Miss Guyana is the national Beauty pageant in Guyana where the Titleholder/National Winner represents Guyana at the Miss World competition. Guyana first placed at the Miss World competition in 1966 which was the first of six consecutive placements from semifinalist to top 3 finish from 1966 to 1971. The Miss Guyana trademark is under Natasha Martindale directorship.
History Miss Guyana Since 1966 Miss Guyana was known as the Independent Queen whose winners represented Guyana at the Miss World contest. The first Miss Guyana was Umblita Van Sluytman from Georgetown. She became Guyana's first representative at the Miss World competition in London, in November 1966. A UPI photograph of her dancing on a table in her navel-baring, minimal costume for the pageant was published in many newspapers. She placed as a semifinalist.
Seasons 1967: Shakira Baksh, the 1967 Miss Guyana, went on to become a runner-up at the Miss World 1967 pageant. Baksh married British actor Michael Caine six years later, becoming his second wife. 2009: Imarah Radix was named Miss Guyana World in 2009 and went on to compete at the Miss World 2009 pageant in South Africa. 2010: Aletha Shepherd, who was Miss Guyana World 2010, went on to compete in the Miss Asia Pacific World pageant the following year, from which she withdrew after allegedly being sexually harassed by the pageant's sponsors and racially discriminated against by the judges. 2012: Arti Cameron, a pre-medical student, was crowned Miss Guyana World. That July, Cameron appeared at the JRG Bikini Under the Bridge Fashion Show in New York City, New York, United States. It is traditional for beauty queens to be tall in order to better showcase their legs, but Cameron was one of several contestants at Miss World 2012 who were petite. 2013: Natasha Martindale took over the leadership of the Miss Guyana World pageant, replacing Ken Chung who had previously filled that role. 2014: Rafieya Husain was crowned Miss World Guyana 2014 on May 26, 2014. The 22-year-old scooped the top prize at the event held at the National Cultural Centre. Speaking after collecting her prize, Rafieya promised to work with various organisations to fight the scourge of domestic violence, by tackling it from the grassroot level. In addition, she is optimistic that she has what it takes to bring home the Miss World crown later in the year. The 1st runner up was Atisha Gaskill, with Denicia Williams 2nd runner up.
Miss World Guyana Color key
YearTitleholdersMiss World GuyanaPlacementSpecial Awards 1966 Umblita Van Sluytman Top 15 1967 Shakira Caine 2nd Runner-up 1968 Adrienne Harris Top 7 1969 Pamela Patricia Lord 3rd Runner-up 1970 Jennifer Diana Evan Wong Top 10 1971 Nalini Moonsar 3rd Runner-up 1988 Christina Jardim Unplaced 1989 Reeya Majeed Unplaced 1999 Indra Changa Unplaced 2001 Olive Gopaul Unplaced 2002 Odessa Abenaa Phillips Unplaced 2003 Alexis Glasgow Unplaced 2004 Suzette Marissa Shim Unplaced 2005 Jasmine Samoy Herzog Unplaced 2006 Dessia Braithwaite Unplaced 2007 Candace Charles Unplaced 2008 Christa Lasaunta Simmons Unplaced 2009 Kalerouann Radix Unplaced Miss World Talent (Top 22) 2010 Aletha Shepherd Unplaced Miss World Sports (Semifinalist) 2012 Arti Cameron Unplaced Miss World Sports (Finalist) 2013 Ruqayyah Boyer Unplaced Miss World Beach Beauty (Semifinalist)Miss World Talent (Quarterfinalist) 2014 Rafieya Husain Top 10 Beauty With a Purpose Continental Queen of Caribbean 2015 Lisa Punch Top 10 Miss World Talent Multimedia Awards (Top 5) Beauty With a Purpose (Top 10) 2016 Nuriyyih Gerrard Unplaced Beauty with a Purpose Certificate (Quarterfinalist) 2017 Vena Mookram Unplaced 2018 Ambika Ramraj Unplaced Miss World Talent (Finalist)Beauty with a Purpose (Semifinalist) 2019 Joylyn Conway Top 40 2020 colspan=5 2023 Andrea King Unplaced 2025 Zalika Samuels Unplaced 2026 Kelcia Nelson Unplaced
Miss Supranational Guyana
YearMiss Supranational Guyana Placement at Miss Supranational Special Awards 2021 Felicia Ally Unplaced 2016 Jaleesa Mar-Chell Peterkin Unplaced
Miss Universe Guyana
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