Gabriela Gonthier appointed Miss Universe Seychelles 2022

Gabriella Gonthier was appointed Miss Universe Seychelles 2022 by Miss Maurice organization, the new national director in Seychelle. She became the second representative from Seychelles to compete at Miss Universe. The small archipelagic nation in the western Indian Ocean will make a comeback at Miss Universe after two decades of absence. The last Seychellois beauty to compete at Miss Universe was Maria Payet and it was back in 1995 when Windhoek, Namibia hosted the pageant.

The 24-year-old native of Mahé has a degree in International Business. She is a senior monitoring and evaluation officer at the Ministry of Fisheries and the Blue Economy and is also responsible for international cooperation in the department of the Blue Economy. She works also as professional model.

She is a firm believer in the simplest things making a great difference and hence, enjoys advocating, modelling, site seeing, and photography. At 24 years old, Gabriella has already been recognized nationally and internationally for her achievements in the fields of Blue Economy, as well as being a top scorer for her university course and a nominated top female model on the African scale. She is involved in several non-governmental organizations such as Ocean Governance Youth Group and Mental Health Associations.

Gabriela is not a newbie to pageantry. She was finalists at Miss Seychelles 2022, where she won a prize for Best Creative Costume.. She won the Miss University Africa Tourism title at the Miss University Africa 2021 pageant held on December 18, 2021 in Abuja, Nigeria. Among her prizes was an offer for her to attend further studies of her choice at the University of Seychelles (Unisey) sponsored by the university and for a further enrolment in an international beauty pageant, yet to be decided, sponsored by Telly’s Modelling Agency.