Chief Secretary Orville London with Miss World 2010 Alexandria Mills (right) and first runner-up, Miss Botswana Emma Wareus, after the two beauties paid a courtesy call on him yesterday.
With the blessings of Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Tobago may be the next venue for Miss World 2011, notwithstanding an ugly and embarrassing shouting incident involving a female relative of this country’s representative to the Miss World 2010 pageant.
Minister of Tobago Development Vernella Alleyne-Toppin yesterday said the sister-isle could get the nod after co-chair of the Miss World Pageant Julia Morley and an entourage including reigning Miss World, American Alexandria Mills and first runner-up Miss Botswana Emma Wareus, paid a courtesy call on Tobago House of Assembly (THA) Chief Secretary Orville London yesterday morning and also toured several tourist attractions and facilities.
Tobago’s chances of hosting such an international event was dealt a severe blow when a woman claiming to be the mother of Miss TT Davia Chambers, met Alleyne-Toppin and in the presence of reigning Miss World Alexandria Mills, first runner-up Emma Wareus and the Miss World Pageant co-chair Julia Morley, and angrily demanded to know why her daughter Davia Chambers — TT’s representative at the Miss World 2010 pageant — was not invited to be part of the local team of officials to accompany the Miss World pageant organisers to different areas in Tobago.
As the Miss World entourage including Mills, Wareus and Morely looked on, Alleyne-Toppin tried her best to placate the angry woman while Chambers stood nearby with her back turned as she adjusted her make-up.
In the end, Miss World Alexanderia Mills led away Chambers and spoke to her in the company of Morley.
The reigning Miss World later led Chambers into a nearby Audi sedan and continued speaking with her.
“We are looking at TT, with Tobago as the main venue, for Miss World 2011. We have had our first talks. Miss Morley and the rest of her team spent some time touring the island. They visited the new Scarborough Hospital and they were later taken to the Buccoo Reef and other sites,” Alleyne-Toppin said. The entourage is expected in Trinidad today where they will tour several venues.
Part of today’s schedule includes dinner with Persad-Bissessar at the Prime Minister’s Residence and Diplomatic Centre in St Ann’s, where Toppin said a final decision would be made. The minister, who admitted she was very excited about the prospect of the sister isle hosting the international event, said they made no request for the pageant to be held in this country, but said the offer was made by Morley and the Miss World organisation.
“If given the opportunity we would say yes right now, but it is the Prime Minister who has the final say, and she will be meeting with them tomorrow (today),” she said.
The minister said hosting the event would be a big leap for Tobago’s tourism, infrastructure and especially for their marketing thrust. Courtesy Newsday
A mi tambien me llama la atencion que la primera princesa siempre anda de dama de compania de la Miss Mundo! Bueno en realidad ella debio ser la Miss Mundo!
botswana girl is much more prettier ,the winner seems cute but very regular and common very forgottable
I’ve commented here before that it seems strange that the Miss World organization sends the first runner up EVERYWHERE with the winner. I’ve never seen anything like it before. The winner is lovely and pretty but frankly the first runner up from Botswana should have won. I predict she will be in Miss Universe 2012.
EMMA WAREUS FOR MISS UNIVERSE 2011!!!
to Jahleel, Miss Botswana might be your real Miss World 2010 but remember that Alexandra Mills was selected as Miss World by a panel of former Miss Worlds who surely know better than anyone else on this planet what Miss World entails. I think Miss USA was the right choice- she radiates warmth, maturity beyond her age and a true desire to reach out to the world whereas Miss Botswana, though she is beautiful, seems to be missing something
I wish Emma to join Miss Universe ’11 representing her lovely country Botswana and she could win the crown
I can’t agree more with Tina. 2010′s first runner up, Miss Botswana, has such a special treatment compare to last years’ first runner up, like Perla, Parvathy, and Micaela. Honestly, I think this starts to be considered as an “unfair” treatment. Then, what’s the difference between winning the title of Miss World and only becoming the first runner up if both have the same spotlights?
I think ms botswana is real ms world for 2010. No bias her nobody know who was the current ms usa world fr 2009. There were never a pagent she was just handpick i don’t know maybe someone can informed wat a transpired last yr in usa(pagentry) so this can be rest. Overall both of them were perfect in the ms world. But there must be one winner. Ms Botswana is stunning though. Ms usa she pretty. Go botswana!!
I believe this is with the blessi.g of ms julia morley
Can anyone explain to me why first runner-up, Emma Wareus, has been tagging along with Alexandria Mills during her entire reign thus far? In the beginning it was nice to see a 1st RU get some recognition but this is getting absolutely hysterical.
Me llama la atención que en varias ocasiones han aparecido juntas la Miss MUndo reinante la primera finalista, y creo que es la primera vez que ello ocurre, si se que se han dado caso que coincidan en ciertos eventos la Miss Mundo reinante y reinas pasadas o alguna de sus finalistas, sobre todo cuando se visita algún país cuya representante ha ganado en años anteriores o que la representante de ese pa{is haya sido finalista de la edici{on de ese año, pero alguien sabe la razón de por que se las presenta juntas. Ojo ambas son muy bellas y yo personalmente preferia que ganara Bostwana o Irlanda a Usa, pero los hechos son claros, ganó Usa y ella es la reinante y quien debería estar presente en todos los eventos en representación de la Organización Miss Mundo.