Giselle Laronde

Giselle JeanneMarie LarondeWest is a Trinidadian model and beauty queen who won the Miss World 1986 contest, representing Trinidad and Tobago. Walking away with the title Miss World 1986, Giselle Laronde West became the first woman from Trinidad and Tobago to be victorious in the Miss World pageant, at the age of justyears. She became the second woman from that nation to win an international beauty pageant, after Janelle Commissiong Miss Universe 1977. The pageant was held in London, UK. In that year, the US was represented by aspiring actress Halle Berry.

Giselle was born in PortofSpain, Trinidad. She grew up all over Trinidad but spent most of her life in San Fernando where she moved with her family at the age of 10. One of four children, she attended St. Peters school at PointePierre and St. Francois Girls High School. In her early 20s, while was Giselle working at a local credit union, many of her friends and family,encouraged her to enter the Miss World contest because they said she looked the part and had the personality. Giselle believed herself to be goodlooking, but did not believe herself to be exceptionally gorgeous. She also considered herself a tomboy never glamorous, never ever a girlygirl or getting her nails and hair done... Family therefore had to prod, they encourage her to attend the Miss World auditions held in the nations capital, PortofSpain which was the last day to be eligible for the contest. When she did win the Miss World title she was surprised, more like shocked, she was full of pride and excitement and had l

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