The rise and legacy of Canada’s most decorated Caribbean Carnival Queen, Joella Crichton, as she aims to win a histori | dG1fcGE0TjFtdGVpeFE
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00:02 She is a Carnival Queen.
00:04 One of the premium-mass players in any country.
00:08 And we're meeting the queen of queens right now,
00:11 Joella Crichton.
00:12 Carnival for me is an opportunity
00:15 to be free and express myself creatively.
00:19 Carnival is an expression of my ego.
00:21 Each individual representing specific bands
00:27 will compete against each other to be crowned
00:29 the king or the queen.
00:31 The king and queen really is the ultimate.
00:33 People see it as the Olympics of Caribbean culture.
00:37 I won it for the seventh time in a row.
00:39 That's nine times winning.
00:40 Nobody has done what she has done.
00:43 It's really, really difficult to do what she's done.
00:46 And I don't think people really get how much of a feat that is.
00:50 This year's costume is called Harmony.
00:54 The inspiration comes from the theme of the band,
00:56 which is love.
00:58 Hopefully it's a winner, guys.
00:59 The king and queen competition also has another category,
01:02 which is the male and female individual.
01:04 And that's what I compete in.
01:06 Between Joella and Mishka, there are no two sisters
01:09 who can portray a costume like they could.
01:11 Two people vying for queen of this year's Toronto Carnival.
01:15 We've got the seven-time reigning champ
01:17 and the challenger over here.
01:20 This year was so special because Joella was going for 10 wins.
01:24 Nobody in the history of Toronto Carnival has won 10 queens.
01:29 If I don't win, I'm done.
01:30 I already promised that to you.
01:33 Decision was made that this would be her last time
01:36 playing queen.
01:37 Since it'll be the last time Joella's doing it,
01:39 it'll be my last too.
01:40 And it'll be all cute sister, sister.
01:43 As I begin to win more, I feel unwelcomed
01:46 because of the statements that people
01:48 were making about my team and me and the way we competed.
01:53 There's this rivalry because everybody wants to win.
01:56 They're coming for you.
01:57 They're coming.
01:58 I know.
01:59 This is the big test, eh?
02:00 The weight is heavy to have it end well.
02:04 I don't know.
02:04 I don't think this is the winning costume
02:06 that's at stands right now.
02:07 It does feel like I left a legacy, and I'm happy with it.
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