Ja’Niyah Chambliss of Eustis High School has been named the Queen of Cotillion for 2024. The Annual Silhouettes Criterions 25th Annual Debutant Ball was a huge success.

The Silhouettes of Criterion, a distinguished civic club dedicated to empowering young women to achieve their educational aspirations, celebrated the 25th Annual Cotillion Ball.

The Debutante Court comprised Breniya Shaw, a student from Tavares High School; Amiyah Copeland, representing Mount Dora High; Alana Seward and Janiyah Chambliss, both hailing from Eustis High School.

(All four members of the Debutante Court looked stunning this year.)

Debutante Ja’Niyah Monique Chambliss is an 18-year-old senior at Eustis High School. She is the daughter of the late Jamar Chambliss Sr. and Candice Chambliss. Ja’Niyah is an EARLY graduating senior at Eustis High School, where she maintains a 3.3 GPA. She has excelled both academically and in extracurricular activities all three of her high school years.

While working as an entrepreneur hair braider and as a Recreation Aide with the City of Eustis Recreation Department, Ja’Niyah is also a member of the Eustis High School Track and Field team, specializing in shot put and discus. She is a former Eustis High School JV Cheerleader, where she was voted Most Spirited and Most Outstanding Cheerleader, and a current member of the Varsity Cheer Squad and Competition Squad.

Ja’Niyah is a member of Black Student Union, Studio 126 TV Production, and AVID. Ja’Niyah was elected Freshman Class President her 9th-grade year. Ja’Niyah loves working in her church and in the community. She regularly participates as the Gethsemane Missionary Baptist Church of Eustis, Inc. Youth Department president, Youth Usher, Daughters of Zion Dance Ministry Charter Member, Bethel Baptist Association of Florida, Inc delegate, and Florida General Baptist Congress of Christian Education, Inc delegate.

In the community, she participates in the Silhouettes of Criterion Classic Collection, B.A.G.G.S. (Building and Grooming Girls 4 Success), Abracadabra Foundation, Assistant Coach for the Eustis Junior Panthers Cheerleaders, and volunteers at the Haven of Lake & Sumter Counties, Inc.

After graduation, Ja’Niyah desires to attend Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina and pursue a Bachelor’s Degree in Broadcast Journalism, Mass Communication and Media Studies or Journalism. She also desires to be a WSSU Cheerleader. Ja’Niyah’s career aspiration is to have a professional broadcast career and work for a local television station.

(Eustis High School’s Alana Seward won Miss Congeniality.)

Eustis High also had Alana Seward be awarded with the Miss Congeniality of the 2024 Silhouette Cotillion Ball. Alana Seward is a senior at Eustis High School and was also a star on the Eustis High School basketball team. She will continue her academic and athletic career at Husson University in Maine.

Congratulations Debutante Breniya Shawon winning the Gessner Harris Community Service Award. Congratulations to all of these amazing young ladies. We wish them the best of luck with their future endeavors.

Photo Credit – (Silhouettes of Criterion)

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