Human Interest

St. Croix’s Mehlanee Graham Advances in National Baby of the Year Competition

ST. CROIX — Mehlanee Graham, a young St. Croix contestant in the national Baby of the Year competition, is seeking support from Virgin Islanders at home and abroad as her family works to help her advance toward the 2026 title and its $25,000 grand prize. According to information provided by her family, Mehlanee has remained in contention as the competition narrowed from an initial field of more than 300,000 entrants to approximately 10,000. Her family is encouraging residents of St. Croix, St. Thomas, St. John, the British Virgin Islands and the wider Virgin Islands community abroad to support her campaign. The Baby of the Year competition offers its winner $25,000, a professional photo shoot featured in a Variety magazine advertorial and an appearance in a national advertising campaign involving The Honest Company.  Vote for Mehlanee’s baby here. The contest is operated by Colossal Management and determined through public voting. Support...