Christa Simmons set to wing out to Johannesburg November 13 Miss World Pageant

By Mondale Smith

Christa Simmons, 23, after being selected as Guyana's representative to the Miss World 2008 pageant, is set to wing out on November 13 for one month of competition for the coveted Miss World Crown.

Yesterday she received a return ticket to London compliments of Caribbean Airlines. The lady, who is promising Guyana that she will do her best to sell her country, said " I'm focused on selling Guyana, but if I place in the top 20, let alone the top five, or better still win the crown, that will be fantastic." The ticket was handed over to the local beauty by Carlton Defour, General Manager of Caribbean Airlines. She was official ly awarded the title at a function at the Zoom Inn International Hotel in August by her predecessor, Candacy Charles.

Christa was selected by the Miss Guyana World committee from a list of prospective candidates. The international pageant was originally billed for the Ukraine, but had to be postponed. The decision to select a local beauty ambassador to the pageant was taken several weeks ago after it was realized that time did not permit the holding of a pageant to formally select a delegate to represent Guyana at the pageant in its 58th year.

This beauty holds a degree in the Social Sciences from the University of Guyana, and is the second local beauty to have been selected to contest the interna tional pageant. The first was Suzette Shim.

She says that she will be contesting in four of the fast track events at the international pageant. " For my talent I'll be singing; I'll be in the sporting segment; and then I'll do the Miss Model of the World; I will also be hotly contesting the beauty pageant with a purpose charity event," she told this publication.

" I'm not pursuing the crown, I'm planning to do my best and after that I'm eyeing a shot at the Miss Universe crown," Simmons said.