Georgetown: Twenty-five old Divya Sieudarsan was crowned Miss Guyana India Worldwide 2014 at the New Thriving Banquet Hall by the outgoing queen Katherina Roshana.
She has now taken up the mantle to represent Guyana at the Miss India Worldwide Pageant in Dubai come June.
In delivering her maiden speech as Miss Guyana India Worldwide, Sieudarsan pledged to campaign against child abuse.
“Now, if that were a man disciplining his wife or a policeman disciplining an average citizen, most of the people who were saying that mother was a good parent for her actions would have been up campaigning against domestic abuse or police brutality. This makes no sense to me, that same brutality we condemn and see as wrong when committed by adults against adults, we condone as right and fitting when adults commit it against children,” she explained.
Sieudarsan said “abuse is abuse”.
Sieudarsan, who hails from the Number 69 Village, first appeared on the pageant scene as a delegate of the 2010 Miss Guyana Universe Pageant. She subsequently vied for the Miss Guyana India Worldwide crown in 2011. Her failure did not deter her spirit. Determined to be crowned queen, Sieudarsan applied to be the 2014 Miss Guyana India Worldwide earlier in the year. Of all the intellectuals and beauties that applied, Sieudarsan stood out. The Miss Guyana India Worldwide Franchise Holder Chandini Rambalak, supported by a panel, selected Sieudarsan.
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