MISS World 2014, Rolene Strauss, of South Africa; Chairman of the Miss World Organisation, Julia Morley and a team are expected to visit Guyana early in the new year.

The main objective of the visit is to advance projects related to the prevention of Domestic Violence in Guyana by providing critical funding for various initiatives established to end the scourge.

By being one of the top winners in the ‘Beauty With a Purpose’ segment of the Miss World competition, Miss Guyana World, Rafieya Husain, managed to arrange a visit of the team to Guyana.

For this competition, contestants were judged on the basis of the value they have added to society and for the first time ever, there was not one but five winners declared. These are Guyana, Indonesia, India, Brazil and Kenya, outshining some 117 other beauties from across the globe.

The Anna Regina, Essequibo-born Miss Husain grew up in Georgetown, before relocating to the United States at age 11. She is currently a third-year Business Administration student.
Husain’s platform for the competition was domestic violence, and she has been working to highlight the scourge, bringing awareness to people about the implications domestic violence victims face.
She revealed that she was once a victim of domestic violence, which motivated her to take an active stand against the societal scourge.
In October, Husain commissioned a $3M Outreach Centre in Three Friends Village, Essequibo Coast, Region 2 (Pomeroon-Supenaam) to aid the fight against domestic violence.
In the same month, Husain visited several secondary schools in Georgetown, where she spread awareness about the dangers of teen dating violence (TDV), which is also part of her ‘Shatter the Silence’ campaign.
The beauty queen, through several fund-raising events, raised some $4M, a portion of which went to spreading cheer to children at the Georgetown Public Hospital.
A donation was also made to the Guyana Red Cross and Guyana Help and Shelter organisation.
She also secured a plot of land in Region 2 and renovated a building in the area to create an outreach centre intended to provide advocacy, education and preventative measures to help families and communities live in harmony, and ultimately end domestic abuse.