| – Miss Guyana Earth Q&A ends By Neil MarksToday, I’ll not deal with plastic, the one and a half hour I had to wait, or a backdrop that kept falling down.But it is preposterous that not one of the contestants in the Miss Guyana Earth pageant bothered to champion the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) as their platform.One would think that this would be an ideal opportunity to eloquently present the LCDS as a working model that the developed world is desperate for to show why they should be doling out money to forest-rich countries like Guyana.I show up to realise that two of the contestants had dropped out of the pageant. One called to say don’t make any clothes for her because she no longer wants to be in the pageant while the other sent a text message saying not to try to contact her.Contestants in the Miss Guyana Earth pageant. Soyini Fraser is second from right. So we are down to seven contestants and it’s time for the Question and Answer segment.It’s unclear why pageant organisers in Guyana insist on putting contestants through the Question and Answer segment in the full view of the public when we all know that it ends up being a total disaster. The major international pageants keep the interview segment private, and the results help to decide the finalists.Not so in Guyana. We insist on masquerading appalling answers on national TV. I tried to find out when the interview segment will be aired, but I am told that depends on NCN.Anyhow, I am here at the Princess Hotel. At least the air conditioning is working, and the wait is not sweaty. NCN left behind a piece of equipment, so the wait is prolonged. Anyhow, they are finally ready, and I am ready for some answers.Wanita Huburn is doing the interview segment. Hold on, isn’t she part of the organising committee? Anyhow, this is Guyana.First up is Deoranie Badal. She had a hard time getting it together and clearly needs work,Cheap NBA Jerseys Wholesale, and LOTS of it. She needs to get a hold of the English Language more than anything else. It seems she tried to cram a few things and got lost.All the contestants had to answer three questions, … what they would like to see happen to curb Guyana’s environmental challenges; what challenges they face being involved in the pageant; and who they would prefer to win if they didn’t.On the first question,Wholesale Jerseys, Deoranie thought that miners and loggers…am, ok, well, we’re not sure of anything else, so let’s leave it at that. On the second question, she said gym classes and the rehearsals were the challenges she has had to deal with,Cheap NFL Jerseys Supply, but she got hold of it. Not that she said it so clearly. On the final question, she just couldn’t muster a response.Anesha Benjamin advocated raising the fine for littering above $10,000 and then she said if she didn’t win, she would like to see Soyini Fraser win. The third contestant, Velisha Easton also said she would prefer Soyini to win if she didn’t.We also wish Soyini would win. She towers above the other contestants, literally,Cheap Stitched Jerseys, and also in her entire approach. She is the very essence of poise and grace, and of elegance and sophistication.She was the most relaxed of the constants and though her answers to the questions were forthright and clear,Wholesale Cheap Jerseys, she never made it look like she was going through a competition.It would be very surprising to find out the judges didn’t score her the highest. She actually knew what greenhouse gases were (whew,Cheap Jerseys, that’s always a tough one!). She spoke of taking a bike and riding around the corner instead of using the car (not that most of us own one, anyhow).Her greatest challenge has been stepping out of her shell, and she has done an amazing job. On answering the final question, she felt that anyone of the delegates was capable of taking the crown. It was the sensible answer to a question like that.Soyini is the one to beat, and she looks well on her way to earning her place in the Miss Earth pageant set for Vietnam later this year.Shellon Fraser suggested a bag you can use over and over again,cheap nfl jerseys outlet, and not plastic. She was not sure who she would like to win if she didn’t. She gets credit for mastering those long struts needed for the catwalk.The other contestants in the pageant are Franale Holder and Kiswana Jefford.Let’s see what happens on June 26. |
