A new Calendar for 2009 is out. It is called Belizean Cocktails and features Belizean women in glamorous outfits in racy poses. But it is not a swimsuit calendar – the producers say they are aiming for something a notch more sophisticated. Former Miss Belize and Miss Costa Maya Maria Jeffrey is one of the models and the M in Majaz.

Maria Jeffrey, Producer
“I don’t how the idea of a calendar came up really but that came up, we got to meet the photographer and the other partner and we just started putting ideas together and this is what came out and this was in March of this year and by May we were taking our first photo shoots with Malaika with the cashew seeds.

We already knew that we wanted a different theme for each year. We figured that Belizean Cocktails would probably have been the most attractive to start off with. We knew we had a lot of companies that we could get that either produce alcohol or have mixers so that we can make cocktails. So we have various themes. Each year is going to be a different theme but that is how we chose our theme for 2009. We knew that we just didn’t want to have a picture, we wanted something else that people could look at throughout the month.”

Malaika Yorke, Model
“The shoot itself, the day was very good. The whole layout, the whole concept of the idea when you see the final product it came together quite well. The makeup was good –everything I just liked it. I didn’t have to do it to know that I would like the outcome of it.”

Maria Jeffrey,
“Why not swimsuit? Well I don’t think we need to have all swimsuits for something to be sexy. You can have sexy with some clothing with cashew. It is just being more creative, you have something better to work it when you don’t only focus on swim wear and then of course it gives a little elegance to the calendar itself.”

The photos were taken by the J in Majaz Jamel Loskot. The calendar is available at select outlets and sells for $20. You can also purchase it online at Majazmedia.com.