Talking to Alicia Bess you quickly realise a few things and the first is that she is genuine to the core. There are no false airs about her. She answers questions directly and is engaging to the point that you could forget you’re conducting an interview. The second is that while she wants to win, she is not willing to sacrifice her integrity to do so. The third is that she’s always had a plan and she’s sticking to it.
Alicia recently won the Guyana leg of Miss Global International and will represent this country at the international pageant in Trinidad and Tobago from September 25 to October 3, vying against some 40 to 50 contestants from other countries around the world. She notes that Guyana was in the top ten last year when Onesha Hutson represented at the pageant held in Jamaica. Onesha also won ‘Best Smile’ award and made it into the Top Six in the Talent segment of the pageant.
Alicia would like to improve on that significantly by bringing home the crown, especially since Guyana is booked to host the pageant in 2016 in collaboration with Princess Hotel. That would indeed be the ideal situation. And since this will also be the