Universe, Odinga Lumumba on Saturday evening said that this year’s winner of the pageant will receive a cash prize of $2 million.
Lumumba was speaking at an appreciation dinner hosted by reigning queen Katherina Roshana at the New Thriving Event Centre, Camp Street, Georgetown.
Roshana was acknowledged for her outstanding performance at the Miss Universe Pageant in Malaysia last year by officials, family and friends.
Lumumba congratulated Roshana for her excellent performance at the pageant. He thanked some of the sponsors who catapulted Roshana to the Miss Universe Pageant, namely New Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation (Limacol) and the Government of Guyana.
Miss Guyana Universe Katherina Roashana’s speech.
Roshana thanked President Donald Ramotar for his words of wisdom and for making her trip to Russia possible. Additionally, she thanked her parents and Lumumba for their continued support.
She spoke about her passion for autistic children and hopes to start her own charity for disabled children soon. Roshan Khan, Roshana’s father, said his daughter prevailed despite all the disadvantages on the part of Guyana as compared to other countries that support their contestant for the pageant.
As the reigning Miss Guyana India Worldwide queen, Katherina represented Guyana at the Miss India Worldwide Pageant in 2013 in Malaysia, where she won the Miss Beautiful Skin title.