IN a night of sheer elegance, poise, intelligence, talent and solid competition at the Theatre Guild Playhouse, the Miss Global International Guyana 2015 Pageant was held last Saturday evening.

The evening got started with a patriotic dance to Courtney Noel’s ‘Arrowhead’, performed by the six (6) stunning contenders holding high their Guyana Flag before executing a sassy routine to a remix version of Pitbull’s Fire Ball, and closing it off with the Introduction segment, which saw all the ladies inviting the patriots to an entertaining evening.

Host and Hostess, Wr. Reaz and Radio’s Diva Surida Nagreadi, were the life of the evening, and their unmatched collaboration was well received by the audience.

Founder and Chairman of the Miss Global International Pageant, Mr. Lachu Ramchandani, addressed the audience, advising of his decision to make Guyana the home for the 2016 Miss Global International Pageant. This, of course, brings to Guyana a decision and pride that will boost the tourism sector. He announced that almost 60 countries would be represented at the prestigious pageant, which aims to promote tourism through the beauty contest; and all of this would be done right here in our beautiful land.

The swimsuit segment commenced with the contenders sporting an off-white swimsuit with gold prints, created by upcoming designer Quinton Pearson of House of Pearson Designs. Next up was the talent round, in which the contenders displayed their form of talent. The front runner in this segment was contender #3, Faydeha King, who executed a dramatic piece on drug abuse.

The contenders next paraded in their elegant evening gowns, each star-stunning piece having been creativity put together to produce an effect of sheer class and elegance.

Following this was the Question & Answer segment, in which many were spellbound by the articulated responses of the contenders. The favourite contender in this segment was definitely the lady of the evening, Ms. Alicia Bess, who spoke about our economy being a work in progress and outlined the different parts of the economy, making a special reference to the Tourism sector.
She was answering the question: “Do you think our economy is doing better or worse?”

In the end, securing the second runner-up spot was Ms. Faydeha King, while Ms. Kiswana Jefford was first runner-up and Ms Alicia Bess was crowned Miss Global International Guyana 2015. She will represent Guyana at the 11th Miss Global International pageant, scheduled to be hosted in Trinidad & Tobago later this year.

By Alex Wayne