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winner: Trinidad and Tobago's Ann-Marie Briggs wears the acme of “Miss Face of the World 2017” afterwards capturing the appellation in Birmingham, England, on November 4.
["485"]With Yvonne Clarke set to fly the red, white and atramentous at the 66th copy of the Miss Universe pageant, in Las Vegas, USA, on November 26, accession bounded adorableness queen has started the brawl rolling by capturing an all-embracing title.
Ann-Marie Briggs, 25, did Trinidad and Tobago appreciative back she was crowned Miss Face of the World 2017 in Birmingham, England, on November 4.
England's Abbey-Anne Gyles emerged the aboriginal runner-up while Deepika Chauraisa of India was the additional runner-up.
In accession to the all-embracing title, Briggs copped the “Hair and Adorableness Award”, forth with Great Britain's Danielle Terry, while Jordan Davis of England, Great Britain's Yeasin Mohammed and Steve Onyeneke of Nigeria abounding the top three spots in the macho copy of the contest.
Speaking with the Accurate afterward her victory, Briggs said: “I feel adequate and aflame as I had backed myself to do able-bodied adjoin all the odds.
“And now my three-year-old son Aiden has a bequest of me to be appreciative of. I cried as I batten to him on the buzz and he said, 'I'm appreciative of you in acceptable your celebration mommy, I am actual appreciative of you'.”
["388"]Briggs said she had an amazing acquaintance and that she acquainted both adequate and confident.
“My self-training paid off. Although I went as a aggregation of one and had no Trinbagonian supporters or teammates, I fabricated the best of my acquaintance and topped huge delegations from India, Nigeria and England, aloof to name a few,” Briggs said.
She said because of a abridgement of advocacy she had to architecture as able-bodied as awning the bulk of her civic apparel and apparel for the pageant, with abetment from accompany and family.
“I approved adamantine to attain advocacy but to no avail. However, acknowledgment to my ancestors and accompany who believed in me and assisted with fund-raising activities such as barbecues and broil sales, while models and aggregation associates absorbed to my modelling school, Briggs Model Management, gave me abounding support, I was able to cull it off.”
The above El Dorado West Secondary pupil, who was built-in in Valencia but grew up in St Joseph, said she got her afflatus back as a little babe she watched Wendy Fitzwilliam abduction the Miss Universe appellation in 1998.
“I bethink axis to my mom and adage that's activity to be me one day.”
["1164"]And afterwards an attack as a teenager, she absitively to get into the administration ancillary of things, until now.
“My aboriginal celebration came at the age of 18 in a bounded boyhood adorableness contest, while my aboriginal acquaintance in a authoritative accommodation was as the celebration administrator and organiser for the Miss Regency All-embracing from 2014 to 2016, area T&T won the appellation in 2016.
“However, ambitious to be a adorableness queen in Trinidad is abounding with abundant challenges because of the abridgement of a acceptance system.
“Our country and our Government are not that admiring of added pageants or competitions alfresco of Miss Universe and Miss World, which banned the blazon of women that can participate and additionally banned the industry,” said Briggs.
“The actuality is, all-embracing pageants and competitions are the Olympics of the modelling industry. Yet we are not accustomed the aforementioned bulk of account and abutment that is accustomed to the antic industry.
“The aforementioned way antic activities empower women and men in altered means is additionally the aforementioned way pageants and modelling empower us as a people. We are not accustomed the account that we charge and deserve.”
But the activity of the architect of Briggs Model Administration and civic administrator for the Face of the World and Miss Commonwealth All-embracing pageants is not all about modelling.
["601.4"]She serves as the host and presenter for the Social Justice Foundation in accession to actuality the architect of 'Beauties adjoin Violence', an anti-violence attack that includes anybody who has anytime been a victim of abuse.
Describing herself as addition who loves actuality outdoors, Briggs said her best important role in activity is that of actuality a mother. However, she still has goals in the adorableness industry she wants to achieve.
“I will be accommodating in the Miss Commonwealth All-embracing celebration in London on November 26, area my aim is to do a apple-pie ambit by acceptable a double.
“Following that, I will activate casting for males and females to represent Trinidad and Tobago at the Face of the World All-embracing and the Miss Commonwealth All-embracing pageants in 2018.
“The castings are accessible to all males and females over the age of 16 with a accurate passport.
“Additionally, the accessible can attending out for modelling shows and competitions hosted by my business, Briggs Model Management, and I intend to abide my 'Beauties adjoin Violence' attack by demography it to the schools, alpha with the schools I attended,” Briggs said.
["679"]T&T's newest adorableness queen took the befalling to accurate her acknowledgment to her mother Agnes, who she said is her rock, as able-bodied as her son Aiden and abutting accompany Rishi, Margaret, Daniel, Ronald, Mateusz, Celia and Chris.
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