Miss Trinidad and Tobago

Miss Trinidad & Tobago

Motto	Beauty and Charisma
Formation	1963
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Port of Spain
Location	Trinidad & Tobago
Membership	Miss Universe
Official language	English
President	Dean Ackin
Website	Official website

Miss Trinidad & Tobago is a national Beauty pageant in Trinidad & Tobago

Organization

Began in 1963 Trinidad and Tobago was competed by Miss Trinidad and Tobago Organization. Miss Trinidad and Tobago Universe is an organisation dedicated to selecting a national delegate to represent the country at the international Miss Universe pageant annually. While the organising committee seeks to do this in a fair and democratic manner, it also seeks other outcomes including but not limited to the upliftment of women through beauty and expression.

Mission

To seek a national candidate to represent our twin-island republic at the international, annual Miss Universe pageant; and in so doing create a forum for the upliftment of women through beauty, intellect and expression.

Titleholders

Color key

•      Winner
•      Runner-up
•      Finalist or semifinalist

The winner of Miss Trinidad and Tobago represents her country at the Miss Universe. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a runner-up is sent. Trinidad & Tobago has two Miss Universes since the Miss Universe inception in 1952

Year	Miss Trinidad and Tobago	City represented	Placement	Special Awards
1963	Jean Stodart	San Fernando	Unplaced
1964	Julia Merlene Laurence	Port of Spain	Unplaced
1966	Kathleen Hares	Port of Spain	Unplaced
1971	Sally Karamath	San Fernando	Unplaced
1973	Camella King	San Fernando	Unplaced
1974	Stephanie Lee Pack	Port of Spain	Unplaced
1975	Christine Mary Jackson	Saint Augustine	Unplaced	Miss Congeniality
1976	Margaret Elizabeth McFarlane	Couva	Unplaced	Miss Congeniality
1977	Janelle Commissiong	Port of Spain	Miss Universe 1977	Miss Photogenic
1978	Sophia Titus	Maraval	Unplaced	Miss Congeniality
1979	Marie Noelle Diaz	Port of Spain	Unplaced
1980	Althea Ingrid Rocke	Port of Spain	Unplaced
1981	Rohini Samaroo	San Fernando	Unplaced
1982	Suzanne Troboulay	Port of Spain	Unplaced
1983	Sandra William	Saint Joseph	Unplaced
1984	Gina Maria Tardieu	Port of Spain	Unplaced
1985	Brenda Joy Fahey	Santa Cruz	Unplaced
1986	Candace Jennings	Port of Spain	Unplaced
1987	Sheree Ann Denise Richards	San Fernando	Unplaced
1988	Cheryl Ann Gordon	Port of Spain	Unplaced
1989	Guenevere Helen Kelshall	Port of Spain	Unplaced
1990	Maryse De Gourville	Port of Spain	Unplaced
1991	Josie Ann Richards	San Juan	Unplaced
1993	Rachel Charles	Speyside	Unplaced
1994	Lorca Chelsea Gatcliffe	Couva	Unplaced
1995	Arlene Peterkin	Port of Spain	Top 6 (3rd Runner-up)
1996	Michelle Khan	Princes Town	Unplaced
1997	Margot Rita Bourgeois	Arouca	2nd Runner-up
1998	Wendy Fitzwilliam	Diego Martin	Miss Universe 1998	Best National Costume
1999	Nicole Simone Dyer	Diego Martin	Unplaced	Best National Costume
2000	Heidi Ann Rostant	Port of Spain	Unplaced
2001	Alexia Charlerie	Saint Augustine	Unplaced
2002	Nasma Mohammed	Saint Augustine	Unplaced
2003	Faye Alibocas	Port of Spain	Top 10
2004	Danielle Jones	Port of Spain	4th Runner-Up
2005	Magdalene Walcott	Port of Spain	Top 15
2006	Kenisha Thom	Saint Augustine	Top 10	Best National Costume (Top 20)
2008	Anya Ayoung-Chee	Port of Spain	Unplaced
2010	La Toya Woods	Couva	Unplaced
2011	Gabrielle Walcott	Port of Spain	Unplaced	Best National Costume (Top 10)
2012	Avionne Mark	Champs Fleurs	Unplaced
2013	Catherine Miller	Port of Spain	Unplaced	Best National Costume (1st Runner-up)
2014	Jevon King	Diego Martin	Unplaced
2016	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA

Charity work and social groups

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Walcott speaking with a child at a gala function.

Miss Trinidad and Tobago 2011, Gabriela Walcott works with the Just Because Foundation, a non-profit community-based organization founded by Chevaughn Joseph and Noel Joseph in honour of their son Jabez "JB" Joseph, who died from a rare form of cancer. The JBF provides practical and emotional support for parents and siblings of children with cancer.

She has worked with Miss Trinidad & Tobago 2008, Anya Ayoung-Chee with the TallMan Foundation. The Foundation was established for the empowerment of young people in underprivileged areas.

In 2008 the United Nations Association of Trinidad and Tobago (UNATT) asked both Walcott and Anya Ayoung-Chee to be spokeswomen for the group. Both women accepted and now remain members of the advocacy group. UNATT the NGO arm of the United Nations which aims to advocate the United Nations and the Millennium Development Goals through their demographic and age group. Walcott has been an active supporter of the organization and was the facilitator of a 2008 workshop which brought together various stakeholders across the country to a discourse on the state of the MDGs in Trinidad & Tobago with a focus on youth.

Other International pageants

In the past year some of Miss Trinidad and Tobago represented their country to the other pageants.

• Guenevere Helen Kelshall competed in Miss Universe 1989, later Miss World 1990
• Michelle Khan competed in Miss World 1995, later Miss Universe 1996.
• Magdalene Walcott (Miss Trinidad and Tobago 2005) previously competed at the Miss World 2003 and placed in the semi-final.
• Kenisha Thom (Miss Trinidad and Tobago 2006) previously competed at the Miss World 2004 and placed in the semi-final.
• Gabrielle Walcott (Miss Trinidad and Tobago 2011) previously competed at the Miss World 2008 and placed as 2nd Runner-up.
• Avionne Mark (Miss Trinidad and Tobago 2012) appointed to compete at the Miss International 2015.

See also

• Miss Oneness Trinidad and Tobago

External links

• Official website
• Miss Universe Organization