For the second consecutive year, a Santa Rosa beauty outshone other contestants to emerge victorious in the Miss Moruca Expo 2012 pageant, held over the weekend as part of the seventh annual Moruca Exposition.
Sarah Browne beat four other beauties in five categories of competition—traditional wear, swim wear, evening gown, talent and an intelligence test—to win the title and crown, a press release from the Government Information Agency (GINA) said. Outgoing queen Simone Fredericks crowned Browne in front of a large audience of spectators, including representatives from the Amerindian Affairs and Tourism ministries and private sector companies such as Digicel.
Waramuri’s Nikita Lewis, Kwebanna’s Sabrina Rahaman and Assakata’s Romona Charles were named the first, second and third runners-up, respectively. The Ministry of Tourism presented each contestant with a