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Janelle "Penny"
Commissiong, TC (born June 15, 1953) is a
Trinidadian politician,
model and
beauty queen who was
crowned Miss
Universe 1977. She studied...
- pageant's
history that the
event was held in
Dominican Republic.
Janelle Commissiong of
Trinidad and
Tobago was
crowned by Rina
Messinger of
Israel at the...
- in Mexico.
Margaret Gardiner of
South Africa was
crowned by
Janelle Commissiong of
Trinidad and
Tobago at the end of the event. This is the
first time...
- PLP
politicians included Senator Rolfe Commissiong (son of
Trinidadian musician Rudolph Patrick Commissiong). They have
emphasised Bermuda's cultural...
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During the
event held in Acapulco, she
received her
crown from
Janelle Commissiong, the
first black titleholder of the pageant. She was the only Miss Universe...
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Caribbean Chapters, 2013. ISBNÂ 978-976-95522-3-4. "Interview with
David Commissiong (Bridgetown, Barbados,
September 15, 1998)", in
Rodney Worrell, Pan-Africanism...
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Universe 1978
Margaret Gardiner South Africa Miss
Universe 1977
Janelle Commissiong Trinidad and
Tobago Miss
Universe 1976 Rina
Messinger Israel Miss Universe...
- USS Hank (DD-702), an
Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, was
named for
Lieutenant Commander William Hank. Hank was
launched on 21 May 1944 by the Federal...
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Universe titleholders and the
first black woman ever to win:
Janelle Commissiong in 1977,
followed by
Wendy Fitzwilliam in 1998; the
country has also...
- from that
nation to win an
international beauty pageant,
after Janelle Commissiong Miss
Universe 1977 and the only one to date, to win Miss World. The pageant...
