She was also voted the fan favorite in a Twitter contest, for which she received another $10,000. She also was featured in a fashion spread in Marie Claire and received a $50,000 technology suite by HP and Intel with which to design and sell merchandise, as well as a partnership with. Ayoung-Chee earned $100,000 from L'Oreal Paris to begin her own women's line, Pilar-named after her deceased brother. Despite learning to sew only four months before auditioning for the program, she placed in the top three of most of the challenges, and eventually won the competition on October 27, 2011.
Īyoung-Chee had experience creating designs, but her tailoring had been done by others. She auditioned for and was accepted as a contestant on Season 9 of the American television show Project Runway in 2011. Fashion designer ĭuring the Miss Universe pageant, Ayoung-Chee brought her design training and experience to her own wardrobe, most of which she designed and styled, and she decided to become a fashion designer as a result. They both served during their reigns as Miss T&T, and continue as members of UNATT, the NGO arm of the United Nations which aims to advocate for the United Nations and the Millennium Development Goals. In 2008 the United Nations Association of Trinidad & Tobago (UNATT) asked Ayoung-Chee and Gabrielle Walcott to be spokeswomen and champions for the group. Following her Miss Trinidad & Tobago title, she became more involved in charitable work. The foundation was established by her family for the empowerment of young people in underprivileged areas. Īyoung-Chee had been involved in philanthropy since 2003, when she became a member of the TallMan Foundation. I am of mixed origin, mainly Chinese, Indian and Caucasian, and although my particular mixture is a minority, I represent the unusual combination of ethnicities that defines us as a people." įollowing her success as Miss Universe Trinidad & Tobago, Ayoung-Chee went on to host a number of Caribbean television and web-based shows, including her own fashion show, Make It Yours.
When asked, "Is your Asian heritage an issue since you represent a country with an overwhelming African and Indian heritage?" Ayoung-Chee replied, "Trinidad & Tobago is unique in its ethnic make-up because it is a country with people of all races. She is the second title Miss Universe Trinidad & Tobago in the franchise's 44-year history to be of Chinese descent. Miss Universe Trinidad & Tobago įollowing her return to Trinidad, Ayoung-Chee entered the 2008 Miss Universe competition and won the title of Miss Universe Trinidad & Tobago. She remained in New York until 2007, when her brother, Pilar died. She continued her education in London and New York, studying graphic and interior design at Parsons School of Design and Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design. Joseph's Convent, Port of Spain, that she became passionate about art and design. During her attendance at an all-girls secondary school, St. From an early age she pursued classical ballet training. She is the only daughter in a family of eight. She founded the fashion lines Anya de Rouge and Pilar and the online fashion retailer cANYAval.Īnya Ayoung-Chee was born to Trinidadian parents in New York City but moved to Trinidad at the age of two she therefore holds dual Trinidadian and American citizenship. She was the winner of Project Runway 's ninth season in 2011. She was Miss Universe Trinidad and Tobago 2008 and was a contestant in the Miss Universe 2008 pageant.
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She says fashion school did not prepare her for how to combine her design skills with running a business, so she's had to learn the hard way.Miss Universe Trinidad & Tobago 2008 (winner)Īnya Ayoung-Chee is a Trinidadian fashion designer, model and television host. Christina has a love of bright colours and bold prints, and sources much of her production and fabric locally, for example in the historic Greek silk town of Soufli. She studied in Paris and won the 2011 International Award at London Graduate Fashion Week, then returned to her home city of Athens to fulfil her dream of launching her own luxury label.
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Anya later entered the US reality TV show Project Runway, and came out the surprise winner, having only learnt how to sew weeks before! She's had her own labels, but is currently leading a collective of 30 local designers with the aim of putting the Caribbean region firmly on the global fashion map.Ĭhristina Economou is a rising star of the European fashion scene. Always interested in fashion, but too scared to study it at college, she started making her own outfits when competing to represent her country at Miss Universe. Clothes designers from Trinidad and Greece get together with Kim Chakanetsa, to talk about the killer combination of creativity and business sense you need to make it in the competitive world of fashion.Īnya Ayoung Chee is from the Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago.
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