Residents of Central Trinidad got an unexpected thrill of excitement when the seven contestants in the Miss Central Trinidad Queen Pageant paraded in a motorcade through several communities on February 22.

Standing atop colourfully decorated open-backed vehicles, the seven lovely ladies gave onlookers a peek of what to expect when the pageant is staged at the Couva Car Park on Carnival Saturday, March 1.

Accompanied by the infectious music of DJ Audio Active Sound Company led by Rishi Ramsarran, the motorcade was greeted with hearty applause by onlookers, many of whom came out of their homes and businesses to see the contestants. The high point of the five-hour-long event was the passage through the crowded Chaguanas Main Road as traffic crawled at a snail’s pace as shoppers enjoyed the spectacle.