Miss World Guyana Nuriyyih Gerrard has left Guyana’s shores to participate in the 66th annual Miss World Pageant slated for December 18.
The Guyanese beauty ambassador left Guyana on Wednesday morning and is excited to be representing Guyana at the international pageant where she will be competing with close 104 delegates from around the world.
Leading up to the grand finale, the Guyanese beauty will clash head on in the preliminaries in several segments including swim wear, evening gown, intelligence and most importantly, the beauty with a purpose competition as well as the multimedia challenge. She will also be displaying Guyana’s national costume to the world. She is confident in bringing home the title.
For the past two years, Guyana has placed in the top 10 in the international pageant – in 2014, Rafieya Aasieya Husain and in 2015, Lisa Punch. The pressure is now on Gerrard to do better.
The Miss World Pageant is being held in Washington, DC, on December 18 with over 115 beautiful, accomplished, superwomen vying for the prestigious title of Miss Word 2016.
The pageant commenced on November 23 with a series of challenge events and culminates on December 18 with a grand coronation. Miss World is the oldest surviving major international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951. Since his death in 2000, Morley’s widow, Julia Morley, has co-chaired the pageant.
