Queen Street to be renamed after Penny

Published on Jul 15, 2017, 10:00 pm AST

By Camille Hunte

FORTY years after winning the Miss Universe title, and becoming the first black woman to do so, Janelle Penny Commissiong will be honoured by the Port of Spain City Corporation with a street bearing her name.

Queen Street in Port of Spain will soon be Janelle Commissiong Street.

The renaming comes just as the former beauty queen marks the anniversary of winning the Miss Universe pageant on July 16, 1977, 40 years ago today.

In a statement yesterday, Deputy Port of Spain Mayor and acting Mayor Hillan Morean said the Corporation remains proud of “Queen Penny” and sees it fitting to rename Queen Street in her honour.