Gabrielle Walcott

Gabrielle Walcott:

Born June 26, 1984 (1984-06-26)
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Hair color Brown
Eye color Green/ Hazel
Title(s) Miss Trinidad and Tobago World 2008
Miss World Caribbean 2008
Miss World Beauty With A Purpose 2008
Major
competition(s) Miss Trinidad and Tobago World 2008 (winner)
Miss World 2008 (2nd runner-up)

Gabrielle “Gabby” Walcott (born June 26, 1984) is a beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Trinidad and Tobago World 2008 and placed as the 2nd runner-up in Miss World 2008, and is currently the titleholder of Miss Trinidad and Tobago Universe 2011. She will represent Trinidad and Tobago at the Miss Universe 2011 pageant in São Paulo, Brazil. Gabrielle resides in Petit Valley, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago,

Walcott was born in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago on the June 26, 1984. She is the oldest of her three siblings: Heidi, Joshua and Sophie Walcott. She attended St. Bernadette’s Primary School, Providence Girls' Secondary School, The University of the West Indies School of Continuing Studies, The University of the West Indies and later pursued acting and theatre arts at HB Studios in New York City, United States.

An experienced equestrian show jumper, Walcott also took up hobbies such as dance, yoga, Pilates, photography, hockey, art and has always had a passion for acting and theatre. She is a long-time member and supporter of the Trinidad and Tobago Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (the TTSPCA), and claims[citation needed] to have rescued ten stray dogs and cats.

Two younger sisters of Walcott, twins Bernadette and Therese, died shortly after childbirth. Later she lost her maternal aunt to breast cancer, which she says sparked her interest in working with cancer related charities and organizations.

Recently, she and her sister Heidi were held up at gun point.
Walcott was the female lead in the 2005 music video Wanna Love U Girl by Robin Thicke, directed by Hype Williams, and in the 2004 “Tempted to Touch” video also produced by Hype Williams for Barbadian soca artist Rupee. She is credited as an extra in the 2006 movie Backlash and the upcoming. Norwegian film "Limbo." Her other production credits include Set Artist for Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet in 2005 and as wardrobe supervisor for Backlash in 2008.

She has also been on the cover of several Caribbean periodicals and newspapers.
Walcott follows in the footsteps of Valene Maharaj and was the 2008 entrant into the Miss World pageant. She placed as the 2nd runner-up to Ksenia Sukhinova of Russia. She won the titles of Miss World Caribbean 2008 for getting the highest placement of the Caribbean delegates; and Miss World Beauty With A Purpose 2008 for working with the Just Because Foundation dedicated to create hospitable conditions for children with cancer and helping raise $100,000 in charity for the creation of a new ward for these children.

In addition, Walcott placed as: one of the 25 semi-finalists in the Miss World Beach Beauty competition, one of the 32 semi-finalists in the Miss World Top Model competition, and one of the three finalists for the Best World Dress Designer Award
Walcott works with the Just Because Foundation, a non-profit community-based organization founded by Chevaughn Joseph and Noel Joseph in honour of their son Jabez "JB" Joseph, who died from a rare form of cancer. The JBF provides practical and emotional support for parents and siblings of children with cancer.

She has worked with Miss Trinidad and Tobago Universe Anya Ayoung-Chee with the TallMan Foundation. The Foundation was established for the empowerment of young people in underprivileged areas.

In 2008 the United Nations Association of Trinidad and Tobago (UNATT) asked both Walcott and Anya Ayoung-Chee to be spokeswomen for the group. Both women accepted and now remain members of the advocacy group. UNATT the NGO arm of the United Nations which aims to advocate the United Nations and the Millennium Development Goals through their demographic and age group. Walcott has been an active supporter of the organization and was the facilitator of a 2008 workshop which brought together various stakeholders across the country to a discourse on the state of the MDGs in Trinidad and Tobago with a focus on youth.

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