Miss Guyana Universe 2012 Ruqayyah Boyer will pay an official visit to St Lucia on the invitation of Miss St Lucia Universe Tara Edward and her organisation in an effort to pave the way for beauty queens in the Caribbean who will be representing their various lands in 2013.
On her trip, she will be engaged in a number of photo shoots among other events.
The 22-year-old Boyer songbird, poet and actress represented Guyana at the Miss Universe pageant in Las Vegas last December. She has left an indelible mark, as Guyana was credited as being the best catwalk contestant alongside Miss Philippines and Miss Japan.
After the pageant, she spent two months in New York representing Guyana at the United Nations Peace Ceremony held at the UN headquarters in Manhattan and heating up catwalks during the New York Fashion Week, which saw the beauty queen modelling designs from Chinese, European, Guadeloupian, Dominican and American designers.
She was even a guest on the Bet 106 & Park show where the young beauty queen chatted with world-renowned actress Gabrielle Union about her inspirations.
The St Lucia trip is also set to launch fundraising efforts for the establishment of the Hope Phoenix Foundation, spearheaded by the reigning queen who aims to help battle gender-based violence in Guyana and around the Caribbean region. The foundation will be collaborating with the (CADVA) Caribbean American Domestic Violence Association for which Ruqayyah is also an ambassador/spokesperson.
Boyer was recently elected public relations officer of the Caribbean Youth Environment Network (Guyana) and will be engaging in a beautification project at the Soufriere Primary School on the island with the St Lucian Chapter of CYEN during her visit.
To keep up with what Miss Guyana Universe is doing, log on to her newly-launched website at www.ruqayyahboyer,com and follow her journey as the reigning Miss Guyana Universe.