COVER GIRL: Miss World – Guyana Ruqayyah Boyer on Cover of Shabeau Magazine Fall Edition

`Georgetown, October 9th 2018 Global Dignity announced the appointment of Natasha Martindale as the organization’s Country Chair for Guyana. As Guyana’s Country Chair, Natasha embodies the core values of Global Dignity, an international non-profit dedicated to uniting everyone with the belief that we all deserve to live a life of dignity. Her passion for and commitment to helping young people be the best versions of themselves and embrace self-love and self-worth are what will serve…

Last night Lisa Punch was crowned Miss World Guyana 2015 during a coronation ceremony held at the Marriott Hotel in Georgetown, Guyana. The Miss World Guyana Committee decided not to hold a pageant this year, but to select a delegate instead, a practice which is not uncommon. The newly crowned Queen is a former Bishops High School student, is a talented singer and became well known around the world when she was a contestant on…

The Miss World Pageant is scheduled to take place this September in Indonesia  and the new franchise holder for Guyana,  Natasha Martindale, is busy prepping the reigning queens, Ruqayyah Boyer, to bring home the prestigious title. The Miss World organization appointed Martindale to the Guyana franchise in late June 2013.  A former pageant contestant herself,  Martindale is a Christ Church alumni and also attended Georgetown School of Accountancy and a private College of Business &…

Congratulations to 18-year-old, Vena Mookram, who captured the crown last night and walked away with the title of  Miss World Guyana 2017.   The  5’6″ tall beauty was born on September 12, 1998 in the Capitol City of Georgetown and is a first-time beauty pageant contestant.  She will represent Guyana on the Miss World stage this coming December in China. A fitness enthusiast, Vena’s Beauty with a Purpose platform focuses on physical fitness and nutrition and she has collaborated with Guyana’s Ministry of Public Health to…

Meet Ruqayyah Gabriella Boyer!  She is a Guyanese-Dutch model, singer, actress, dancer, and reigning Miss Guyana Universe 2012. Born in Suriname to a Guyanese mother and a Surinamese father,  Ruqayyah spent her first two years in  her Dutch-speaking birth country before moving to Canada where she spent the next five years. Later on, Ruqayyah moved to her mother’s home country of Guyana where she currently resides. Ruqayyah was raised in an extended family and is the…

On Tuesday June 26, 2018, Queen Elizabeth II presented Guyanese Marva Langevine with a Queen’s Young Leaders Award at a special ceremony at Buckingham Palace in London. According to her bio published on www.queensyoungleaders.com, Marva is transforming the lives of bereaved, sick and underprivileged children and families in Guyana. She is the founder of the Guyana Golden Lives Organization, which she has used to open up a national conversation about the loss of a loved one…

Miss World Guyana 2019, JOYLYN Anita Conway, is currently representing Guyana in the United Kingdom and preparing for the Miss World Pageant, which will be held on December 14, 2019 at the ExCeL London.  Joylyn made  us proud yesterday when she delivered an impressive presentation among other academically gifted and beautiful young women in her group during the Miss World Head to Head challenge. We are asking you to join us to support this passionate…

The “Queen Goddess of El Dorado” worned by Ruqayyah Boyer at the 2014 Miss International Pageant in Japan was named #1 Best National . It’s a COLEFACTS design.  Check out the top 10 Costumes on Missossology.com

Twenty five year old Rafieya Aasieya Husain was crowned Miss Universe-Guyana 2017 at the end of the first ever National Pageant to be held in the home of the Miss Universe Pageant. The former Miss World 2014 top eleven finishers and Queen of the Caribbean also romped of with the Most Elegant, Best Interview and Popularity side awards during the event held at York College Performing Arts Center in Queens, New York. Rafieya has been…

A few hours ago the Miss World Guyana Committee and members of Guyanese community bid farewell to the reigning Miss World Guyana 2017, Vena Mookram.  The 19-year-old Queen, who has an infectious smile, departed JFK Airport to vie for the Miss World title in China.   The pageant will be held in December. Vena, a Bishop High School graduate is pursuing a degree Economics and has ambitions to become an Economist in Guyana’s Oil and Gas industry.  Her “Beauty with a Purpose” platform focuses on…

Last night was the much anticipated coronation ceremony for the 2016 Miss World Guyana Beauty Pageant and of the seven finalists, 25-year-old Nuriyyih Kama Gerrard emerged the winner of the coveted title. The talented Radio Personality, who presented Potaro-Siparuni (region 8), is co-host of the popular 94.1 Boom FM “Jumpstart”  Morning Show.  She also won the talent segment of the competition. The names “Nuriyyih Kama” which are Arabic in origin and mean ‘Light’ and ‘Perfection’ respectively, were bestowed on the beauty queen by her father,…

The reigning Miss Guyana World 2013, Ruqayyah Boyer, will be heading to Indonesia in September to vie for the Miss World title. Franchise holder Natasha Martindale and the executive committee are working around the clock to get the beauty queen ready. Miss Boyer, the 2012 Miss Guyana Universe title holder, represented Guyana during the 2012 Miss Universe Pageant in Las Vegas, Nevada and became quite popular internationally for her graciousness after falling during the pageant’s…

This past weekend the people of Guyana felt a sense of pride as Rafieya Aasieya Husain became the first Guyanese in over 40 years to place at the Miss World Pageant. The 22-year-old beauty queen, who is a native of Essequibo County, was one of the top 10 Finalists named at the Miss World competition finale held on Sunday at the Excel London ICC Auditorium. Rafieya also won the ‘Beauty With a Purpose Title’, which…