After more than a month of training and mixed media publicity as well as three shows including a national costume segment and an intelligence segment; its time for the swimsuit competition.
Reports from the competition coordinator Pamela Dillon are that the delegates will compete at the Princess Buddies Hotel in Swimwear on Sunday June 13. “The girls have been trained well and will be showcasing a selected competition swimwear as well another of their choice. Additionally there will be much on the offer with side entertainment from several Guyanese artistes such as Malo, Big Red, Rajesh Dubraj and Tennecia Defreitas as well as Classique Dancers. From an original line up of nine the line up is now down to the final is set for June 26. Their swim suits are designed by Vastie Harlequin and a list of various Guyanese designers.
Let’s meet the delegates:
Delegate # 1
Marcia Badal age 23 boasts statistics of 33-25-35 and stands at a height of 5’7″. She is employed as a script Writer for National Communications Network and is Sponsored by National Communications Network. He PLATFORM is Sustainable Logging and she loves Basketball.
Delegate # 2
Anesha Benjamin age 23 is sponsored by Forest Enterprises Ltd. Her PLATFORM is Responsible Garbage Disposal and she say that the environment is everyone’s business and all should do their part to preserve it. ” littering in any form is a definite no no because it can cause much harm to the earth and the earth is our only home so I’m advising that we take more care and caution when we go to dispose of our waste and garbage,” she told this publication. She loves reading, listening to Music and Traveling. Her statistics are 34-24-34 and she stands at a height of 5’9″ with sights set on becoming an Air hostess she’s currently a Customer Service Representative.
Delegate #3
Velisha Easton age 21 is sponsored by: Y& J International Cuisine and she loves dancing and surfing the net. Her ultimate goal is to become a nurse as she has a hear for caring people back to heath. Her vital statistics are 32-24-34 and she stands at a height of 5’7″. Her platform is renewable energy.
Delegate # 4
Franale Holder age 21 is Miss Sun Lite International. Her hobbies include cooking, singing, dancing and modeling. Her platform is project clean air and her vital statistics are 32-23-34. She stands at a height of height; 5’4″
Delegate #5
Shellon Fraser is Miss Lucky Dollar. This 22 year-old says she loves; modeling, and dancing. Her vital statistics are 32-24-34 and she a professional Administrative Assistant. As a Guyana hopeful beauty ambassador to the Miss Earth International Pageant in Vietnam her platform is ‘using plastics wisely’.
Delegate # 6
Soyini Fraser is a confident self assertive 19-year-old. Sponsored by Unicom her vital statistics are 36-26-36 and she stands at a height; 5’9″. Her hobbies include dancing. She’s student pursuing tertiary education and her platform is ‘reduction of greenhouse gasses.’ She’s a dancer with the Classique dance theater.
Delegate #7
Kiswana Jefford age 19 is focused on ‘Embracing controlled logging’ as her platform. A legal clerk at present she’s also a second year student at the University of Guyana UG. Her hobbies include dancing. This Miss Guyana Talented Teen second runner up is a confident articulate but quiet beauty who says has all the right qualities to be a Guyanese beauty ambassador to the world.
By Mondale Smith