Georgetown: The Miss World Guyana Board of Directors announced that after much consideration it has decided to cancel the 2015 Miss World Guyana pageant and select a representative from the list of current applicants to represent Guyana at the Miss World 2015 pageant.
The decision to cancel the Miss World-Guyana 2015 pageant is as a result of poor response from in-country applicants, which may be linked to National Elections being a priority at this time. On the contrary, the 2015 application process saw a greater response from overseas-based Guyanese.
The Miss World-Guyana Franchise is currently interviewing qualified applicants who applied on or before the March 20, 2015 deadline. The Miss World Guyana 2015 Representative will be selected and revealed at a special event in June at which Rafieya Husain, Miss World Guyana 2014 will be presenting her crown to the new Miss World Guyana. The date and venue of the ceremony will be announced.
Franchise Holder, Natasha Martindale said that while there will not be a pageant this year she is confident that Guyana will be represented well. In the meantime, she added, “the Miss World Guyana Organization would like to take this opportunity to have an early start on preparations for the 2016 pageant and focus on finalizing plans for a homecoming fundraiser event for Miss World Guyana 2014 –Continental Queen of Caribbean, Rafieya Husain, as she concludes her reign.”
Miss World-Guyana wishes to apologize to all its devoted supporters and the applicants for the cancellation, but saw this as the best alternative given the current challenges. The Franchise hopes that in 2016 the Miss World-Guyana Pageant will be a grand success as it will be the 50th Independence anniversary of our beautiful country, Guyana.
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