Miss Universe Guyana
{{short description|Beauty pageant}}
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{{Infobox Organization
|name = Miss Universe Guyana Organization
|formation = 1947
|type = Beauty pageant
|headquarters = Georgetown
|location = Guyana
|membership = Miss Universe
|language = English
|leader_title = President
|leader_name = Teri Brown Walker
|num_staff =
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|website =
}}
The Miss Universe Guyana (previously called Miss Guyana) is a national beauty pageant in Guyana which selects the country's representatives into the Miss Universe pageant.
History
Guyana debuted in 1956 as the British Guiana until 1966 under the Miss British Guiana pageant. The very first Miss Universe British Guiana in that epoch, was Rosalind Iva Joan Fung from Georgetown. The British Guiana beauty pageant existed from 1947 when Phyllis Woolford won the first Miss British Guiana pageant. {{cite web|url=https://www.stabroeknews.com/2011/the-scene/10/08/beauty-pageants-%E2%80%93-a-look-back/|title=Beauty pageants – a look back|author=Stabroeknews|date=8 October 2011|work=Stabroek News|accessdate=8 October 2011}} In 1999, the Guyana sash used on the Miss Universe stage for the first time. {{cite web|url=https://www.landofsixpeoples.com/news02/nc204212.htm|title=Former Miss Guyana Universe speaks out|author=Guyana Chronicle|date=21 April 2002|work=landofsixpeoples.com|accessdate=16 April 2023}} In 2016 the pageant was renamed from Miss Guyana (from previous directorship) to Miss Universe Guyana under Moonlight Productions. In 2023, the Miss Universe Guyana license was granted to Mrs. Brown Walker, an American director. {{cite web|url=https://guyanachronicle.com/2023/04/14/guyana-returns-to-miss-universe-stage/|title=Former Miss Guyana Universe speaks out|author=Guyana Chronicle|date=14 April 2023 |work=landofsixpeoples.com|accessdate=16 April 2023}}
=Editions=
On September 12, 2012, for the first time in history, Leila Lopes, Miss Universe 2011 of Angola attended the final of Miss Guyana 2012 while Ruqayyah Boyer declared as the new titleholder of Guyana.{{Cite news|work=jayblessed.com|title=Ruqayyah Boyer, Miss Guyana Universe 2012|date=September 12, 2012|author=jayblessed.com|url=http://www.jayblessed.com/2012/09/19/congrats-ruqayyah-boyer-is-miss-guyana-universe-2012-photos/|access-date=September 19, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016052408/http://www.jayblessed.com/2012/09/19/congrats-ruqayyah-boyer-is-miss-guyana-universe-2012-photos/|archive-date=October 16, 2012|url-status=dead}}
On October 8, 2013, Katherina Roshana crowned Miss Guyana 2013. For the first time, the reigning titleholder of Miss Guyana was crowned Miss India Guyana 2013.{{Cite news|work=kaieteurnewsonline.com|title=Katherina Roshana is Miss Guyana Universe 2013|date=October 8, 2013|author=jayblessed.com|url=http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2013/10/08/katherina-roshana-is-miss-guyana-universe-2013/|access-date=October 8, 2013}}
=Directorships=
- Queen of the Beauties of the Guianas (1956)
- Miss Guyana Association (1999)
- Odinga Lumumba (2002)
- Moonlight Productions, Jyoti Hardat (2016)
- Teri Brown Walker (2023)
Titleholder
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;"
!!width="60"|Year | width="250"|Miss Guyana | width="200"|Region |
| 1947
| Phyllis Woolford | ||
| 1956
| Rosalind Iva Joan Fung | ||
| 1958
| Clyo Fernandes | ||
| 1960
| Julia Ann Adamson | ||
| 1961
| Hermione Clair Brown | ||
| 1962
| Ave Henriques | ||
| 1963
| Gloria Blackman | ||
| 1964
| Mary Rande Holl | ||
| 1965
| Cheryl Viola Cheeng | ||
| 1966 | ||
| 1967 | ||
| 1968
| Adrienne Harris | ||
| 1969
| Pamela Patricia Lord | ||
| 1970
| Jennifer Diana Wong | ||
| 1971
| Nalini Moonsar | ||
| 1988
| Christina Jardim | ||
| 1989
| Reeya Majeed | ||
| 1999
| Morvinia Sobers | ||
| 2002
| Mia Rahaman | ||
| 2003
| Leanna Yulanie Damond | ||
| 2004
| Odessa Abenaa Phillips | ||
| 2005
| Candisie Franklin | ||
| 2006
| Alana Ernest | ||
| 2007
| Meleesa Natasha Payne | ||
| 2009
| Jenel Cox | ||
| 2010
| Tamika Henry | ||
| 2011 | ||
| 2012 | ||
| 2013
| Katherina Roshana | ||
| 2014
| Niketa Barker | ||
| 2015 | ||
| 2016 | ||
| 2017 | ||
| 2023
| Lisa Narine{{Cite web|first=Deneita|last=Fredericks|date=3 September 2023|title=Lisa Narine is new Miss Universe Guyana|url=https://www.stabroeknews.com/2023/09/03/news/guyana/lisa-narine-is-new-miss-universe-guyana/|access-date=2023-09-03|website=Stabroek News}} |
Titleholder under Miss Universe Guyana org.
