User:Courtney robinson

Born in the nation’s capital Grand Turk, in the Turks and Caicos Islands Islands, Mr. Courtney Robinson has always had a flare for fashion, an eye for design and a style all his own. After graduating Queensborough College in New York with an Associates in Fine Arts degree, Mr. Robinson started his clothing line, Islander Fashions and immediately commenced setting the Turks and Caicos on fire with his creativity and innovative designs.

Showcasing in and around the Turks and Caicos Islands, Islander Fashions – a resort collection - debuted at the Royal Bay Resort, now Beaches TCI. With the enormous success generated, Robinson went on to designing high street fashions, clothing that could be worn on an elegant evening or to a swanky club or lounge.

This, in conjunction with designing winning costumes year after year for the annual Miss TCI pageant, training and photographing models for his fashion shows and photo-shoots, led to Mr. Robinson being discovered and scouted to pursue a modeling and acting career.

Working between New York, Paris and London - Courtney has worked the catwalk for many of the worlds top fashion designers. For television, he has appeared in HBO’s Sex and the City, on CNN, New York One, New York PBS and done commercials for Coca Cola soft drinks, along with being shot by noted fashion photographers Mark Roddenberry, Frank Otten, Jeff Moreno and Wai Ng.

Today, after a change of careers, Mr. Courtney Robinson is the Director of Government Information Service, the communications arm for the Turks and Caicos Government. He holds a Bachelors of Arts in Public Relations from the University of Westmister (UK) and Masters in Science in Media and Communications Regulation and Policy from the London School of Economics and Political Science (UK).

As one of the original members of the Turks and Caicos Islands Cultural Group, Mr. Robinson is a life-long advocate for fine arts, photography, fashion, dance and design; and looks forward to being one of those key persons involved in creating and shaping a Turks and Caicos Islands fashion and creative industry.

Built on the success of the TCI Supermodel Contest and Fashion Extravaganza which he executive produced in May 2009, which saw to the first TCI Supermodel Winner, Davia Chambers being signed by Ikon Model Management in New York, Courtney in opening his own public relations company, Royele Communications Inc.. His goals are to produce, coordinate and manage special events to doing public relations and image management as well as marketing.