Platform: Changing the Role of Teenage Girls
Autobiography: Blessed with Dutch names – Seistra Thremiel Allen was born on July 29, 1993 to Zilda Heywood-Smith and Jerome Allen. She was cherished and loved by her family who told her she’s beautiful and spoke of the joy that she brought to them.
At age 11 Ms. Allen migrated to Barbados in the eastern Caribbean where she continued her Primary Education at the Hindsbury School. There, she faced tremendous pressure from her peers as they made a mockery of her Guyanese accent which led her to be very reserved. But, that didn’t stop her passion for singing and dance which she did at Church.
She then sat the Common Entrance Eleven Plus Examination giving her the opportunity to attend a school named after one of Barbados’ Prime Ministers and currently the name of their International Airport “Grantley Adams Memorial School”. There Seistra came into to her own, topping her class and a held a major role in the theatre arts group. Seistra made a bold step to sit the English Language and Social Studies CSEC Examinations in Third form, gaining passes in both subjects. In her fourth year she was named the school Deputy Head Girl and recently graduated with the Valedictorian honour and held the award of Best Graduating Student in her theatre arts class.
In 2010 Seistra represented Guyana at the Miss Teen Universal Pageant where she copped the best costume and First Runner-Up prizes being the first Guyanese to ever place in the existence of the pageant. She then went on to runway modeling and was recently hand- chosen by celebrity hairstylist Karl J from Los Angelos to lead a section at his International Hair Show.
Seistra plans to attend the Barbados Community College to persue an Associate Degree in Theatre Arts as she sees herself holding a starring role in a day time television Soap Opera and aspires to be the face of Cover Girl Cosmetics. She is also passionate about children and is angered when she hears about them being abused which led her to launch the Unite For Children Campaign with Caribbean Fashion Award winning Designer Andrew Harris and Gospel Artiste Trenacia Esseboom, through which they promote the Speak Out method by educating children on the different forms of abuse.
Content posted with permission from Nikosa Holland (Franchise Holder and National Director of the Miss Guyana World Pageant)