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Date Posted: Wednesday, December 17, 10:58:33pm
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Wednesday, December 17th 2008
Trinidad Express
'LOOK AT THESE': Miss World Trinidad and Tobago Gabrielle Walcott displays the two awards she received on arrival at Piarco International Airport on Monday night, following her second runner-up placing in the Miss World competition on Saturday at Johannesburg, South Africa. Gabrielle copped the Beauty with a Purpose and Caribbean Queen titles. -Photo: JERMAINE CRUICKSHANK
Miss World Trinidad and Tobago, Gabrielle Walcott, plans on enjoying a "Trini style" Christmas in the upcoming weeks.
Walcott emerged second runner-up in the 2008 Miss World pageant last Saturday, behind Miss India, Parvathay Omanakuttan, the first runner-up, and Miss Russia, Kseniya Sukhinova, who won the Miss World crown.
She also won the Beauty with a Purpose award for her work with the Just Because Foundation at the international event, which took place in Johannesburg, South Africa.
"The Miss World Organisation may require me to tour and do charity work so I'm waiting to hear what's going on," Walcott explained to the Express yesterday.
"I have to be available when they need the help. In the meantime I'm just going to enjoy Christmas."
The local beauty, who returned home on Monday night, was very proud of her accomplishment.
"I'm extremely happy about my performance at the competition," she said.
"I went there and I did exactly what I hoped I could do for my country. I only wished that I could have finished giving my answer to the question I was asked."
Apart from being a finalist in the pageant and meeting many other girls, Walcott said she loved the safari experience in South Africa.
"I was particularly the most relaxed on the safari," she added.
"We stayed in a Pedi village, which is a native African tribe village, and we slept in their huts one night. Waking up on the crack of dawn on safari was amazing. The lions and the elephants made the experience even better."
As for queen maker Peter Elias's announcement that he would be bowing out of the pageant world, Walcott said it was a very sad moment for her.
Elias has been working in the local pageant industry for the last 15 years and has had many successes in the top 15 of both the Miss Universe and Miss World international pageants. He has also seen the crowning of Miss Universe 1998 Wendy Fitzwilliam.
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so why did the host cut off gabby? i didnt know the final answers segment had a time limit?!?! ah vex now.
what do u guys think...if she had finished her answer, would she have won?
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