New Queen of Carnival to Represent Country in Regional Pageant
It hasn’t been a full 24 hours since she was crowned Queen of Carnival 2025 and already Kia Kirwan is set to represent Antigua and Barbuda on the regional stage at the Miss Caribbean Culture Queen pageant, next month.
Taking place in Nevis on August 4th, Kirwan will compete against other delegates from St. Lucia, Nevis, Belize, USVI, St. Kitts, Guyana, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Turks and Caicos and Dominica.
Kirwan hopes to add this win to her cabinet of crowns having won Ms Labour Queen back in 2016 and now Queen of Carnival 2025.
Guyana’s Shequana Holder is the reigning Miss Caribbean Culture.
Antigua and Barbuda’s Dominique Trotman placed 1st-runner up.
This story was first published by Antigua News on July 21, 2025: antigua.news/2025/07/21/new-queen-of-carnival-to-represent-country-in-regional-pageant. © 2025 Antigua News. Republication without permission is not allowed.

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