Council.

Lisa Hanna's role is to expand the Caribbean and Latin American focus in the areas of food security, trade, global economy and matters concerning gender and the security related to gender.

Lisa Hanna was born in Retreat, St Mary Parish to Rene Hanna of Lebanese descent and Dorothy Hosang of African and Chinese descent.

Lisa Hanna married David Panton in 1999 in New York City.

In December 2017, Lisa Hanna married Jamaican businessman Richard Lake in St Andrew, Jamaica.

Together Richard Lake and Lisa Hanna run Lydford Logistics a contract manufacturing, commercial warehouse and shipping operation in Moneague, Jamaica.