NEW YORK — Former Miss Universe Jamaica, Davina Bennett, is counting her blessings after surviving a motor vehicle accident in New York on September 13, during what was meant to be her debut Fashion Week.
Bennett, who rose to international fame after placing second runner-up at the 2017 Miss Universe pageant, shared the harrowing details with fans in an Instagram video on Sunday.
“September 13, 2025, definitely one for the books,” she wrote. “I had just finished walking for the incredible and talented Kahlaña Barfield’s collaboration with Target. There was an after-party, but I decided to head home to rest after a string of shows with minimal sleep. Minutes from home, I stopped at a pedestrian crossing, pressed the walk signal, and turned on some gospel music. When the signal came, I stepped off the curb—and that’s when I was hit. The next thing I knew, I was waking up in an ambulance.”…