10 things about Mister World Caribbean 2024 Tarique Barrett

Tarique Sheldon Barrett won the third edition of Mister World Jamaica. He represented Jamaica in the 11th edition of Mister World.

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BIOGRAPHY

Barrett is a Jamaican model and beauty king. After graduating from Dunoon Technical High School and Jamaica College, which are both in Kingston, Jamaica, he entered the University of the West Indies (UWI) in Mona, Jamaica.

On September 9, 2025, Barrett turned 24. Here are 10 more things about him:

1. His mother works as a vendor at Mountain View Primary School in Kingston, Jamaica.
2. He was born and raised in Mountain View, Saint Andrew, Jamaica.
3. He played football at Dunoon Technical High School and Jamaica College.
4. In 2019, he saved a goal in the penalty shootout of the National Football Championships to secure the title.
5. In 2021, he entered the UWI to pursue a bachelor’s degree in accounting and economics.
6. In 2024, he visited Vietnam.
7. He won Mister World Jamaica 2024.
8. He was a Mister World 2024 candidate.
9. In 2025, he visited Panama.
10. He starred in a 2025 Bob Marley Museum commercial.

TIMELINE

Barrett is 6’0″ tall. He enjoys shadow boxing, long distance running and riding motorcycles. 

2023

• In May 2023, he was photographed by Gerald A. Gordon.

2024

• On April 22, 2024, he met Tyson Beckford at a Cooyah event where he walked the runway.
• On April 27, 2024, he was photographed by Nassan Okean.
• On August 10, 2024, he attended the grand opening of the first official Clarks Originals store in Jamaica.
• On August 11, 2024, he and his fellow Mister World Jamaica 2024 candidates competed in an  extreme fitness sports challenge at Hope Botanical Gardens in St. Andrew.
• On September 1, 2024, he competed against 13 other Mister World Jamaica 2024 candidates at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston and won the title.
• On September 3, 2024, he was interviewed by Neville “Bertis” Bell and Garth Williams on the Television Jamaica show “Smile Jamaica”.
• On September 13, 2024, he and Miss World Jamaica 2024 Tahje Bennett were interviewed on the Television Jamaica show “daytime LIVE!”
• On October 19, 2024, he conducted a financial literacy workshop at Mountain View Primary School where he taught sixth graders about saving, budgeting and tracking expenses.
• On November 4, 2024, he traveled from the Donald Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, Jamaica to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
• On November 9, 2024, he wore outfits designed by Đặng Trọng Minh Châu and Lucien Harrison and walked the runway in the Top Model challenge of Mister World 2024 at the Villa Blanche in Vũng Tàu, Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu, Vietnam.
• On November 10, 2024, he performed a choreographed dance to Shaggy’s song “Boombastic” in the Mister World 2024 talent competition at the Imperial Hotel in Vũng Tàu where he competed against 35 other semifinalists.
• On November 20, 2024, he wore a costume created by Duane Bennett in the Mister World 2024 national costume competition at NovaWorld in Phan Thiết, Bình Thuận, Vietnam.
• On November 23, 2024, he represented Jamaica at Mister World 2024 and competed against 60 other candidates at NovaWorld in Phan Thiết. He was unplaced but he was crowned Mister World Caribbean 2024.

2025

• He was featured in a Bob Marley Museum commercial, which was released on February 7, 2025.
• On April 6, 2025, he served as a judge at Mister and Miss Resident Life 2025 at the University of Technology, Jamaica in Kingston.
• In May 2025, he traveled to Panama City, Panama.