Miss Guyana World participates in medical outreach

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Newly-selected Miss Guyana World 2013 Ruqayyah Boyer participated in a medical outreach and community health fair project held in Cane Grove, East Bank Demerara at the Irene Madray Recreational Arts Centre (IMRAC) on Sunday.

Miss Guyana World 2013 Ruqayyah Boyer testing a resident’s blood pressure
Miss Guyana World 2013 Ruqayyah Boyer testing a resident’s blood pressure

The event was hosted by the Operation Dream Catchers Group (ODC) out of the United States and saw a collaborative effort between ODC; Caribbean American Domestic Violence Awareness (CADVA); the Health Ministry; and IMRAC. The session helped to highlight and educate the community on various health issues and ways in which they can be prevented.
There were blood sugar and blood pressure tests administered; CPR demonstrations; sessions on the liver, heart diseases, and mental illness; and several donations were made to members of the Cane Grove community before and after the health fair.
Boyer, who was crowned Miss Guyana Universe in 2012, is the first Guyanese to hold two major national titles at the same time.
The only other Guyanese to hold both titles was Odessa Phillips. The previous Miss World Guyana, Arti Cameron, will officially crown the new queen later this month. The beauty ambassador, who has been working assiduously in her role as Guyana’s national queen, was this year named an ambassador and spokesperson for several organisations such as CADVA, IMRAC, and Caribbean Youth Environment Network (CYEN) – Guyana for which she is the public relations officer.
The community health fair in Cane Grove is the second activity undertaken by the queen, since she was given her second national title (Miss Guyana World); the first being an interactive forum she hosted on bullying in schools and domestic violence at the St Stanislaus College last Friday.
The new Miss Guyana World is preparing to compete in the Miss World Pageant come this September in Indonesia.

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