Cindy Breakspeare


Cynthia Jean Cameron Breakspeare known as Cindy Breakspeare is a Jamaican jazz musician and former model. She was crowned Miss World 1976. She is the mother of Grammywinning reggae musician Damian Marley, through her relationship with reggae legend Bob Marley, who remained married to Rita Marley until his death. Bob is said to have written the songs Waiting in Vain, She Used To Call Me Dada and Turn Your Lights Down Low about her and their love.

Breakspeare was born in Toronto, Canada, to a Jamaican father, Louis Breakspeare, who was a BritishJamaican of multiracial ancestry, and a White Canadian mother of British origin, Marguerite Cochrane. Cindy has three brothers and one sister. She moved to Jamaica when she was four years old, and attended the Immaculate Conception Preparatory School. As a teenager she participated in beauty pageants, including Miss Jamaica Body Beautiful and Miss Universe Bikini. She was invited to participate in the Miss World competition in 1976 held in London, and won the title on November 19, 1976, becoming the second Jamaican to do so.

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