Miss Grand Trinidad and Tobago
Formation2023
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersPort of Spain
Location
Membership
Miss Grand International
Official language
English
National director
  • Kehra Ramsubhag
  • Sean Paul
Parent organization
WebsiteStolenProductionsLtd.com

Miss Grand Trinidad and Tobago is a national female beauty pageant in Trinidad and Tobago to select its representative to the international Miss Grand International pageant.[1][2] The pageant was founded in 2023 by a Port of Spain-based event organizer, Stolen Productions Ltd. (SPL Pageants),[1][3] and is directed by Kehra Ramsubhag and Sean Paul,[1][4] who also served as the national licensees of Mister Grand International in Trinidad and Tobago since 2021.[1][4]

Initially, Trinidad and Tobago was projected to debut at the Miss Grand International pageant in 2015 and 2017,[5][6] but the assigned representatives withdrew for undisclosed reasons.[7][8]

History

Since the establishment of Miss Grand International in 2013, Trinidad and Tobago has never sent its representatives to compete until a newly established event organizer named Stolen Productions Ltd. (SPL Pageants) purchased the license in 2023 and planned to organize the first contest of Miss Grand Trinidad and Tobago in that year's September to select the country representative for the 2023 international competition in Vietnam.[1]

The first edition of Miss Grand Trinidad and Tobago will be held in parallel with the male pageant, Mister Grand Trinidad and Tobago, in which the winner will be taking part in Mister Grand International 2023, to be held in the Philippines.[2] Each category will consist of fifteen candidates who qualified for the national final round through an audition held earlier on July 23 at Studio 28, located in the capital city, Port of Spain.[1][2][9]

Before acquiring Miss Grand Trinidad and Tobago franchise, the SPL Pageants, which was established in 2021, organized Mister Trinidad and Tobago as a stand-alone pageant,[10] and their representatives were placed as the first and third runners-up in the 2021 and 2022 international tournaments, respectively.[1]

Edition

The inaugural edition of Miss Grand Trinidad and Tobago is scheduled to be held on September 2, 2023,[1] as detailed below.

EditionDateFinal venueEntrantsWinnerRef.
1st September 10, 2023Banquet and Conference Centre MovieTowne Mall, Port of Spain15Mileidy Materano[1][11][12]

International competition

The following is a list of Trinidad and Tobago representatives at the Miss Grand International contest.

YearRepresentativeOriginal national titleCompetition performanceNational director(s)
PlacementOther awards
2015 Rachelle Marcial[13] Finalist Miss Trinidad and Tobago 2014 Resigned
  • Vanessa Manoo
  • Gregory Lewin
Loraine Laloon[5]
 — Unable to compete
2017 Melissa Aguilleira[6] 1st runner-up Miss Trinidad and Tobago 2017[6] Unable to compete
2023 Mileidy Materano[12] Miss Grand Trinidad and Tobago 2023[12] Resigned
  • Kehra Ramsubhag
  • Sean Paul
Rebekah Hislop[14]
 1st runner-up Miss Grand Trinidad and Tobago 2023[15] Unplaced[16] —

National finalists

The following list is the national finalists of the Miss Grand Trinidad and Tobago pageant, as well as the competition results.

Color keys
 A  Declared as the winner
  Ended as a runner-up
  Ended as a semifinalist
  Ended as a quarterfinalist
 –  Did not participate
  Withdraw during the competition

2023–present : Regions and municipalities Representatives

Year
Represented
 2023
Arima Hashanna Hosein
Arouca Varishma Matroo
Caroni Central Maria Enika Ramnath
Caroni East Samantha Neeranjan
Chaguanas Britney Ramatula
Diego Martin East Vanita Dalipram
Diego Martin West Mileidy Materano
Mayaro Shinisee Mohammed
Pointe-à-Pierre Vinaya Leandra
Port of Spain North Shalyma Boisselle
San Fernando Diamond John Williams
San Juan Celine Hosten
St. Anns East Andrea Sofia
St. Augustine Jessika Emrit
St. Joseph Rebekah Hislop
total15

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Innis Francis (July 25, 2023). "T& T to crown delegates to compete In Mr. and Miss Grand International". Trinidad and Tobago Guardian. Retrieved July 29, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  2. 1 2 3 Mahalia Joseph-Wharton (July 26, 2023). "Mister And Miss Grand International Casting Call". Trinidad and Tobago Television. Archived from the original on July 29, 2023. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Stolen Productions Ltd". 2023. Archived from the original on July 29, 2023. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Mister And Miss Grand International Casting Call" (YouTube Video). TTT Live Onlive. July 26, 2023. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Loraine Laloon - Miss Grand Trinidad and Tobago 2015 Represent Trinidad and Tobago at Miss Grand International 2015 , Bangkok Thailand". Miss Grand International. August 31, 2015. Archived from the original on July 29, 2023. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
  6. 1 2 3 Kimberly Wallace (September 8, 2017). "National Cricketer Now Beauty Queen". Trinidad Express Newspapers. Retrieved July 29, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  7. ↑ "Miss Grand International 2015 contestants". Miss Grand International. November 16, 2015. Archived from the original on November 16, 2015. Retrieved February 8, 2023 – via Internet Archive. No T&T representative in the list of 2015 contestants
  8. ↑ "Miss Grand International 2017 contestants". Miss Grand International. October 8, 2017. Archived from the original on October 8, 2017. Retrieved February 9, 2023 – via Internet Archive. No T&T representative in the list of 2017 contestants
  9. ↑ "Mister Grand 2022 Acquil Arthur, centre, poses for a picture with some hopefuls for the 2023 screening of Mister and Miss Grand International Competition on Sunday at Studio 28, Maraval Road, Port-of-Spain". Trinidad and Tobago Guardian. July 25, 2023. Retrieved July 29, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  10. ↑ Nicholas Maraj (November 4, 2022). "15 compete in Mister Grand Trinidad and Tobago pageant". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. Archived from the original on July 29, 2023. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
  11. ↑ Ryan Hamilton-Davis (August 17, 2023). "Kehra Ramsubhag's 'Grand' idea: Pageants create leaders". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. Archived from the original on August 19, 2023. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
  12. 1 2 3 "Mileidy Materano to represent Trinidad and Tobago at Miss Grand International 2023". Wicnews.com. September 11, 2023. Archived from the original on September 11, 2023. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
  13. ↑ "Loraine Laloon - Miss Grand Trinidad & Tobago 2015 (replacing Rachelle Marcial for unknown reasons)". 2015. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
  14. ↑ Rhondor Dowlat. "Mileidy gives up Miss Grand International T&T crown... Claims she has to fund own way to Vietnam". Trinidad and Tobago Guardian. Archived from the original on September 28, 2023. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
  15. ↑ Innis Francis (September 13, 2023). "Criticisms and boos mar Mr & Miss Grand pageant finals". Trinidad and Tobago Guardian. Archived from the original on September 28, 2023. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
  16. ↑ Chavely Chiroque; Carol Ruiz; Richard Gomero (October 25, 2023). "Luciana Fuster ganó el Miss Grand International 2023: sencillez y glamour en su paso por el concurso de belleza". www.infobae.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on October 25, 2023. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
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