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Saturday, June 21, 2025

Two first-time winners have been crowned this year's Carnival King and Queen

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Derek Achong
852 days ago
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Raymond Mark, Priya Nagassar and Duane Ta'zyah O' Connor. Image by Otto Carrington

Raymond Mark, Priya Nagassar and Duane Ta'zyah O' Connor. Image by Otto Carrington

Derek Achong

Ray­mond Mark and Priya Na­gas­sar eclipsed nine com­peti­tors in each com­pe­ti­tion to cop the top prizes at the end of the Di­manche Gras show at the Queen's Park Sa­van­nah, a short while ago.

Mark, in his eighth year in the com­pe­ti­tion, sur­passed peren­ni­al win­ner Ted Eu­stace, who was hop­ing to se­cure his fifth ti­tle in this year's com­pe­ti­tion.

Last year's Car­ni­val Queen Shynel Brizan nar­row­ly missed out on suc­cess­ful­ly de­fend­ing her crown as she placed third.

Last year's Car­ni­val King Joseph, who al­so shared the top prize with Brizan in 2019, al­so placed third in the Car­ni­val King com­pe­ti­tion.

Car­ni­val King Re­sults

1. Ray­mond Mark - The Feath­ered Ser­pent Crea­ture "Ku Kul Kan"

2. Ted Eu­stace - El Con­quis­ta­dor

3. Joseph Lewis - "Ude­veli Oluh­laza"-The Haunt­ed Jab of Can­boulay

4. Kyle An­tho­ny Matas - Cre­atio Ex Nih­lo - The Eter­nal Source Of Light Devine

5. Ravi Lakhan - Trib­ute-Jesters of the Taint­ed Past

6. Joel Lewis - Wa­ter­fall Or­a­cle

7. Rus­sell Grant - The Res­ur­rec­tion Mule

8. Ronald Bar­ney Blaize - Lega­cy of the Mighty Spar­tans

9. Mar­lon Ram­per­sad - Hades King of the Un­der­world

10. Tekel Syl­van - Be­lieve It Or Not They Are Here

Car­ni­val Queen Re­sults

1. Priya Na­gas­sar - The Moth­er of All Car­ni­vals-Cel­e­bra­tions

2. Marie Eligon - Cleans­ing Fire

3. Shynel Brizan - Aimee, A Dancer Of Free­dom's Cousin­ship to Epi­taphs of Fate

4. Dana Ram­per­sad - For The Love of T&T - A Trib­ute To Trinidad and To­ba­go

5. Sav­it­ri Ho­lassie -Mas­quer­ade - The Hid­den Beau­ty

6. Lau­ra Ram­per­sad - Athena God­dess of War and Wis­dom

7. Nisa Nathu Hari - Khione: Win­ter's En­chantress

7. Krys­tal Thomas - Sa Sa Yea

9. Tekeyah Fletch­er Mar­shall - The Spir­it of Car­ni­val - Trib­ute to Roland St George

20. Ruth Adams Mendez - The Emer­gency Of The Mar­aval Lily

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