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Haitian American journalist Melissa Queenie Sapini was topped Miss Universe Haiti 2025 throughout a ceremony in Florida, marking Haiti’s return to the Miss Universe stage after a two-year hiatus. She’s going to signify the nation in Thailand this November.
PORT-AU-PRINCE — Haitian American journalist and TV host Melissa Queenie Sapini will signify Haiti within the 2025 Miss Universe competitors, marking the nation’s return to the worldwide stage after a two-year absence. Sapini was topped Miss Universe Haiti 2025 throughout a particular ceremony on Oct. 18 at The Palm Theater in Boca Raton, Florida.
Sapini, a former Miss Massachusetts USA, isn’t any stranger to pageantry. She competed in Miss USA 2024 in Los Angeles and positioned among the many High 10 finalists.
The 22-year-old will now put together to compete for the 74th Miss Universe occasion to be held in Thailand between Nov. 2 and Nov. 21.
A graduate of Suffolk College in Boston with a level in broadcast journalism, Sapini co-founded The Two Queens Basis together with her mom to fund schooling in Haiti and assist literacy applications impressed by her grandmother, who couldn’t write her personal title.
Her appointment as Miss Universe Haiti comes underneath the brand new nationwide director, Lulu Orange, a South Florida-based advertising and marketing skilled and founding father of the Miss Haiti Academy, who just lately acquired the Miss Universe Haiti franchise — a growth she referred to as “a decade-long dream,” according to The Miami Herald.
Born in Boston and raised in North Attleboro, Massachusetts, for Sapini, her journey is about satisfaction and unity throughout the diaspora.
“For Haiti, and for each Haitian in each nook of the world — that is greater than one nation,” Sapini wrote on Instagram. “It’s about unity and the Caribbean rising collectively, celebrating one love.”