THE current Miss World-Guyana, Rafieya Husain is currently in St. Kitts and Nevis to host the ‘2015 LIME Miss BLACK SAN’ Swim Suit Pageant.

Miss World-Guyana was invited to participate in the 5th ‘Black San’ Bang-a-Lang’ festival by a community based organization known as Sandy Pointers Inspiring Real Improvement Throughout (S.P.I.R.I.T) which opened its doors in 2009 in Sandy Point. Rafieya is honored to have been invited and noted her praise for the level of commitment to community service and the work accomplished by the SPIRIT group since its establishment, especially since she is very passionate about giving back to her country-Guyana.

The Miss World-Guyana noted that “In Guyana, I have been able to launch my ‘ I COMMIT TO’ bracelet to spread the message of hope. I was also successful in establishing an empowerment center and founded the RIVAH (Rafieya’s International Vision and Hope) website which provides resources for empowerment, prevention, education and advocacy”.  She added that she is very  enthusiastic about begin part of the well renowned Black San’ festival specifically for the LIME Miss black San’ swimsuit pageant as the host. The LIME Miss. Black San’ Swimsuit Pageant is one of the largest events of the ‘Black San’ Bang-a-Lang’ festival in Sandy Point, St. Kitts and Nevis.

Pageant Coordinator, Treasa Wyatt  noted that Rafieya would be an inspiration to aspiring young women, “we know that she would definitely be an inspiration to these young and aspiring women and especially since the publication of her being dubbed “Bombshell’s Women of Substance” in the Guyana Chronicle. In addition to this, her platform “violence against children’ is extremely impressive.”

The Guyanese beauty says she is looking forward to the opportunity to work alongside the Federation’s Ministry of Gender Affairs to help push the ‘Blue Bear’ campaign, especially since she is integrally involved in educating young people in Guyana about domestic violence and recognizing early signs. “I hope that my trip will help to inspire women across the federation of St. Kitts and Nevis,” she noted.

While in St. Kitts and Nevis Rafieya is expected to conduct school visits to speak to students about her platform, television and radio interviews and also host the swimsuit pageant which is slated for March 29th, 2015.

Rafieya arrived in St. Kitts on March 25.