Disaster management teams plodded through flood-stricken areas Tuesday distributing tarpaulins and foodstuff for dozens of families hard hit by floods in South and Central Trinidad.
You are here
Queens show the light of Divali
Published:
Wednesday, October 18, 2017
President of the NCIC Deokienanan Sharma, left, crowns Miss Divali Nagar 201, Seema Moonilal.
PICTURES SHASTRI BOODAN
Seema Moonilal, 22, is this year’s Divali Queen. The 22-year-old won the title and $20,000 on Monday night at the National Council of Indian Culture (NCIC), in Chaguanas.
There were regional and international contestants in the competition with Canadian Suvina Smolksy placing second and Navina Misir of the United States in third.
Misir also won the Miss Photogenic title.
Shaenna Gilharry, of Belize, won the talent round of the competition.
The award for the Best Sari went to Ashwaita Bachoe, of Suriname.
Bachoe wore a red and gold embroidered sari complete with accessories. The award for Best Hair went to Raveena Nandlal, while the award for Best Makeup was won by Amisha Lulkool.
Disclaimer
User comments posted on this website are the sole views and opinions of the comment writer and are not representative of Guardian Media Limited or its staff.
Guardian Media Limited accepts no liability and will not be held accountable for user comments.
Guardian Media Limited reserves the right to remove, to edit or to censor any comments.
Any content which is considered unsuitable, unlawful or offensive, includes personal details, advertises or promotes products, services or websites or repeats previous comments will be removed.
Before posting, please refer to the Community Standards, Terms and conditions and Privacy Policy
User profiles registered through fake social media accounts may be deleted without notice.
In case you missed it.
 |
 Reigning national 200 metres champion Kyle Greaux captured the men’s 200 metres gold medal when he stopped the clock at 20.11 seconds at the North American, Central American and Caribbean (NACAC)... |
 Heavy overnight rains have caused the Gran Couva Main Road to cave preventing delivery trucks from entering several communities. |
 The T&T Olympic Committee (TTOC) and Commonwealth Games Association of T&T (CGATT) on the occasion of International Youth Day (IYD) called on the T&T Olympic and Commonwealth sport... |
 If all goes well the Galleons Passage can begin servicing the seabridge before month’s end. |
 President Paula-Mae Weekes was yesterday conferred with the nation’s highest award —the Order of the Republic of T&T (ORTT). |
 Acting Attorney General and Member of Parliament for Laventille West Fitzgerald Hinds was given an unceremonious bath with flood water yesterday by constituents in Beetham Gardens and chased from... |
 In a letter to his father, a 19-year-old “Vido” Naipaul, as a lowly student at Oxford University, (in)famously wrote: “I want to come top of my group. |
 A whole wide world of learning is being opened up to dozens of students from Mayaro and environs attending the Black Deer Vacation Camp sponsored by energy company bpTT. |
 Stand-up comedy is a growing field in T&T, being built by comics one performance at a time. |
Trinidad & Tobago Guardian Online