All set for Miss Wakenaam

With a mission to assist young women to build self-confidence, and promote self-worth, morals, and to provide social support for youth while publicly recognizing women who have obtained personal, professional and community achievements the stage is set for a grand Wakanaam Night. This event includes a pageant at which eight beauties including Natasha Nateram, PALOMA CHEEKA Kungbeharry, Showana Spencer, Nalini Sukar, Tonnaisia Robertson,  Vidya Persaud, Aleisha  Shareef & Annecia Hill will contest the coveted Miss Wakanaam title.

They were all trained by the reigning Miss Guyana World 2010 Imarah Radix who is promising a pageant with a difference. Wakenaam night started in 2008 after residents decided to raise funds to build a pavilion for the youths in the community to have a recreational facility. Since then that dream has been realized through the staging of the event with the pageant as a highlight.

The pageant also to promote health, fitness and inner beauty among women and children of all ethnic groups while producing positive role models for the Wakenaam Island community. Headed by Jeanette Harilall the Miss Wakenaam Pageant an annual Beauty Contest is set for July 31.

Quoting Nelson Mandela Harilall said “Our worst fear is not that we are inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, ‘who am I to be so brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?' Actually, who are we not to be? Your playing small doesn't serve the world… It is not just in some of us, it is in everyone and as we let our own light shine we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same…"

The queen is Tishanie Mandy Jairam who  currently in Canada furthering her education.

by: Mondale Smith