Miss Guyana is the national competition in Guyana where the Titleholder/National Winner represents Guyana at the Miss World competition. Guyana first placed at the Miss World competition in 1966 which was the first of six consecutive placements from semifinalist to top 3 finish from 1966 to 1971.[3] The Miss Guyana trademark is under Natasha Martindale directorship.

History

Miss Guyana

Since 1966 Miss Guyana was known as the Independent Queen whose winners represented Guyana at the Miss World contest. The first Miss Guyana was Umblita Van Sluytman from Georgetown. She became Guyana's first representative at the Miss World competition in London, in November 1966. A UPI photograph of her dancing on a table in her navel-baring, minimal costume for the pageant was published in many newspapers. She placed as a semifinalist.

Seasons

• 1967: Shakira Baksh, the 1967 Miss Guyana, went on to become a runner-up at the Miss World 1967 pageant.^[1] Baksh married British actor Michael Caine six years later, becoming his second wife.^[2]
• 2009: Imarah Radix was named Miss Guyana World in 2009 and went on to compete at the Miss World 2009 pageant in South Africa.^[3]
• 2009: In the United Kingdom in 2009, a gynaecologist was accused of giving an orgasm to a patient who allegedly claimed to be a former Miss Guyana World winner, but the patient denied having made this claim.^[4]
• 2010: Aletha Shepherd, who was Miss Guyana World 2010, went on to compete in the Miss Asia Pacific World pageant the following year, from which she withdrew after allegedly being sexually harassed by the pageant's sponsors and racially discriminated against by the judges.^[5]
• 2012: Arti Cameron, a pre-medical student, was crowned Miss Guyana World.^[6] That July, Cameron appeared at the JRG Bikini Under the Bridge Fashion Show in New York City, New York, United States.^[7] It is traditional for beauty queens to be tall in order to better showcase their legs, but Cameron was one of several contestants at Miss World 2012 who were petite.^[8]
• 2013: Natasha Martindale took over the leadership of the Miss Guyana World pageant, replacing Ken Chung who had previously filled that role.^[9]
• 2014: Rafieya Husain was crowned Miss World Guyana 2014 on May 26, 2014. The 22-year-old scooped the top prize at the event held at the National Cultural Centre. Speaking after collecting her prize, Rafieya promised to work with various organisations to fight the scourge of domestic violence, by tackling it from the grassroot level. In addition, she is optimistic that she has what it takes to bring home the Miss World crown later in the year. The 1st runner up was Atisha Gaskill, with Denicia Williams 2nd runner up.

Miss World Guyana

Color key

Year	Titleholders	Miss World Guyana	Placement	Special Awards
1966		Umblita Van Sluytman	Top 15
1967		Shakira Caine	2nd Runner-up
1968		Adrienne Harris	5th Runner-up
1969		Pamela Patricia Lord	3rd Runner-up
1970		Jennifer Diana Evan Wong	Top 10
1971		Nalini Moonsar	3rd Runner-up
1988		Christina Jardim	Unplaced
1989		Reeya Majeed	Unplaced
1999		Indra Changa	Unplaced
2001		Olive Gopaul	Unplaced
2002		Odessa Abenaa Phillips	Unplaced
2003		Alexis Glasgow	Unplaced
2004		Suzette Marissa Shim	Unplaced
2005		Jasmine Samoy Herzog	Unplaced
2006		Dessia Braithwaite	Unplaced
2007		Candace Charles	Unplaced
2008		Christa Lasaunta Simmons	Unplaced
2009		Kalerouann Radix	Unplaced	Miss World Talent (Top 22)
2010		Aletha Shepherd	Unplaced	Miss World Sports (Semifinalist)
2012		Arti Cameron	Unplaced	Miss World Sports (Finalist)
2013		Ruqayyah Boyer	Unplaced	Miss World Beach Beauty (Semifinalist) Miss World Talent (Quarterfinalist)
2014		Rafieya Husain	Top 10	Beauty With a Purpose Continental Queen of Caribbean
2015		Lisa Punch	Top 10	Miss World Talent Multimedia Awards (Top 5) Beauty With a Purpose (Top 10)
2016		Nuriyyih Gerrard	Unplaced	Beauty with a Purpose Certificate (Quarterfinalist)
2017		Vena Mookram	Unplaced
2018		Ambika Ramraj	Unplaced	Miss World Talent (Finalist) Beauty with a Purpose (Semifinalist)
2019		Joylyn Conway	Top 40
2020	Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no pageant in 2020—2022
2023		Andrea King[10]	TBA

Miss Supranational Guyana

Miss Universe Guyana