Guyanese beauty with Trini heritage captures Miss Indian Canadian crown

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BY NADIA HUSSEIN

The first runner-up Melanie Mohammed performing her talent of steel pan

A new Miss West Indian Canadian was crowned in Toronto on Sunday at the Pearson Convention Center. Shereen Pasad, of Guyanese and Trinidadian heritage, took the top title of the pageant out of the 10 contestants.
“I’m still in shock,” she told Caribbean Times International Magazine less than half an hour after winning. “I didn’t even think I would make the top five.” On her way to the win, Pasad performed her talent of Indian dancing, modelled a cream coloured evening gown with crystals, and answered a question about why she has her own dance school. Pasad said her younger sister was one of her inspirations for starting Divinity Dance School.
When asked why she decided to enter the pageant, she said, “I’m pretty good with dancing on stage, I have my own dance school so I really wanted to do something out of my element, to give it a shot and set another goal for myself.”
Some of Pasad’s prizes include CDN$1,000, a customized sash, a bouquet, a jewellery gift set, a photo shoot for Wi Canadian Magazine, and a limo ride with family and friends to a club party in her honour.

Top Five Miss West Indian Canadian: 4th runner-up: Ashley Debysingh, 3rd runner-up, Natasha Rai, 2nd runner-up, Roanna Sinclair, 1st runner-up, Melanie Mohammed and winner Shereen Pasad. (Nadia Hussein photos)

The Miss West Indian Canadian Pageant (MWICP) also featured Little Miss West Indian Canadians for the first time who walked the stage without the pressure of competition. Keeping the crowd entertained were comedians Crystal Ferrier and Keesha Brownie, singer Alisha Nauth, and dancers Nicola and Diva Dollz. There were also exhibitors catering to bridal, arts and entertainment, and health and beauty needs.
The MWICP was established in 2010 by Julie Rambali. She and her Wi Canadian team believe the possibilities a pageant brings with beautiful, talented, intelligent, and cultured women can only enhance the spirit of the West Indian community.
As for Pasad, she said there are a few charities she has in mind that she wants to eventually work with in her new position. However, immediately after the pageant, there were only two things she could think of doing.
“I want to eat and sleep,” she said with a laugh.

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