Miss India 2006 and Miss Seychelles 2013 help consolidate relationship between 2 countries

Beauty pageants are too often but a competition, but the recent Seychelles beauty pageant which saw Agnes Gerry elected as “Miss Seychelles… another world” 2013 was a pageant with a purpose. These mid-ocean islands believe that the pageant has to be a beauty pageant with a purpose. Apart from the requirements for the reigning “Miss Seychelles… another world” to have to play her part in community-based activities and to be involved in the island’s charitable activities, the Seychelles beauty pageant was also the opportunity for Seychelles to renew and to consolidate the friendship it enjoys with its neighboring countries.

This year it was India and Reunion Island who were on hand to honor the Miss Seychelles Beauty Pageant. From India it was Miss India 2006, Miss Natasha Suri, who crossed the Indian Ocean to honor the recent Seychelles beauty pageant by her presence, and she was joined by Miss Stephanie Robert, Miss La Reunion 2012.

India, Seychelles, and Reunion Island all share the same ocean – the Indian Ocean – and they enjoy friendly ties both politically and economically. “Having a former Miss India and having Miss La Reunion in Seychelles for our islands’ beauty pageant was the idea of Mrs. Elsia Grandcourt, the CEO of our Tourism Board. It was an idea that I, not only supported, but commended, because it is another avenue to help consolidate the relationship between two friendly countries. The two beauty queens came and they graced the evening by their presence, and their interaction with our crowned beauty queen will be a help to our ‘Miss Seychelles… another world’ as she prepares herself for the Miss World Beauty Pageant,” said Alain St.Ange, the Seychelles Minister responsible for Tourism and Culture.

Seychelles is a founding member of the International Coalition of Tourism Partners (ICTP) .