This May, the world’s longest-run­ning beau­ty pageant—Miss World—re­turns to In­dia, with the vi­brant and youth­ful state of Telan­gana, proud­ly step­ping in­to the glob­al spot­light as host. Span­ning four weeks from May 7 to 31, the 72nd edi­tion of the Miss World Pageant will un­fold across scenic des­ti­na­tions in Telan­gana, cul­mi­nat­ing in an open­ing and clos­ing cel­e­bra­tion in Hy­der­abad.

Fol­low­ing the suc­cess of the 71st Miss World staged in New Del­hi and Mum­bai, the fes­ti­val now moves to a state where “tra­di­tion meets in­no­va­tion and beau­ty is cel­e­brat­ed in all forms”.

Telan­gana—In­dia’s youngest state—has emerged as a sym­bol of progress, pair­ing cul­tur­al rich­ness with cut­ting-edge in­fra­struc­ture and glob­al con­nec­tiv­i­ty. From a world-class air­port and thriv­ing IT and phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal sec­tors, to a ro­bust health ecosys­tem and vi­brant film in­dus­try, Telan­gana has quick­ly carved a name for it­self on the world map.

And now, with over 120 coun­tries and ter­ri­to­ries par­tic­i­pat­ing in this in­ter­na­tion­al cel­e­bra­tion of pur­pose-dri­ven beau­ty, Telan­gana stands ready to wel­come the world.

Car­ry­ing the red, white, and black of Trinidad and To­ba­go with poise and pur­pose is An­na-Lise Nan­ton, a 27-year-old ge­ot­ech­ni­cal civ­il en­gi­neer from San­ta Cruz. A proud alum­na of St Joseph’s Con­vent, Port-of-Spain, and an open schol­ar­ship re­cip­i­ent, Nan­ton holds a first-class ho­n­ours de­gree in Civ­il En­gi­neer­ing from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Bath. Her pro­fes­sion­al jour­ney has tak­en her from Earth In­ves­ti­ga­tion Sys­tems Ltd in T&T to the glob­al stage with Arup (UK).

Now, she is chan­nelling her in­tel­lect, com­pas­sion, and charis­ma in­to rep­re­sent­ing T&T on the Miss World plat­form—guid­ed by a pow­er­house team that in­cludes for­mer Miss World T&T Giselle Laronde-West, pageant men­tor Richard Young, PR spe­cial­ist Adri­an Ray­mond, well­ness coach Rana Ibrahim, and un­der the lead­er­ship of Na­tion­al Di­rec­tor Charu Lochan Dass.

Nan­ton’s plat­form, “The Rip­ple Ef­fect”, em­braces ed­u­ca­tion, sport, and tech­nol­o­gy as cat­a­lysts for change. From teach­ing swim­ming through her work with IChoos­eS­port, to em­pow­er­ing chil­dren via her An­na-Lise AI health and nu­tri­tion por­tal, her ef­forts are mul­ti-di­men­sion­al and deeply im­pact­ful. She be­lieves in cre­at­ing rip­ples of change that can turn in­to a pow­er­ful wave—help­ing young peo­ple build skills, adopt healthy lifestyles, and dis­cov­er new op­por­tu­ni­ties.

Her Hike-and-Plant ini­tia­tive, which led to the plant­i­ng of over 1,000 trees, aligns en­vi­ron­men­tal well­ness with per­son­al health, while her school out­reach through the Pads-on-a-Roll Project (LSA Health­care) and AI Tu­tor (Wiz­dom­CRM)—both Min­istry of Ed­u­ca­tion-ap­proved—has touched the lives of over 2,000 chil­dren.

But Nan­ton’s im­pact doesn’t end with so­cial ini­tia­tives. A pas­sion­ate ad­vo­cate for holis­tic well-be­ing, she re­mains ac­tive­ly in­volved in sports such as foot­ball, touch rug­by, hik­ing, and run­ning, em­body­ing the phi­los­o­phy that health is both a men­tal and phys­i­cal jour­ney.

To Nan­ton, “true beau­ty tran­scends phys­i­cal ap­pear­ance; it lies in dis­cov­er­ing one’s pur­pose and mak­ing a mean­ing­ful dif­fer­ence in the world while re­main­ing au­then­tic to one­self.”

She fol­lows in the foot­steps of Aché Abra­hams, Miss World Caribbean and sec­ond run­ner-up at the pre­vi­ous stag­ing, and con­tin­ues the tra­di­tion of pow­er­ful, pur­pose­ful rep­re­sen­ta­tion for T&T.

The of­fi­cial an­nounce­ment of the 72nd Miss World Fes­ti­val was made by Ju­lia Mor­ley CBE, Chair­man and CEO of Miss World Lim­it­ed, along­side Ms Smi­ta Sab­har­w­al, Sec­re­tary to the Gov­ern­ment of Telan­gana, Tourism, Cul­ture, Her­itage, and Youth Af­fairs.

Ju­lia Mor­ley shared her ex­cite­ment: “We are de­light­ed to bring the 72nd Miss World Fes­ti­val to Telan­gana, a state that beau­ti­ful­ly rep­re­sents its rich cul­ture, in­no­va­tion, and hos­pi­tal­i­ty. Part­ner­ing with the Telan­gana gov­ern­ment al­lows us to show­case its in­cred­i­ble her­itage and dy­nam­ic growth to a glob­al au­di­ence. This col­lab­o­ra­tion is not just about host­ing the Miss World Fes­ti­val; it’s about em­pow­er­ing com­mu­ni­ties, cel­e­brat­ing di­ver­si­ty, and mak­ing a last­ing im­pact through our shared com­mit­ment to beau­ty with a pur­pose.”

Sab­har­w­al echoed this vi­sion: “Telan­gana is proud to an­nounce that it will be host­ing the 72nd Miss World 2025, wel­com­ing the world to wit­ness a land where beau­ty is not just what meets the eye; it is what res­onates with its land, peo­ple, cul­ture and tra­di­tions… This plat­form will show­case the rich hand­loom lega­cy, spec­tac­u­lar des­ti­na­tions, scrump­tious cui­sine, art-forms and crafts of time­less Telan­gana.”

She added, “Host­ing the 72nd Miss World Fes­ti­val is to tell the world that Telan­gana is ready–ready to show­case its spir­it, its warmth, and its bound­less po­ten­tial.”

The Min­istry of Tourism, Arts and Cul­ture in Trinidad and To­ba­go con­tin­ues to lend sup­port to the Miss World T&T plat­form—nur­tur­ing young fe­male role mod­els and am­pli­fy­ing the na­tion’s vis­i­bil­i­ty on the in­ter­na­tion­al stage.

As Telan­gana pre­pares to wel­come the world, the mes­sage is clear:

“Telan­gana, Zarur Aana”—Come, for this is where beau­ty finds its truest mean­ing.

For me­dia in­quiries or to sup­port the Miss World T&T Fran­chise and An­na-Lise Nan­ton, please con­tact the Miss World T&T team di­rect­ly.

For lo­cal MWTT in­quiries, con­tact Navin Bood­hai at +1-868-774-2534 or nbood­hai@gmail.com

For glob­al MW in­quiries, con­tact Ash­wani Shuk­la at +9892236954 or al­tair­me­dia1@gmail.com