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Giselle Laronde turns 63 on October 23, 2026, approaching the 40th anniversary of the night she became Trinidad and Tobago’s first and only Miss World winner. Born in Port of Spain on October 23, 1963, Laronde won the Miss Trinidad and Tobago World title before representing the country at Miss World 1986. She secured the international crown at London’s Royal Albert Hall on November 13, 1986. Her victory made her the second woman representing Trinidad and Tobago to win a major international beauty pageant, following Janelle Commissiong’s Miss Universe triumph in 1977. The distinction is important: Laronde remains the country’s only Miss World winner. Biographical records describe Laronde as a self-assured contestant who did not fit her own idea of a conventionally glamorous pageant entrant. She later said that confidence, personality, grace and feeling at ease on stage contributed to her performance. After Miss World, Laronde used her prize money to study at Goldsmiths, University of London, where she completed a degree in Sociology and Communication. She was subsequently awarded the Chaconia Medal Gold, and a BWIA aircraft was named in her honour. Her interests and accomplishments have extended beyond pageantry. Laronde holds a third-degree black belt in Shotokan karate and has won medals at international championships. As she marks her 63rd birthday, Laronde’s 1986 victory remains a singular achievement in Trinidad and Tobago’s pageant history and a widely recognised part of the country’s cultural record.
Giselle Laronde turns 63 on October 23, 2026, approaching the 40th anniversary of the night she became Trinidad and Tobago’s first and only Miss World winner.
Born in Port of Spain on October 23, 1963, Laronde won the Miss Trinidad and Tobago World title before representing the country at Miss World 1986. She secured the international crown at London’s Royal Albert Hall on November 13, 1986.
Her victory made her the second woman representing Trinidad and Tobago to win a major international beauty pageant, following Janelle Commissiong’s Miss Universe triumph in 1977. The distinction is important: Laronde remains the country’s only Miss World winner.
Biographical records describe Laronde as a self-assured contestant who did not fit her own idea of a conventionally glamorous pageant entrant. She later said that confidence, personality, grace and feeling at ease on stage contributed to her performance.
After Miss World, Laronde used her prize money to study at Goldsmiths, University of London, where she completed a degree in Sociology and Communication. She was subsequently awarded the Chaconia Medal Gold, and a BWIA aircraft was named in her honour.
Her interests and accomplishments have extended beyond pageantry. Laronde holds a third-degree black belt in Shotokan karate and has won medals at international championships.
As she marks her 63rd birthday, Laronde’s 1986 victory remains a singular achievement in Trinidad and Tobago’s pageant history and a widely recognised part of the country’s cultural record.
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