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Apr 15, 2015 News
– selected candidate will represent country
With the election season seemingly dominating every facet of Guyanese life, it looks like even pageantry has received a blow due to the upcoming General Elections which will be held within a month’s time.
Organizers of the local Miss World pageant announced over the weekend that this year’s event has been cancelled as a result of poor applicant
responses. While the organizers regret not hosting the event, they said that a suitable person will be chosen to represent Guyana on the international stage.
In a public announcement, the Miss World Guyana Board of Directors said that after much consideration, it decided to cancel the 2015 Miss World Guyana pageant and select a representative from the list of current applicants to represent the country at the Miss World 2015 pageant.
“The decision to cancel the Miss World-Guyana 2015 pageant is as a result of poor response from in-country applicants, which may be linked to National Elections being a priority at this time.” On the contrary, it was stated, the 2015 application process saw a greater response from overseas-based Guyanese.
The Miss World-Guyana Franchise is currently interviewing qualified applicants who applied on or before the March 20, 2015 deadline.
The Miss World Guyana 2015 Representative will be selected and revealed at a special event in June at which Rafieya Husain – Miss World Guyana 2014 – will be presenting her crown to the new Miss World Guyana. The date and venue of the ceremony will be announced soon.
Franchise Holder Natasha Martindale said that while there will not be a pageant this year, she is confident that Guyana will be well represented. In the meantime, she added, “the Miss World Guyana Organization would like to take this opportunity to have an early start on preparations for the 2016 pageant and focus on finalizing plans for a homecoming fundraiser event for Miss World Guyana 2014 –Continental Queen of Caribbean, Rafieya Husain, as she concludes her reign.”
“Miss World-Guyana wishes to apologize to all its devoted supporters and the applicants for the cancellation, but saw this as the best alternative given the current challenges.”
The Franchise hopes that in 2016 the Miss World-Guyana Pageant will be a grand success as it will be the 50th Independence anniversary of Guyana.
Miss World 2015 will be the 65th edition of the pageant, and will be held in October. Rolene Strauss of South Africa, the 2014 queen, will crown her successor at the end of that event. Guyana is still striving to be one of the countries fortunate to capture the international crown.
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