Jason Shurland came to attention as a designer in 2013 when Miss Guyana Jamzone for that year, Alicia Bess, wore his coin swimsuit. The head-turning design saw Alicia winning the swimsuit category of the competition.
Soon after the pageant, Jason was the talk of the town and he was receiving calls and messages, some as far as the United States of America and surprisingly West Africa as well. Photographers countrywide turned up to take shots of the shining swimsuit but little did anyone know about the trouble behind the scenes and how it almost did not make it to the stage at all.
“Not having designed before, I had numerous problems in getting the chance to design the swimsuit,” he recalled.