Beauty with a Purpose Through Her Eyes

Jeanine BRANDT

I bring greetings from Trinidad and Tobago, a rainbow nation where ever creed and race find an equal place.

I am empowered by the cosmopolitan spirit and the all-embracing psyche of the loving people of my twin-island Republic.

We are a rainbow people exhilarated by our festival traditions, our multicultural heritage, our eclectic sense of style and our tropical joie de vivre.

We truly represent a melting pot of influences which allow diversity inclusivity and creativity to abound harmoniously and liberatingly

We appreciate our similarities but more than that we celebrate our differences.

My costume depicts our multidimensional splendour, our ethnic mosaic, our Carnival exhibitionism and our kaleidoscopic nature.

We are a paradise people who relish our island lifestyle, for we live resplendently, as though we did, in fact, find the secret to the elusive ‘pot of gold’ situated at the end of the rainbow.

I feel like a Carnival Goddess and it is my honour and duty to bring the essence and ethos of our unique Trinbagonian culture to share freely with the world - we are a plural society with a potpourri of elements, recognizing all, wholeheartedly, without prejudice.

We are extremely passionate and absolutely proud of our one-love culture!

Experience and Enjoy!