=Miss Guyana Universe=
{{plainlist|
- {{Color box|gold|border=silver}} : Declared as Winner
- {{Color box|#FFFF66|border=silver}} : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
- {{Color box|#FFFF99|border=silver}} : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
- {{Color box|#FADADD|border=silver}} : Ended as special awards winner
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::On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a runner-up is sent.
| class="wikitable " style="font-size: 90%;"
!width="60" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Year !width="250" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Region !width="250" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Miss Universe Guyana !width="250" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Placement at Miss Universe !width="250" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Special Awards !width="250" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Notes |
| 2024
| Ariana Blaize | Unplaced | | |
| 2023
| Lisa Narine | Unplaced | | Teri Brown Walker directorship. |
| colspan=6 {{n/a|Did not compete between 2018—2022}} |
| 2017
| Unplaced | | |
| 2016
| Unplaced | | Miss Universe Guyana Organization — Jyoti Hardat (Moonlight Production) directorship. |
| 2015
| Unplaced | | |
| 2014
| Niketa Barker | Unplaced | | |
| 2013
| Katherina Roshana | Unplaced | | |
| 2012
| Unplaced | | |
| 2011
| Unplaced | | |
| 2010
| Tamika Henry | Unplaced | | |
| 2009
| Jenel Cox | Unplaced | | |
| 2008
| colspan=5 {{n/a|Did not compete}} |
| 2007
| Meleesa Natasha Payne | Unplaced | | |
| 2006
| Alana Ernest | Unplaced | | |
| 2005
| Candisie Franklin | Unplaced | | |
| 2004
| Essequibo Islands-West Demerara | Odessa Abenaa Phillips | Unplaced | | |
| 2003
| Leanna Yulanie Damond | Unplaced | | |
| 2002
| Mia Rahaman | Unplaced | | Odinga Lumumba directorship. |
| colspan=6 {{n/a|Did not compete between 2000—2001}} |
| 1999
| Morvinia Sobers | Unplaced | | Miss Guyana Association directorship ― The first time by using Guyana sash on the Miss Universe stage. |
| colspan=6 {{n/a|Did not compete between 1967—1998}} |
| 1966
| Unplaced | | The last Miss British Guiana at Miss Universe pageant. |
| 1965
| Cheryl Viola Cheeng | Unplaced | | |
| 1964
| Mary Rande Holl | Unplaced | | |
| 1963
| Gloria Blackman | Unplaced | | |
| colspan=6 {{n/a|Did not compete between 1959—1962}} |
| 1958
| Clyo Fernandez | Unplaced | | |
| 1957
| colspan=5 {{n/a|Did not compete}} |
| 1956
| Rosalind Iva Joan Fung | Unplaced | | Miss Vigorelli and Queen of the Beauties of the Guianas 1956 ― as Miss British Guiana. |
References
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{{Miss Universe countries and territories}}
Category:Beauty pageants in Guyana