Ten young women were last Saturday sashed ahead of the Miss Regional Division Eight Police Youth Ambassador Pageant which is slated for October 29 at the Regional Administration Oval Ground in Mahdia.
A statement on the Guyana Police Force Facebook page lists the participants and the youth groups in the villages they are representing: Keziah Calder – Chenapou Youth Group, Melanie Bennett – El Paso, Angelica Cornett – Princeville, Tesheka Kellman – Mahdia, Francis Arenas – Danji Hill, Opheza Matthews – Seven Miles, Kathy Joseph – Campbelltown, Sereenity Roberts – Micobie, Gabriella Murray – Paramakatoi and Annalisa Peters representing Karisparu Youth Group.
The sashing took place at the Denham Suspension Bridge where the candidates were introduced to the respective platforms on which they are expected to make presentations and the required sports they will dress to portray. The platforms include child abuse, child neglect, child labour, teenage pregnancy, drug abuse, domestic violence, sexual harassment, suicide and mental illness.
According to the statement, the various pageants which are planned in the police divisions across Guyana aim to build relationships between the youths of the regions and the public.
Commander of Region Eight, Senior Superintendent Michael Kingston who sashed all ten of the contestants, took the opportunity to encourage the young women who are between the ages of 14 to 17 to make themselves meaningful in society, and let to let the pageant be a platform and a way of allowing them to be positive voices for their respective communities and their region at large.
