Mr Guyana International Paul Charles is on an upward curve

Paul Charles

By Jairo Rodrigues

 

Paul Anthony Charles, one of the top dancers with the widely acclaimed Classique Dance Company is on a self-propelled upward curve that has so far won him the inaugural Mr Guyana International title and he is determined to rise even higher.

Aside from the fact that the Mr Guyana International pageant was the first of its kind in Guyana, and one that he figured would gain a lot of attention, Paul signed up for very personal reasons. Paul had dropped out of school to find a job to assist his single-parent mother who was struggling. This could very well have been the beginning of his downhill descent, but Paul began a struggle of his own; computer classes and later dance became his means of elevation.

Paul, who is 28, said he wanted people to hear his message which was also the aim behind the competition – that male role models that can