Ileann Powery is a Caymanian volleyball player, singer, business owner and beauty queen who attended John Gray High School and the University College of the Cayman Islands, which are both in George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. She is Jude Powery and Ella Powery‘s granddaughter.
Hailing from West Bay, Cayman Islands, Ileann owns iPow Creations, a Caymanian business that provides photography and videography services to its clients. She is also a member of the Cayman Islands Folk Singers.
As a national volleyball player of the Cayman Islands, Ileann competed in 19 international volleyball tournaments between 2014 and 2023, including North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation (NORCECA) competitions. During this period, she traveled to 11 different countries while representing her home country as an athlete.
Ileann is 5’9″ tall. Here are 13 more things about her:
- In April 2014, she and Chante Smith-Johnson represented the Cayman Islands in beach volleyball at the 2014 NORCECA in Grand Cayman. They finished 17th.
- In April 2015, she and Smith-Johnson represented the Cayman Islands in beach volleyball at the 2015 NORCECA in Grand Cayman. They finished 14th.
- In July 2015, she and Smith-Johnson represented the Cayman Islands in beach volleyball at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They ranked 16th out of 19 pairs.
- She is 2016 Proud of Them honoree.
- In April 2017, she and Melissa Burrowes represented the Cayman Islands in beach volleyball at the 2017 NORCECA in Grand Cayman. The finished eighth.
- Representing the Cayman Islands in April 2018 at the 2018 NORCEA, she and Marissa Harrison finished 10th in beach volleyball in Aguascalientes, Mexico while she and Stefania Gandolfi finished 12th in La Paz, Mexico and 13th in Varadero, Cuba.
- In April 2019, she and Harrison represented the Cayman Islands at the 2019 NORCECA in Grand Cayman and finished 13th. In May 2019, she and Gandolfi represented the Cayman Islands at the 2019 NORCECA in Varadero and finished 13th.
- In September 2022, she and Anjia Delapenha represented the Cayman Islands at the 2022 NORCECA in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic and finished 12th.
- In November 2022, she and Jessica Wolfenden represented the Cayman Islands at the 2022 NORCECA in Grand Cayman and finished seventh.
- In April 2023, she and Deajra Tulloch represented the Cayman Islands at the 2023 NORCECA in Aguascalientes and finished 12th.
- In May 2023, she and Wolfenden represented the Cayman Islands at the 2023 NORCECA in Grand Cayman and finished 17th.
- On September 2, 2023, she competed against four other Miss Universe Cayman Islands 2023 finalists at the Westin Grand Cayman, Seven Mile Beach Resort and Spa in George Town and won the title.
- She was 26 years old when she represented the Cayman Islands at Miss Universe 2023 and competed against 83 other candidates at the Gimnasio Nacional José Adolfo Pineda in San Salvador, El Salvador.
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