Last Friday night –at the Tower Suites poolside
Region Five’s Joelly Valentine
Region Five’s Joelly Valentine

THERE are those who are naturally talented, those who are skilled and work hard and appear talented, and then there are those that no amount of hard work or training will ever, ever help. And all those categories were present and accounted for last Friday night at the Miss World Guyana Talent Night at Tower Suites Poolside.
There was quite the turnout for the event, and in the end, notwithstanding the performances, everyone left pretty satisfied with what they saw, and perhaps have already singled out who they will be throwing their support behind come Sunday night, when the pageant goes down at the Mariott Hotel.
The Tower poolside gave the event a really great ambiance, and hosting was drama queen-in-chief Joel Ghansham, who was a little too drama queen at times, but nonetheless added an appreciated flair to the melee, as he always does.
By a long stretch, Delisha Wright was way ahead of the game and ruled that stage. But that was only to be expected, given that powerful voice she has. It was almost as if she started off with an unfair advantage over all of the other girls, because Ms. Wright is the epitome of naturally talented. Not to mention, the gal also has stage presence.
By the time she came to the end of her hair-raising cover of Destiny Child’s “Stand Up for Love”, many in the audience just had to get to their feet and stand up for her wonderful performance.

Region Two’s ambassador in her multicultural outfit before she hit the stage last Friday night

Another well done musical performance was put forth by Joelly Valentine, who was strikingly outfitted in a crop-top and full-length, flowing skirt creation that could be the handiwork of none other than Guyana’s Randy Madray. Valentine performed “One Voice”, which she wrote herself.
On the other side of the spectrum of musical performances was one young lady who seemed overcome with nervousness and nearly forgot her song entirely. However, after applauding encouragement from the supportive audience, she was able to pull through and finish her entire performance.
As talent goes in Guyana, those who didn’t sing danced. Most of the dancers tried to be innovative by dancing to medleys and using props. Vena Mookram, who got the night started, even threw in a few quick outfit changes during her act.
But as the night progressed, even Joel was labelling the audience “one tough crowd”, constantly reminding them that they needed to clap for the girls, who were not motivating them to do so unprompted.
Manisha Wong was definitely one whose supporters were front and centre though; and when she hit the stage, they were not afraid to let everyone know who they want to see walk away with the crown come Sunday night.
Bedecked in native Indian ensemble, Wong pranced about the stage, dancing, while also doing a display of her people’s traditional way of life. Her props included a bow and arrow.
Thamesha Watson’s inclusion of Alison Hinds’ Faluma and Bollywood’s “Chaiya Chaiya” in her dance number helped add some animation to the night.
All the same, deciding on the top performances didn’t look like it was going to be a tough one for the judges. The night’s judges included the leading lady herself, franchise holder Natasha Martindale; Wildfire Productions’ Jonathan Beepat; actor Sherry Dyal; dancer Brian DeNobrega and Mariel Vereen.
The winner of this segment of the pageant will be revealed this Sunday night, when the competition concludes, and a new queen is crowned by the outgoing Nuriyyih Gerard.

 

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