Sacha Walters, Staff Reporter

Flair's bachelor, Keron Myers. - Winston Sill/Freelance Photographer

He keeps it guarded. Stashed in a corner of a drawer in his room - a little treasure chest.

But this chest contains no loot, no diamonds or pearls. It holds something more precious to Keron Myers, old love letters and pictures.

"I call it my love box," says 26-year-old Myers, this year's Flair bachelor. The box, which is about 20 years old, he got from his grandmother. The contents, from secret admirers.

A former student of Munro College and Hampton School sixth form, the First Global Bank customer service representative explained that it took some time to get accustomed to the attention he received from the girls.

"I was very shy when I went to Hampton," he said of the school which is an all-girls institution, except for the co-ed sixth-form classes.

"To be in a school where it's 18 guys and over 700 girls, it wasn't easy. It was quite challenging to balance the work and the new opportunities," he said, flashing a welcoming smile.

"Sometimes, you wanted to use the bathroom and you didn't want to go, 'cause it was so uneasy," he said, explaining that the girls were always staring and that went for trips to lunch as well. Hence, his collection of precious memories of scribbled letters on scented paper.

Business ventures

But the self-professed entrepreneur is not all about his looks. Myers is involved in two business ventures: Carreon Exporters, which exports canned ackee, and Myers Brothers Communications, which repairs and installs Cable and Wireless landline telephones.

Putting steps in place to some day become a corporate lawyer, he is pursuing two bachelor's degrees, one in law and the other in business administration.

Ideal woman

Keron said his ideal woman is down to earth. "My main thing when it comes to a woman right now is finding one with a personality that's so easy-going that we can go out with my friends ... and one that's not too fussy."

And like his parents, Morine and Beneito, who have been married for 30 years, he too wants to be married some day and be as easy-going as the couple who worship in different denominations. His father is Anglican and his mother Pentecostal.

"Sometimes, when I go home (to Junction, St. Elizabeth, where he's originally from) on Sundays and listen to them start their discussions, it's so funny."

Keron said in order to be successful, one should remain professional in attire and behaviour. Aside from work, he enjoys playing football in his neighbourhood in Mandeville and doing community work.

Out of all the attention which has been flowing from as far as Pittsburgh, United States, Keron said one of the proudest persons about the bachelor title is his grandfather.

"His wife said she'll probably have to build another room for his head."

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