The Caribbean woman who shocked the world as the first black Miss Universe in 1977
A report by Mildred Europa Taylor for Face 2 Face Africa. She was not considered to be the favourite to win the Miss Universe competition in 1977 but she eventually sailed through, becoming the first woman from the Caribbean and the first woman of African ancestry to be crowned. Born in June 1953 to a Trinidadian…
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