Mr Guyana Talented Teen to champion youth empowerment

Delroy Walcott

You can expect to see Delroy Walcott promoting male pageantry and youth empowerment. He believes the youth are the future and without productive youth, our future will be useless. “Anyone with ability can reach the top, but it takes one with character to remain there,” he says.

Delroy, Mr Guyana Talented Teen 2014, surpassed 5 of his peers on Sunday night last to take the title in only the second pageant of its kind here.

Delroy, who is 19, said his journey to teen king status was not a smooth one. His mother was opposed to it at first. It was only when he pressed, informing her that the training included table and social etiquette and ballroom dancing that she finally acquiesced. “She was convinced that these activities serve to build an