Platform: Empowering Guyanese Women through Spirituality
Biography: Enthusiastic, daring, determined, ingenious and radiant, this is me, Soyini Asanti Fraser. I was born under the Zodiac sign of Taurus on the 8th May, 1990 to Lynden and Deborah Fraser, in the “Garden City,” Georgetown in the beautiful country of Guyana, land of many waters. Over the years I have grown into a spirited dancer, an aspiring Christian Child-Psychologist, role model, a true Guyanese!
My formal education began at the Mae’s Under 12 School, and when I was promoted I continued my education at the West Ruimvelt Primary School where I undertook the Secondary School Entrance Examination and placed among the top one percent (1%) of students who wrote this examination, gaining a place at Queen’s College, the leading Secondary School in Guyana. Throughout my school life both in Primary and Secondary School, I have been a member of every school’s athletic committee. During my six (6) years at Queen’s College I enjoyed a full and healthy School life. I have been an active athlete, in both track and field events where I have gained several titles for myself and Pilgrim House to which I belonged, a member of the school’s Steel Pan Orchestra from First to Sixth Form, a Sub- Prefect in Fourth Form being one of the persons responsible for the second form level of the school, among many other duties while still keeping my academic life in check. In an endeavour to continue and broaden my scope of academic enhancement and elevation I am currently in my fourth and final year at the Life Christian University here in Guyana reading for a bachelor’s degree in the area of Theology. Upon the conclusion of this Degree Programme I plan to continue the journey of academic pursuit by studying Christian Psychology. This will bring me one step closer to accomplishing my Career objective of becoming a Christian Child-Psychologist.
Currently I am a Junior Company Member at the Classique Dance Company of Guyana. This job has afforded me the pleasure of serving my dear Guyana. At the beginning of 2010 I was chosen from hundreds of Dancers to represent Guyana at the ICC 20/20 Cricket games which premiered in my country, and later that same year, in September, I was among the eight Dancers of the Company who went to the United States of America to perform for theGuyana Cultural Association at their annual Folk Festival celebrations. My job affords me the opportunity to meet people of diverse personalities and have first-hand knowledge of various cultures as I travel the length and breadth of Guyana and other Countries. It gives me the opportunity to broaden my thinking capacity as I have many angles to choose from. This job has greatly helped me send out the message of environmental conservation when I was crowned Miss Guyana Earth 2010.
As the first Miss Guyana Earth I had set the pace for those who follow me by embarking on a series of environmental awareness projects, including infomercials and informative brochures. Spending four to five (4-5) weeks touring the beautiful Vietnam as Guyana’s representative at Miss Earth 2010, I have gained great knowledge and experience while among some of the most beautiful women on the planet. An adventure I will treasure for life. When I am not working or studying I embrace leisure in chatting on the internet, taking long walks and reading horror, suspense and love novels. My favourite past times also expands to include hanging out with family and friends and spending quality time with animals, orphans and/or children faced with adversities. The individual I am today can be attributable to a sound Christian and Educational background with the morals my parents imbued in me as a child to use later on in life as vehicles to success. I view life with three beacons of brightness, a flame of courage, a flame of love and a flame of hope and live by the credo “Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world,” Albert Einstein. This is me, Soyini Asanti Fraser….A true expression of Guyana’s soil.
Content posted with permission from Nikosa Holland (Franchise Holder and National Director of the Miss Guyana World Pageant)