Anya Ayoung-Chee is a Trinidadian host, fashion designer, model and beauty pageant titleholder.

During her attendance at an all-girls secondary school, St. Joseph's Convent, Port of Spain, that she became passionate about art and design.

I am of mixed origin, mainly Chinese, Indian and Caucasian, and although my particular mixture is a minority, I represent the unusual combination of ethnicities that defines us as a people.

In 2008 the United Nations Association of Trinidad & Tobago (UNATT) asked Ayoung-Chee and Gabrielle Walcott to be spokeswomen and champions for the group.

Despite learning to sew only four months before auditioning for the program,[8] she placed in the top three of most of the challenges, and eventually won the competition on October 27, 2011.

She also was featured in a fashion spread in Marie Claire and received a $50,000 technology suite by HP and Intel with which to design and sell merchandise, as well as a partnership with Piperlime.com.

[9] Ayoung-Chee continued to design for Pilar and also founded a lingerie line, Anya de Rouge.

The store focuses on Monday Wear, or elaborate bathing suits worn on the day before carnival Tuesday.