Joanna Dhanraj

Dryshore is a quiet little village in Essequibo, approximately four miles from the Supenaam jetty skirted by the villages of Warousi and Hibernia.

Diamond Secondary School teacher Jennifer Lall-Shiwbalak took the Miss Guyana Renaissance 2017 title besting 11 other contestants in what has been described as a stiff contest, last month at the National Cultural Centre.

Blenheim, is the second village in the south of Leguan, between Enterprise and Endeavour, less than a mile from the stelling.

Cullen on the Essequibo Coast is precisely 23.5 kilometres from Supenaam, between Bremen and Abrams Zuil.

Pakistan sits snugly between Windsor Forest and La Jalousie on the West Coast Demerara approximately nine kilometres from the Vreed-en-Hoop Police Station.

Just three weeks short of the staging of the Miss Guyana Renaissance pageant, twelve ladies are kept busy perfecting dance routines, walk and speeches.

La Harmonie, West Bank Demerara appears to be facing extinction; only three families reside there.

Put to task at the age of just ten to help to create the family’s Christmas cake propelled Rabina Shivraj into a world of baking and decoration and today she has learnt the art of hooking her customers, first with her creativity and secondly with the taste of her creations.

By Joanna Dhanraj   With August fast approaching, the contestants of the Mr and Miss Guyana African Roots 2017 pageant are busy perfecting their skills for their big nights.

Nooitgedacht is a village on Wakenaam Island running parallel to Arthurville, which was featured last week.

After a year of flaunting the Miss Global International Guyana crown and doing Guyana proud at the international leg by becoming the first runner and copping six awards, Poonam Singh handed over her crown to 23-year-old old stunner, Cynthia Dookie, the new queen, two Fridays ago at a simple coronation held at the Pegasus Hotel.

Colwyn Lonsdale Murray may seem like the ordinary Immigration Officer many persons think him to be but when he pulls a note there’s nothing ordinary about him.

Arthurville is a tiny village on the island of Wakenaam, of not more than 60 people.

Under the directorship of Missosology Guyana (an organisation that says it is committed to pageantry in Guyana and its diaspora) the gorgeous Divya Yabindranauth was chosen to represent Guyana at the Miss United Continents in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

The Miss Renaissance Pageant is here again and it’s time for Melissa Dow-Richardson, who won in 2015 to give up the crown.

A 40-minute drive from Georgetown along the East Coast Demerara road would bring you to Two Friends, a busy little village, precisely 29.5 kilometers from the city.

Eighteen-year-old Vena Mookram is elated to have copped the coveted Miss World Guyana title on Sunday at the Marriott Hotel after a stiff competition with nine other beauties.

Last Saturday brought the curtains down on the annual Festa Junina celebrations at the Brazil-Guyana Cultural Centre, which saw its largest crowd ever: more than 1,000 persons in attendance.

Hoff Van Aurich is a sleepy little village on the Essequibo Coast situated 26 kilometres from Supenaam.

Professional photographer Amrit Rivas only found his new passion a short few years ago but his work is fast attracting attention.