Petite Miss India Guyana 2019 Rashena Hanif was once a frail child who was frequently hospitalised, and who as a teenager was often made to feel embarrassed about her body type to the extent that she became depressed, but she was also a fighter as proven by her triumph just minutes into Monday morning on May 27.
Faydeha King emerged as the best talent when the Miss Earth Guyana Talent and Fashion preliminaries were held last Saturday night at the Theatre Guild.
Soca artiste Jumo Primo on Friday last launched the reopening of the former Weddy Weddy Night Club, now called 592 Spot and geared to promote live performances by local artistes and entertainment from local disc jockeys.
Rashena Hanif emerged as this year’s Miss India Guyana just minutes into Monday morning last at the Ramada Princess Hotel after going head on in a stiff competition with five other contestants.
Twenty-six young girls of the St Ann’s Orphanage were on Monday treated to donations by designer Michelle Cole-Wagner and her up-and-coming designer daughter Sapphire Rose, in collaboration with TidyUp Liquid Detergent Company.
On Sunday last, Majesty International introduced 25 quarterfinalists to compete in the Miss World Guyana 2020 competition.
Guyanese artiste and band member of Feed the Flames, Josie Mitchell will be the face of the band in new spin-off side project called Josie and The Flames set to debut in a live performance tonight at MovieTowne.
“All the hard work we put in has paid off,” an elated Aleria Deeges said.
“Nothing to Laugh About” is about to put its 12th edition on stage and while it promises to have fans “laughing their heads off” the production also wants to give kudos to the men and women who operate backstage to make the production a success.
The Guyana Princess Pageant will hold auditions today at the Theatre Guild Playhouse for interested pre-teen girls.
Though she was homeschooled, Maryam Jameela Haniff was always on never-ending adventures through her reading.
Imperial House has launched the Miss Guyana Teen Scholarship Pageant, which hopes to make a difference in the lives of Guyanese teen girls by not just promoting all-round improvement but offering the winner a scholarship.
Born to Guyanese parents in Manchester, UK, Anita Sethi, an award-winning writer, journalist and broadcaster, was recently in Guyana as one of the mentors of the Guyana Commonwealth Writers Workshop and to launch We Mark Your Memory: Writings from the Descendants of Indenture, as she is one of the contributing writers.
The 28th annual Mother and Daughter Pageant, which was held last Saturday, saw three pairs of mothers and daughters crowned in Junior, Middle and Senior categories.
Photographs by Saajid Husani National Director of three pageants: Miss and Mrs India Guyana and Miss Global International, Hashim Alli finally sat down with The Scene to speak of his passion for entertainment and culture and his journey from reserved to where he is today.
The curtains of Nrityageet 40 – the final production – closed in splendour and tears last Saturday at the National Cultural Centre when scores of dancers put on a fine show of dance, song, drumming, yoga and drama.
Purple Heart Productions will tomorrow night put on the fourth edition of the show ‘A Treat For My Mother’ at the National Cultural Centre (NCC).
“One day I had taken a really up-close picture of a seedling I had planted.
Last Saturday night saw the sashing of the 6 contestants who will be vying for the Miss India Guyana crown and title later this month.
While in high school, he was a member of a gang called the Crips, but the now 24-year-old Martain Al-ameen has since turned his life around and is a man of many talents including being a songwriter, producer, director, photographer and chef.
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