Trinidad and To­ba­go’s Hai­ley Pysadee was crowned Miss In­dia World­wide at the in­ter­na­tion­al pageant held in Trinidad last night, bring­ing the ti­tle home as con­tes­tants from around the world gath­ered for the high­ly an­tic­i­pat­ed com­pe­ti­tion.

Pysadee emerged as the over­all win­ner af­ter com­pet­ing against rep­re­sen­ta­tives from more than 30 coun­tries, earn­ing the top ho­n­our in a show­case of beau­ty, cul­ture and in­ter­na­tion­al tal­ent.

The vic­to­ry gives Trinidad and To­ba­go a ma­jor mo­ment on the in­ter­na­tion­al pageant stage and adds to the coun­try’s grow­ing pro­file as a des­ti­na­tion for ma­jor cul­tur­al and en­ter­tain­ment events.

Pysadee’s win al­so pro­vid­ed a home-coun­try high­light for the com­pe­ti­tion, which brought to­geth­er women rep­re­sent­ing dif­fer­ent coun­tries and com­mu­ni­ties of In­di­an her­itage for an evening cel­e­brat­ing cul­ture, con­fi­dence and Caribbean hos­pi­tal­i­ty.