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It was captured by the camera.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IujDkxbrkRU/Sn1EzAi0tcI/AAAAAAAAAyc/2kyiAv3JWxQ/s1600-h/Miss+trinidad+and+Tobago+Sash.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IujDkxbrkRU/Sn1EzAi0tcI/AAAAAAAAAyc/2kyiAv3JWxQ/s320/Miss+trinidad+and+Tobago+Sash.jpg\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003eClick on the picture to view it larger in order for you to see the sash of Miss Trinidad and Tobago.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cspan id\u003d\"fullpost\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSome \"informants\" also claimed in beauty pageant message boards that Wendy Fitzwilliam, Miss Universe 1998, acquired the franchise of Miss Universe at the last minute and she decided to send a representative this year. The representative was said to be a close relative of Wendy and she is Kerry Ann. Well, this is only a rumour.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eMichelle Malcolm, Senior Manager at the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism and a broadcast journalist, who does a daily updates on Miss Universe at Critical Beauty also wrote that the last candidate to arrive in Bahamas for the pageant was \"Miss Trinidad and Tobago - Kerry Ann King\".\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIn an update dated August 6th, Michelle said \"there are now 85 contestants competing in this year’s pageant. Miss Trinidad and Tobago Kerry Ann King, who was a finalist in the 2008 Miss Trinidad and Tobago pageant, was the last delegate to arrive.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eA pageant fan also claimed that he saw a picture of Miss TT along with Miss Turks and Caicos Jewel Selver but that was the only picture he saw. I have been searching for that picture but to no avail.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eBut a quick check at the official Miss Universe site, not a single shadow of Kerry Ann King or a Miss TT can be seen.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSo, what is the truth on this? It's already 15-days before the coronation and we haven't seen Miss TT in action. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/9hkaBmdAgQGnUrY3Mw5X-Q?feat\u003dembedwebsite\"\u003e\u003cimg src\u003d\"http://lh4.ggpht.com/_IujDkxbrkRU/Sn1C7n20onI/AAAAAAAAAyU/plSGVfL0L7k/s800/Kerry%20Ann%20King.jpeg\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003eI found this picture of Kerry Ann King who is a beauty queen from Trinidad and Tobago. i just don't know if this is the Kerry Ann we are talking here.\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8799344768425117304-6001585857850664419?l\u003dbeautyinpageants.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://beautyinpageants.blogspot.com/feeds/6001585857850664419/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d8799344768425117304\u0026postID\u003d6001585857850664419","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8799344768425117304/posts/default/6001585857850664419"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8799344768425117304/posts/default/6001585857850664419"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://beautyinpageants.blogspot.com/2009/08/truth-or-false-miss-trinidad-and-tobago.html","title":"Truth or False: Miss Trinidad and Tobago is competing at Miss Universe 2009  with Kerry Ann King?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kuh Chara"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/02159809230739664270"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"13082525683779825050"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IujDkxbrkRU/Sn1EzAi0tcI/AAAAAAAAAyc/2kyiAv3JWxQ/s72-c/Miss+trinidad+and+Tobago+Sash.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"2"},"georss$point":{"$t":"10.691803 -61.222503"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799344768425117304.post-5291106368950640195"},"published":{"$t":"2009-07-15T17:12:00.001+08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-07-15T17:50:43.011+08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"beauty pageant"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Miss World"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Miss Universe"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Miss Trinidad and Tobago"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Gabrielle Walcott"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Walcott: It’s too late for Miss Universe"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IujDkxbrkRU/Sl2c7jCNZgI/AAAAAAAAAVk/FYv7QzMGPWg/s1600-h/Gabrielle+Walcott+Miss+Trinidad+and+Tobago.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IujDkxbrkRU/Sl2c7jCNZgI/AAAAAAAAAVk/FYv7QzMGPWg/s400/Gabrielle+Walcott+Miss+Trinidad+and+Tobago.jpg\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIf asked to Gabrielle Walcott will not represent Trinidad and Tobago (TT) in the Miss Universe 2009 pageant which takes place in the Bahamas next month.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThere is just not enough time for either her or any other woman to prepare for the internationally popular beauty competition, said Walcott, the third-placed winner in the Miss World 2008 pageant.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan id\u003d\"fullpost\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e“I understand girls have to be there in the Bahamas in the next two weeks. I would never do myself or our country that injustice or disservice. How could I be prepared in just two weeks?” Walcott told Newsday.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSeveral broadcast media reports over the past two days claimed Walcott was expected to be approached by the Government to represent this country at the pageant. TT has had two winners at Miss Universe, Janelle Penny Commissiong in 1977 and Wendy Fitzwilliam in 1998, along with a string of semifinalists in recent years. Giselle La Ronde won Miss World in 2006, and again, this country has had successful runner-ups in this competition.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIn 2008, Anya Ayoung-Chee represented the country in the Miss Universe in Vietnam, while Walcott went to South Africa for the Miss World competition. Ayong-Chee did not place among the semifinalists but Walcott placed third, and even won the Queen of the Caribbean prize.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eWalcott denied the media reports and said no one from the Government had approached her to be a possible delegate to send to Bahamas. Even so, Walcott said it would be too late for her to get ready to compete.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e“I think it’s just too late to be properly prepared. Our girls have done well at that competition before and I don’t want to be one to spoil that record.”\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eFormer pageant trainer Allyson Brown, who has previously helped past delegates to both beauty competitions, was also in the dark about Walcott or any other woman being selected for Bahamas.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e“I did not hear anything. I have absolutely no information whatever on that,” said Brown.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAccording to Miss Universe Inc, 86 countries have already confirmed their attendance with this country listed as a withdrawal along with Antigua \u0026amp; Barbuda and Sri Lanka.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThat this country would be without a delegate at Miss Universe and possibly Miss World 2009, stemmed from the previous struggles of former franchise holder Peter Elias to obtain consistent support from the Government and the business community. In 2007, TT did not take part in Miss Universe because of lack of funding, and afterward Government stepped in and supported Valene Maharaj’s entry to Miss World 2007 where she placed third.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eElias could not be reached for comment yesterday. However, after Walcott’s success at Miss World last year, Elias stated that he was giving up the franchise for both competitions.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IujDkxbrkRU/Sl2c5FTxtcI/AAAAAAAAAVc/k-5dCWATBYs/s1600-h/Gabrielle+walcott.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IujDkxbrkRU/Sl2c5FTxtcI/AAAAAAAAAVc/k-5dCWATBYs/s400/Gabrielle+walcott.jpg\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSource: Joan Rampersad of newsday.co.tt\u003c/span\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8799344768425117304-5291106368950640195?l\u003dbeautyinpageants.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://beautyinpageants.blogspot.com/feeds/5291106368950640195/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d8799344768425117304\u0026postID\u003d5291106368950640195","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8799344768425117304/posts/default/5291106368950640195"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8799344768425117304/posts/default/5291106368950640195"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://beautyinpageants.blogspot.com/2009/07/walcott-its-too-late-for-miss-universe.html","title":"Walcott: It’s too late for Miss Universe"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kuh Chara"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/02159809230739664270"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"13082525683779825050"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}}]}});