Janelle Commissiong information

Janelle "Penny" Commissiong, TC (born June 15, 1953) is a Trinidadian politician, model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 1977. She studied...

pageant's history that the event was held in Dominican Republic. Janelle Commissiong of Trinidad and Tobago was crowned by Rina Messinger of Israel at...

Universe 1978 Margaret Gardiner South Africa Miss Universe 1977 Janelle Commissiong Trinidad and Tobago Miss Universe 1976 Rina Messinger Israel Miss...

held in Mexico. Margaret Gardiner of South Africa was crowned by Janelle Commissiong of Trinidad and Tobago at the end of the event. This is the first...

woman from that nation to win an international beauty pageant, after Janelle Commissiong Miss Universe 1977 and the only one to date, to win Miss World. The...

Universe 1978 Margaret Gardiner South Africa Miss Universe 1977 Janelle Commissiong Trinidad and Tobago Miss Universe 1976 Rina Messinger Israel Miss...

Miss Universe titleholders and the first black woman ever to win: Janelle Commissiong in 1977, followed by Wendy Fitzwilliam in 1998; the country has also...

at Miss Universe pageant. The country's representative in 1977, Janelle Commissiong, became the first person of African ethnicity to win the Miss Universe...

achievements Preceded by Anne Marie Pohtamo Miss Universe 1976 Succeeded by Janelle Commissiong Preceded by Orit Cooper Miss Israel 1976 Succeeded by Zehava Vardi...

judge) Giselle Blondet – Puerto Rican actress and television host Janelle Commissiong – Miss Universe 1977 from Trinidad and Tobago Nadia Ferreira – Paraguayan...

also win Miss Photogenic, the others being Margareta Arvidsson, Janelle Commissiong, and Denise Quiñones. Two years after her reign, she married and...

Hosein Inshan Ali, cricketer Ira Mathur Ishwar Maraj, cricketer Janelle Commissiong Jean Pierre; see Netball in Trinidad and Tobago Jean Ramjohn-Richards...

Awards and achievements Preceded by Janelle Commissiong Miss Universe – Photogenic Award 1978 Succeeded by Carolyn Seaward Preceded by Claudia María Garnier...

title as well. Her win came 21 years after another Trinidadian, Janelle Commissiong, who also happened to be the first Miss Universe of African heritage...

Universe Trinidad and Tobago 9 Winner Janelle Commissiong (1977) Wendy Fitzwilliam (1998) 1977 Janelle Commissiong (Winner) 2022 Tya Jané Ramey (Top 16)...

time, a black contestant won the Miss Universe beauty pageant, as Janelle Commissiong, representing Trinidad and Tobago, was crowned at Santo Domingo in...

 South Africa Katherine Ruth  United States 1977 Mary Stävin  Sweden Janelle Commissiong  Trinidad and Tobago Pilar Medina  Spain 1976 Cindy Breakspeare  Jamaica...

Bishop (1940–2011) - artist, choreographer, ethno-musicologist. Janelle "Penny" Commissiong - Miss Universe 1976.[citation needed] Dana Seetahal SC (1955–2014)...

(1982), Mighty Gabby "Jamaica Hurricane" (1951), Lord Beginner "Janelle ‘Penny’ Commissiong" (1978), Lord Kitchener "Lieutenant Julian" (1928), Sam Manning...