Sacha Cosmetics Ltd. was founded in Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...

 in 1979 by Kama Maharaj. It was for the Caribbean

Caribbean

The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...

 market with the belief that the line would be of use to makeup artists by having various colors and foundations that match any complexion. Sacha is distributed in 23 countries, including Puerto Rico, Cuba, Senegal, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and the Dominican Republic. In North America, it is sold online and distributed through a distribution facilities in Florida. Sacha was the official cosmetics of the Miss Universe

Miss Universe

Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers....

, Miss USA

Miss USA

The Miss USA beauty contest has been held annually since 1952 to select the United States entrant in the Miss Universe pageant. The Miss Universe Organization operates both pageants, as well as Miss Teen USA...

 and the Miss Jamaica Pageants.