Franale Holder is Guyana’s newest Miss Emancipation, but she is much more than just a beauty queen. Firmly grounded, this 24-year-old entrepreneur manages her own catering business: Franale’s Creole Kitchen. She is also certified in basic First Aid and CPR.
Franale was born in Guyana, but grew up between Guyana and Suriname and apart from English, is also fluent in Dutch and Sranan Tongo, a creole language spoken by most people in Suriname.
In Suriname she lived in Paramaribo, the capital, in a community she described as middle-class,