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Nicole Dyer Griffith is a Trinidadian politician and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Trinidad and Tobago 1999 and represented her country at Miss Universe 1999. [1] After her reign as Miss Trinidad and Tobago she moved into the corporate sphere to become the Group Corporate Communications Manager at ANSA McAl Group of Companies. [2] Nicole Dyer Griffith served as Senator and Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Communication.

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Biography

Griffith became the Group Corporate Communications Manager at  ANSA McAL Group of Companies in Feb 2007 where she remained until Nov 2010. [2] She has also served as the Senator and Parliamentary Secretary In the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Communication. [3] [4] [5]

Griffith is the former chair of the political party, Congress of the People (COP). [6] [7] She was also the leader of the political party the Alliance of Independents (AOI). [8]

Griffith is the founder of The O2N Foundation, also known as the Oxygen with Nicole Foundation, a non-profit organization. [9] [10] In addition, she is patron of the Diabetes Association of Trinidad and Tobago. [11]

Personal life

Griffith is the wife of Gary Griffith, the former commissioner of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service. [12] [13]

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