In­nis Fran­cis

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Niki­ta Sam­lal is the first-time win­ner of Miss Sari Trinidad and To­ba­go Beau­ty Pageant. The show was held at the Sun­dar Popo Au­di­to­ri­um, SAPA-South, on Sat­ur­day.

Sam­lal, 24, pa­rad­ed as Miss Rio Claro and won the ti­tle to rep­re­sent this coun­try in the up­com­ing Miss Sari In­ter­na­tion­al pageant lat­er this year.

The beau­ty queen is an en­tre­pre­neur of her own busi­ness, Mix Col­lec­tion, a cloth­ing line.

Af­ter be­ing de­clared the ti­tle­hold­er, Sam­lal now has a mis­sion and an agen­da to pro­mote young women’s dreams of be­com­ing in­de­pen­dent achiev­ers.

From a field of 10 del­e­gates, Sam­lal, in the and An­swer and Ques­tion Seg­ment, said if she was to win the ti­tle it would be an ho­n­our to be the am­bas­sador for this coun­try.

She said she would use the plat­form to up­lift every­one; the vul­ner­a­ble and es­pe­cial­ly young women. She said she would shed light on their sto­ries and hope to get re­sults.

“I hope to in­spire and up­lift all, every­body, es­pe­cial­ly our young peo­ple. To take their tra­di­tions and cus­toms with pride, and car­ry them on. And to in­spire oth­er young women to fol­low their dreams and do what their hearts tell them to do. Don’t al­low self-doubt to get in the way of your dreams. I was sec­ond run­ner-up in Miss World 2019 and I didn’t stop there, I de­cid­ed to try some­thing new…so don’t give up on your dreams, keep try­ing,” Sam­lal said.

Miss Sari T&T was held un­der the pa­tron­age of the High Com­mis­sion­er of In­dia and pro­duced by ex­ec­u­tive pro­duc­ers Mahin­dra Ram­per­sad and Er­i­ca Caton.

Run­ners up—first, sec­ond, third, and fourth to Sam­lal were Kim­ber­ly See­taram, Shiv­ani Man­ick, Vini­ta Son­ny, and Amelia Ra­goo, re­spec­tive­ly.