13 things about Miss Universe Trinidad & Tobago 2024 Jenelle Andrews

Jenelle Thongs Andrews is from Morvant, San Juan-Laventille, Trinidad and Tobago. She represented the country in Miss Carival, Miss Heritage International, Jaycees International Queen, Miss Caribbean United, Miss Supranational and Miss Universe.

BIOGRAPHY

Andrews is a Trinidadian beauty queen with a bachelor’s degree in biology. She attended Saint Francois Girls’ College in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Sixth Form Government Secondary School in Port of Spain and the University of the West Indies in St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.

On February 2, 2025, Andrews turned 33. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. In 1998, she, her two older siblings and their parents moved from Belmont, Port of Spain to Morvant.
2. She was Trinidad and Tobago’s Miss Carival 2013 candidate.
3. In 2016, she visited Sri Lanka.
4. She won Miss Beauty Trinidad and Tobago 2016 and Miss Heritage International 2016.
5. In 2017, she visited Antigua and Barbuda and Saint Kitts and Nevis.
6. She is Miss Trinidad and Tobago Carnival Queen 2017.
7. She was Trinidad and Tobago’s Jaycees International Queen 2017 candidate and Miss Caribbean United 2018 candidate.
8. She won Miss Supranational Trinidad and Tobago 2020.
9. In 2021, she visited Poland.
10. She was a Miss Supranational 2021 semifinalist.
11. In 2024, she married Derron Stephen Andrews and visited Mexico.
12. She won Miss Universe Trinidad and Tobago 2024.
13. She was a Miss Universe 2024 candidate.

TIMELINE

Jenelle is the first married woman to represent Trinidad and Tobago in Miss Universe. She reigned as Miss Universe Trinidad and Tobago 2024 while she was managing her own dental practice.

2010s

• On June 28, 2013, she represented Trinidad and Tobago at Miss Carival 2013 and competed against nine other candidates at Victoria Park in Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. She was unplaced.
• On August 29, 2016, she competed against 11 other Miss Beauty Trinidad and Tobago 2016 candidates in Tacarigua, Trinidad and Tobago and won the title.
• On December 9, 2016, she represented Trinidad and Tobago at Miss Heritage International 2016 and competed against 60 other candidates in Beruwala, Sri Lanka. She won the title.
• On May 8, 2017, she was crowned Miss Trinidad and Tobago Carnival Queen 2017.
• On July 30, 2017, she represented Trinidad and Tobago at Jaycees International Queen 2017 and competed against 12 other candidates at the Antigua Recreation Ground in St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda. She was unplaced but she won the Miss Congeniality award.
• On August 8, 2017, she represented Trinidad and Tobago at Miss Caribbean United 2018 and competed against nine other candidates at the Nevis Cultural Complex in Charlestown, St. Kitts and Nevis. She was unplaced but she won the Miss Congeniality award.

2020s

• On November 1, 2020, she represented Morvant at Miss Supranational Trinidad and Tobago 2020, competed against nine other candidates in a private ceremony and won the title.
• On August 21, 2021, she represented Trinidad and Tobago at Miss Supranational 2021 and competed against 57 other candidates at the Strzelecki Park Amphitheater in Nowy Sącz, Małopolska, Poland. She finished in the Top 24.
• On April 6, 2024, she and Derron got married.
• On August 4, 2024, she competed against 10 other Miss Universe Trinidad and Tobago 2024 candidates at Queen’s Hall in St. Anns, Trinidad and Tobago and won the title.
• On August 13, 2024, she paid a courtesy call to Tourism Trinidad Limited interim chief executive officer Cornell Buckradee.
• On November 16, 2024, she represented Trinidad and Tobago at Miss Universe 2024 and competed against 124 other candidates at the Arena Ciudad de México (Arena CDMX) in Azcapotzalco, Mexico City, Mexico. She was unplaced but she won the Miss Congeniality award.
• On July 20, 2025, she crowned her successor Miss Universe Trinidad and Tobago 2025 Sihle Letren at the Queens Hall in the Port of Spain.