Rafieya Husain believes that being a pageant title holder is a job that requires hard work, dedication and determination, because you’re no longer representing yourself but a group of people, a country and as is the case with her current crown, the prestigious brand of Miss World. It is this belief along with her astounding beauty that the Miss Guyana World takes to the 64th edition of the Miss World Pageant, which is to be held this December in London.
Rafieya’s platform for this pageant is domestic violence and many of the projects she embarks on are to find steps towards spreading awareness and educating young people on its initial signs in the form of dating violence. In an interview with The Scene, Rafieya said she believes violence against women, men and children results from the use of force or threats to achieve and maintain control over others in intimate relationships, and from societal abuse of power. She would like to work with schools and foundations to design and fund innovative programmes to prevent dating violence and eradicate domestic violence as a whole as well as to foster the development of safe alternatives in local communities.
The 22-year-old was actually into modelling before taking up pageantry. While attending Mae’s Primary School in Georgetown at eight years old, she participated in her first fashion show and enjoyed every minute of it. Growing up in a
