Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar on Thursday presented the crown to the winner of the inaugural Miss Afro T&T 2026 Pageant, praising all contestants for their talent, confidence and cultural awareness.

Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar applauded the contestants in the competition on their cultural presentations.

“I was sitting next to Dr. Dowlath and, of course, he is rooting for one of these ladies because she’s from his constituency. And we were sitting there and we were both, as educators, so impressed with the theme that each of your spoke on with your, I am not going to do the cultural, I stumble a little bit here, with the cultural parts that you could remember, but you were so good in your speaking and in the themes that you expressed so give all these women a round of applause.”