Guyana Premier, the national franchise of the Miss Earth Guyana national competition, is seeking contestants for this year’s beauty pageant.
Miss Earth Guyana Xamiera Kippins in her winning national costume
The pageant represents the most beautiful women of the Earth to serve as role models dedicated to upholding the advocacy to preserve and restore mother Earth.
Miss Earth is the largest environmental event in the world, channelling the beauty pageant entertainment industry as an effective tool to promote environmental awareness.
Guyana returned to the international pageant in 2018 with Xamiera Kippins. She was crowned Miss Earth Guyana 2018 following a local pageant where she outshone her other competitors.
Miss Earth Guyana 2018 saw great success in gaining our country much needed recognition after she copped the gold medal for her costume depicting Guyanese folklore, the Ole Higue and the silver medal for her talent.
However, candidates who have an interest in representing Guyana on the international scene must be a natural born female of Guyanese origin; single, never been married nor has a child; must be between the ages 18 and 28; must be five feet five inches or more; must be outgoing and friendly; must have excellent physique; must be well rounded and knowledgeable of Guyana’s culture and environment.
This year, Miss Earth Guyana national finalists will be given a number of opportunities, which include educational seminars focusing primarily on green education and public speaking, eco-tours to Fort Island, Madewini, Leguan and the Mangrove Restoration project. They will also be involved in pageant training and coaching by Jada’s Consultancy, among many other benefits.
For the second consecutive year, Demerara Bakery Inc of Land of Canaan, East Bank of Demerara is the pageant’s official “Beauties for a Cause’ sponsor. Miss Earth Guyana 2019 is also sponsored by recently acquired ISO certified, Nand Persaud and Company Ltd, Precise Printing and Stationery Supplies, Department of Tourism and the Social Cohesion Ministry.
The reigning Miss Guyana Earth will crown her successor on June 15 at the National Cultural Centre and that young woman will then go on to represent Guyana at Miss Earth 2019.
Miss Earth Guyana 2019 will win $1 million in cash and prizes.
Interested applicants can apply online on or before March 10, 2019 at http://www.missearthguyana.org, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/MissEarthGY/ or directly at this link https://www.cognitoforms.com/MissEarthGuyana1/MissEarthGuyana2019ApplicationForm
