On November 12, Miss Guyana World, 2013, Ruqayyah Boyer will be competing with 90 other beauties around the world for the prestigious title of Miss International, 2014 in Toyko Japan.
The Miss International Pageant is the fourth largest pageant in the world. The others are Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss Earth. Presently, the Guyanese delegate is in the Philippines undergoing intense training leading up to the pageant.
She is expected to arrive in Toyko, Japan on October 26 where she will participate in another training session and preliminary competitions. She is being trained by the Gouldian Team that is known for their successes in pageantry over the past year.
Boyer along with Miss Guyana World, Rafieya Hussein are in training from 9:00h to 18:00h every day in various areas including makeup, hair style, wardrobe, pageant walk and others. Hussein is slated to represent Guyana at the Miss World Pageant in December.
However, during an online interview with Boyer, she stated “I am being trained on pageant walk for Miss International since our trainer indicated that for each pageant it is different… the requirements change in Miss Universe where I might have needed a more fiercer cat walk …such does not apply for Miss World or Miss International”.
She noted however, there are certain elements of the training that is a bit unorthodox but admitted it is to help with her walk, posture and leg muscles.
In the next few days, the two delegates have a fitness session and photo shoots along with speech training with respect “on what to say and what not to say”, she grinned.
Boyer also noted that the training is of high quality and she was more so honoured to have met the reigning Miss International who is also from the Philippines.
“It so happens that the reigning Miss International is from the Philippines so I am learning the secrets to get her crown…”
With less than three weeks before she wings off to Japan for the finals, she remains optimistic that she will do well as she represents Guyana on the international stage. She recalled competing with more than 130 delegates in the Miss World Pageant and she promises to use her experience in the upcoming pageant. Boyer was contacted by the Miss International Committee to participate in the pageant and after realizing that Guyana has never been represented on that stage, she agreed almost immediately.
“I wasn’t going to do another beauty pageant contest after Miss World but I was asked to consider and I did but I figured if I were going to do this again… I will need a different approach hence the training for the first time”.