1. Toni-Ann Singh is a Jamaican beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss World 2019 and is the fourth woman from Jamaica to win Miss World.
10 Facts About Toni-Ann Singh
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Toni-Ann Singh is the longest-reigning Miss World in the history of the pageant.
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Toni-Ann Singh is of Dougla heritage, with her mother being of Afro-Jamaican descent, and her father being of Indo-Jamaican descent.
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Toni-Ann Singh's family migrated to the United States when Singh was aged nine, settling in Florida.
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Toni-Ann Singh attended Florida State University in Tallahassee, where she graduated with a degree in women's studies and psychology.
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On 21 September 2019, Singh won Miss Jamaica World 2019, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel.
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Toni-Ann Singh left for London in November 2019, to participate in the Miss World pre-pageant activities.
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Toni-Ann Singh placed in the top 40 of the Top Model competition and won the talent competition, which granted her direct entry into the top 40 semifinals.
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Toni-Ann Singh is the fourth Jamaican to hold the title, with the last being Lisa Hanna who was crowned Miss World 1993, and the first black woman to win Miss World since Agbani Darego of Nigeria won Miss World 2001.
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Toni-Ann Singh's win made 2019 the first ever year that black women won two of the Big Four international beauty pageants, after Zozibini Tunzi became South Africa's first black woman to have won the Miss Universe title.