Martinique Queens is a different pageant, therefore should not feature on the history of Martinique Queens. Since 2005 Martinique allows winners to compete at the Miss World contest. Moana Saran Luu becomes the national director of the island. In that year she handles the "Martinique Queens" contest to send its winner to the Miss World. While runners-up might compete at the Miss International and Miss Earth pageants. Martinique Queens Martinique Queens is a national beauty pageant responsible for selecting Martinique's representatives to the International pageants. This pageant is not related to "Miss Martinique" where the winner traditionally competes at Miss France contest.
Martinique island of iguanas". When Columbus landed on the island in 1502, he christened the island as Martinica; through the influence of the neighboring island of Dominica (La Dominique), it came to be known as Martinique. The island is called "Madinina" by the locals. The island was occupied first by Arawaks, then by Caribs. The Carib people had migrated from the mainland to the islands about 1201 CE, according to carbon dating of artifacts. They were largely displaced, exterminated and assimilated by the Taino, who were resident on the island in the 1490s. Martinique was charted by Columbus in 1493, but