Awards
Ms Miller was awarded the Queen’s Silver Jubilee Medal in 1977.
She was appointed Grand Officer of the National Order of Benin on 23 June 2000, for her contribution to the negotiations that led to the new Partnership Agreement between Europe and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States.
She is also the recipient of the Barbados Centennial Award 2000, when Miller was conferred the highest honour in Barbados; she was also made a Dame of St. Andrew (DA) of the Order of Barbados in 2003.
On 26 June 2001, she was awarded as Grand Cross of the National Order of Juan Mora Fernandez by the Government of Costa Rica.
Her recreational activities include reading, interior design and Ikebana (the Japanese art of flower arranging).
It was widely believed that Miller would eventually succeed Owen Arthur as leader of the BLP instead Mottley succeeded Arthur as BLP leader in January 2008 after the party was voted out of power.
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