THE Student Reps and Social Activities team of Texila American University (TAU) take this opportunity to notify the public that they will be hosting their first Mr. and Ms. TAU Pageant, slated for tonight at the National Cultural Centre.The pageant will comprise of four segments, wherein sixteen contestants — eight for Miss TAU and eight for Mr. TAU — will showcase their beauty, sophistication and talent in displaying sportswear and formal wear, and in participation in the talent and intelligence segment where they will answer questions.

The contestants, aspiring doctors all, will vie for the privilege to represent TAU and be “the face of the school” for the next year.
The organizing committee is seeking to make this a yearly event, and is encouraging the public and the media to be part of this occasion. The pageant seeks to change the role of pageantry in Guyana by bringing a twist and spice to beauty and brains.
The contestants are of different nationalities from as far away as Asia and Africa, and are all medical students of the university. There are also those contestants drawn from Guyana.
TAU has been in operation for over four years, and has recently dispatched its first batch of doctors at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) in clinical rotations, and at the Cheddi Jagan Dental Centre.