After more than four decades of not placing in the Miss World competition, 22-year-old Rafieya Husain yesterday did Guyana proud when she was named among the top ten in the contest staged in London.
The pageant was eventually won by Miss South Africa, Rolene Strauss.
While she did not advance further in the competition, Guyanese were still ecstatic about her achievement as most now following the pageant would not have been born yet when Nalini Moonasar was named 3rd runner in the competition way back in 1971. Since then it had been what some would describe as a drought for Guyana in the competition as no other queen was named a finalist even though it should be noted that there were many years when Guyana did not enter the pageant.
And for being the only contestant from the Caribbean to be named in the top 10,
