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December 3, 1970 - Jennifer Josephine Hosten from St. George’s, Grenada became the first black person to win the Miss World contest. Hosten was born March 12, 1948 and after winning the contest, she earned her Masters of Arts degree in political science and international relations from Carleton University and served as High Commissioner to Canada for Granada from 1978 to 1981. Hosten published “The Effect of a North American Free Trade Agreement on the Commonwealth Caribbean” in 1992. In 1998, she served as technical adviser on trade to the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States and in 2006 she was appointed national director of the Miss Grenada World Contest. Hosten published her autobiography, “Beyond Miss World,” in 2008. She is presently involved in a project that proposes to create a worldwide television station to give voice to those not commonly heard.