Seychelles returns to Miss Universe with Gabriella Gonthier
After 27 years of absence, Seychelles will finally be returning to the prestigious Miss Universe stage. A 24-year-old beauty from Mahe, Gabriella Gonthier, has been named Miss Seychelles 2022 (Miss Universe Seychelles) and will represent her country at Miss Universe 2022 later this year. Gabriella holds a degree in international business and works as a monitoring and evaluation officer. She enjoys advocating, modelling, site seeing, and photography. "I feel extremely happy and honoured to represent my beautiful country, Seychelles at Miss Universe 2022. It is a childhood dream coming true," she wrote on social media. "I look forward to sharing my journey with you and making you discover what Seychelles is all about. I am so excited to work with Telly Modelling Agency and the Miss Maurice Organization," she added. Seychelles, an archipelago of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, off East Africa, last joined the Miss Universe pageant in 1995 with Maria Payet as its repre