Miss Universe Trinidad and Tobago
Miss Universe Trinidad & Tobago is a beauty pageant held annually since 1963, a year after Trinidad & Tobago's independence from the United Kingdom. The contest is meant to select a suitable delegate from both islands to compete in the Miss Universe pageant.
Motto | Beautifully Confident |
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Formation | 1963 |
Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | Port of Spain |
Location | |
Membership | Miss Universe |
Official language | English |
President | Jenny Douglas |
Miss Universe
The country's representative in 1977, Janelle Commissiong, became the first person of African ethnicity to win the Miss Universe contest, which was hosted in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
In May, 1999, the Miss Universe pageant was hosted at the Chaguaramas Convention Centre in Chaguaramas, Trinidad & Tobago. A record 84 nations were represented. The winner that year was Mpule Kwelagobe of Botswana. This was also the first time that two women of African descent won on consecutive occasions, with the prior year's winner being Wendy Fitzwilliam of Trinidad and Tobago.
Titleholders
- : Declared as Winner
- : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
- : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
- : Ended as special awards winner
- The winner of Miss Universe Trinidad and Tobago represents her country at the Miss Universe pageant. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a runner-up is sent. Trinidad & Tobago has had two Miss Universe winners since the pageant's inception in 1952.
Year | Miss Universe Trinidad and Tobago | Placement at Miss Universe | Special Awards | Notes | |
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2020 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
Did not compete between 2018—2019 | |||||
2017 | Yvonne Clarke | Unplaced | Miss Universe Trinidad and Tobago Organization — Jenny Douglass Directorship | ||
Miss Universe Trinidad and Tobago | |||||
Did not compete between 2015—2016 | |||||
2014 | Jevon King[1] | Unplaced | |||
2013 | Catherine Miller[2] | Unplaced | Best National Costume (1st Runner-up) | ||
2012 | Avionne Mark | Unplaced | Dean Ackin Directorship | ||
2011 | Gabrielle Walcott | Unplaced | Best National Costume (5th Runner-up) | Ian Lee Directorship | |
2010 | La Toya Woods | Unplaced | Lia Marie Guavara (CNN TV6) Directorship | ||
2009 | Did not compete | ||||
2008 | Anya Ayoung-Chee | Unplaced | |||
2007 | Did not compete | ||||
2006 | Kenisha Thom | Top 10 | Best National Costume (Top 20) | ||
2005 | Magdalene Walcott | Top 15 | |||
Cheryl Ankrah | Did not compete | Withdrew, after being accused of not fulfilling her duties and becoming overweight | |||
2004 | Danielle Jones | 4th Runner-up | Best National Costume (Top 10) | ||
2003 | Faye Alibocus | Top 10 | |||
2002 | Nasma Mohammed | Unplaced | |||
2001 | Alexia Charlerie[3] | Unplaced | |||
2000 | Heidi Ann Rostant | Unplaced | |||
1999 | Nicole Simone Dyer | Unplaced | Best National Costume | Miss Universe 1999 held in Trinidad and Tobago | |
1998 | Wendy Fitzwilliam[4] | Miss Universe 1998 | Best National Costume | ||
1997 | Margot Rita Bourgeois | 2nd Runner-up | |||
1996 | Michelle Khan | Unplaced | |||
1995 | Arlene Peterkin | Top 6 | |||
1994 | Lorca Chelsea Gatcliffe | Unplaced | |||
1993 | Rachel Charles | Unplaced | |||
1992 | Did not compete | ||||
1991 | Josie Ann Richards | Unplaced | |||
1990 | Maryse De Gourville | Unplaced | |||
1989 | Guenevere Helen Kelshall | Unplaced | |||
1988 | Cheryl Ann Gordon | Unplaced | |||
1987 | Sheree Ann Denise Richards | Unplaced | |||
1986 | Candace Jennings | Unplaced | |||
1985 | Brenda Joy Fahey | Unplaced | |||
1984 | Gina Maria Tardieu | Unplaced | |||
1983 | Sandra William | Unplaced | |||
1982 | Suzanne Troboulay | Unplaced | |||
1981 | Rohini Samaroo | Unplaced | |||
1980 | Althea Ingrid Rocke | Unplaced | |||
1979 | Marie Noelle Diaz | Unplaced | |||
1978 | Sophia Titus | Unplaced | Miss Congeniality | ||
1977 | Janelle Commissiong | Miss Universe 1977 | Miss Photogenic | ||
1976 | Margaret Elizabeth McFarlane | Unplaced | Miss Congeniality | ||
1975 | Christine Mary Jackson | Unplaced | Miss Congeniality | ||
1974 | Stephanie Lee Pack | Unplaced | |||
1973 | Camella King | Unplaced | |||
1972 | Did not compete | ||||
1971 | Sally Karamath | Unplaced | |||
Did not compete between 1967—1970 | |||||
1966 | Kathleen Hares | Unplaced |
See also
References
- "Jevon King is Miss T&T Universe 2014 – Trinidad Express Newspaper". Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- "Miss Trinidad and Tobago 2013". eyeforbeautyblog.com.
- "Trinidad & Tobago – Alexia of the Universe". Retrieved 20 November 2000. Check date values in:
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(help) - "Wendy Fitzwilliam, Miss Trinidad and Tobago, crowned Miss Universe", Jet, 1 Jun 1998