Miss
Press
Statement by Miss
Good morning ladies and
gentlemen of the media and welcome to this first Press Conference for the Miss
Guyana World 2003 Pageant. We are indeed happy for this opportunity to tell you
about 3rd annual Miss Guyana World Pageant which will be held on
Saturday September 6 at the
This Pageant is once again
being organised by K. M. Chung Promotions, headed by Mr. Kenneth Chung,
franchise-holder for the Miss Guyana World Pageant. Ken Chung is a London-based
Guyanese who migrated from
Although still in its
early stages of development, the Miss Guyana World has managed to maintain a
very high standard and level of professionalism and has produced queens of
distinction in Olive Gopaul and our reigning queen Odessa Phillips.
The team working to bring
about this year’s Pageant includes Derek Moore (the Artistic Director/
Trainer), former Miss Guyana World Olive Gopaul (Pageant Coordinator), Asmita
Chand (Marketing/ Finance Coordinator), Basil Williams (Legal Adviser), Odessa
Phillips & Neil Marks (PR) and Christopher Goodridge (Assistant Trainer).
This year we will continue
to strive to improve the quality of our Pageant. We endured the arduous task of
hand-picking and screening a number of young ladies and have short-listed
fourteen beautiful contenders for the crown who will be presented to the media
& special invitees at a cocktail to be held at the Le Meridien Pegasus on Thursday
July 10.We wish to acknowledge the kind support of the Le Meridien Pegasus
which has sponsored this event and the Ministry of Culture who has sponsored
the garments to be worn by the delegates.
The contestants represent
a rich mixture of races and hail from across the country. Training has already
begun at the
The Committee recognizes
the importance in having our girls prepared both mentally and physically and as
such have arranged for weekly workshops with various professionals to lecture
to our delegates on various social and international issues and on skills
development. In addition, the delegates will attend swimming, aerobics and yoga
classes and will be attached to various Non-Governmental Organisations to aid
in the development of their platforms. The delegates will also receive training
in social skills, etiquette and modeling techniques.
This year’s Pageant will
move closer to the style of the Miss World Pageant with pre-judged intelligence and evening gown
competitions to be held on August 29 and 30 respectively. In addition, the
Guyana U-Decide Programme will be held on September 3 on GTV. Two fashion shows
entitled “Feminine Moods” will be held in
We are pleased to announce
that this year’s pageant will be taking a humanitarian focus and we hope to
attain status as a charitable organisation by 2005. The theme of the Miss World
Pageant “Beauty with a Purpose” has also been adopted by our Pageant
and it is our hope that we will be able to meaningfully contribute to society
in a few years.
Our evening gown
competition will take the form of a black-tie dinner at the Le Meridien Pegasus
Hotel from which part proceeds will be donated to Ms. Samantha Walton, a victim
of acid burns.
We also intend to launch
our Pageant Magazine in August from which part of the proceeds will be contributed
to the Blind Institute.
The Queen will be selected
by independent panels of judges and will represent
Prior to traveling to
China, the Queen will visit and spend some time in London with a London-based
Guyanese community where she will complete her preparations for the Pageant and
where her wardrobe will be put together.
Finally we wish to thank
you the members of the media and all the companies who have supported us
through the years. We also welcome our new sponsors and thank them for making
the decision to come on board with the Miss Guyana World Pageant. We promise to
deliver a Pageant of unquestionable integrity and full of entertainment.
We wish to publicly
acknowledge the contributions of the following companies who have meaningfully
contributed to our Pageant to date: GT&T, Giddings Pay Day & Pawn Shop,
Banks DIH Ltd., Universal Airlines, Courts (
Ladies and gentlemen,
thank you once again and we do look forward to seeing you at our cocktail next Thursday. Please feel free to call us at telephone no
226-1050 or to visit our office in
Thank you and we would be
happy to take a few questions.