Derron Stephen Andrews‘s wife Jenelle Thongs Andrews is the first married woman to represent Trinidad and Tobago in Miss Universe. On August 4, 2024, she was crowned Miss Universe Trinidad and Tobago 2024 at Queen’s Hall in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
Miss Universe Trinidad and Tobago 2025
On July 20, 2025, Jenelle will crown 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. If facial beauty is the only criterion, these will be my Top 5 candidates:
5. Anushka Dookhie (D’Abadie)
4. Akina Lalla (Valencia)
3. Ranushka Burgess (Diego Martin)
2. Latifah Morris (Chaguanas East)
1. Sihle Letren (Diamond Vale)
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. The country was not represented in the international beauty pageant from 1952 to 1961, 1967 to 1970, in 1972, in 1992, in 2007, in 2009, in 2015, in 2016 and from 2018 to 2021.
Stephen Jones has been the chief executive officer of Crowns and Sashes Academy T&T since July 2019. He has been 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.
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