Journalist crowned ‘Miss Exquisitely Conscious’
Newly-crowned Miss Exquisitely Conscious 2019, Denica Henry and Miss World Guyana 2019, Joylyn Conway (Trevaun Wiggins photo)
Newly-crowned Miss Exquisitely Conscious 2019, Denica Henry and Miss World Guyana 2019, Joylyn Conway (Trevaun Wiggins photo)

By Marissa Foster

SOCIAL work student and full-time journalist, Denica Henry, was crowned queen of the Miss Exquisitely Conscious beauty pageant on July 14, in the auditorium of the New Amsterdam Multilateral School.

Denica utilises her leisure time working as a mental health advocate for the youth of Berbice. She is currently a full-time journalist at the Little Rock Television Station (LRTVS) and also the host of the popular show, Morning Spice, on 88.5 Rock FM in Berbice.

The young lady is also a second-year Social Work student at the University of Guyana, Berbice Campus and is a past University of Guyana Students’ Society representative.

Denica is also a strong advocate for natural hair and is a woman of her word, rocking her own natural hair throughout the evening as the packed auditorium witnessed her outstanding performance. Apart from being crowned queen, she also received awards for Miss Intelligence and Best Creative Costumes. Her creative wear depicted the Giant Anteater feeding in its natural habitat and was designed by the creative hands of Randy Madray.
Nerissa Semple, a 26-year-old Probation and Social Services Officer from Number Nine Village, West Coast Berbice, was adjudged first runner-up and also won prizes for best gown (designed by Adena Thorne ), the best talent award for her spoken-word piece entitled “Building Bridges” and Miss Social Media.

Teresa Moses, a 20-year- old customer sales representative from Goed Bananen Land, East Canje, took home the second runner-up title. Moses also copped the Miss Congeniality, Best Smile and Miss Entrepreneur prizes.

The newly-crowned queen and her fellow contestants will undertake several community service projects over the next year. Some of which includes the continuation of Glorious, the Saturday morning radio programme on 88.5 Rock FM, a television talk show, community outreaches and the awareness ambassadors in their various communities.

The Miss Exquisitely Conscious Pageant was organised by Rhonda Jonas. She is currently the coordinator, manager and director of this event and is also a graduate senior mistress of the New Amsterdam Multilateral School.

Jonas was assisted by Shanelly Kendall, an educator of the Berbice High School. When she is away from school, Kendall is pageant trainer and model who, over a duration of eight weeks, trained the delegates in the areas of walking, appropriate body language and posture, public speaking and confidence building, among others. This pageant caters for women who come from different strata of life (between 18-25 years, married and unmarried, with and without children).

The first year the pageant was held, it focused on social issues in society and was won by Antacia Thomas in 2017. In 2018, the focus was on mental health under the theme “Healthy Body, Healthy Mind”.

The winner was Orletta John. This year, the pageant was held under the theme “Self-care: Green Environment plus Sustenance” and centred on environmental, spiritual, financial, occupational, social, intellectual and mental wellness.

It also paid attention to interesting animals found in Guyana such as the Giant Otter, Leatherback Turtle, Jaguar, Arapaima, Harpy Eagle, Giant Anteater and Black Caiman. Each delegate was given an animal to bring awareness to and depict in their creative wears.

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