14 Miss Universe Trinidad and Tobago 2025 candidates competing in Port of Spain

Jenelle Thongs Andrews is Derron Stephen Andrews‘s wife. She is the first married woman to represent Trinidad and Tobago in Miss Universe.

On August 4, 2024, Jenelle competed against 10 other Miss Universe Trinidad and Tobago 2024 candidates at Queen’s Hall in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. She won the title.

Miss Universe Trinidad and Tobago 2025

On July 20, 2025, Jenelle will go back to Queens Hall in Port of Spain to crown her successor. It is the 46th edition of the national beauty pageant that selects Trinidad and Tobago’s Miss Universe candidate.

There are 14 women competing for the Miss Universe Trinidad and Tobago 2025 crown. Here are the candidates:

1. Chrystal Wharwood (Barataria)
2. Zayna McDonald-Jarra (Carenage)
3. Amelia Valdez (Caroni East)
4. Latifah Morris (Chaguanas East)
5. Shalini Soochit-Roopnarine (Chaguanas West)
6. Briege Pierre-Campbell (Cunupia)
7. Anushka Dookhie (D’Abadie)
8. Sihle Letren (Diamond Vale)
9. Ranushka Burgess (Diego Martin)
10. Cymoril Brizan (Gonzales)
11. Farah Mohammed (Palmiste)
12. Yolandra John (Point Fortin)
13. Aura Whittier (San Juan)
14. Akina Lalla (Valencia)

Trinidad and Tobago was represented in Miss Universe by Miss Trinidad in 1963 and 1964, Miss Trinidad and Tobago in 1966 and Miss Universe Trinidad and Tobago from 1971 to 2024. Stephen Jones has been the chief executive officer of Crowns and Sashes Academy T&T since July 2019 and the national director of Miss Universe Trinidad and Tobago since 2022.

Currently, Trinidad and Tobago has nine Miss Universe placements including the coronation of Janelle Commissiong in 1977 and Wendy Fitzwilliam in 1998. The most recent one was in the 2022 edition where Tya Jané Ramey finished in the Top 16.

On November 16, 2024, Jenelle 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.