Ms. Katherina Roshana, age 22, emerged as the Miss India Guyana 2013 after competing with 10 other beautiful young ladies at the Princess Hotel on January 30, 2013. Ms. Shaniza Haniff was placed 1st runner up with Ms. Arti Deodat, Ms. Cheryl Cheong and Ms. Sue Lim placing 2 nd, 3rd and 4th runner ups respectively.
Ms. Katherina Roshana will be representing Guyana at the international Miss India Worldwide Pageant scheduled to be held in Malaysia during the month of April, 2013. This is the fifth consecutive year that Guyana will be represented at this international pageant.
From twenty five (25) applications received, fifteen (15) persons were shortlisted based on
talent credentials and other prerequisites, of which eleven (11) actually participated to vie
competitively for the crown.
The judging was done by a panel of renowned persons where the delegates were judged based on three rounds. The first was the English wear segment followed by the Indian wear. An interactive, question & answer session with the top five was then conducted to determine the winner. The panel of judges comprised Chief Judge, Sonia Noel -Designer, Derek Moore -Designer, Roshini Boodhoo- Miss India Guyana 2011, Devi Ramcharitar– Miss Sari Queen 2008, Fiona Singh- Two(2) times Chutney queen, Anil Beharry- Businessman, and Ceo of Lux Entertainment. The scores obtained were tallied and reviewed by an independent auditor.
Crowning and Prize:
The new queen will be crowned by the outgoing Miss India Guyana 2012 and Miss India
Worldwide 2012, Alana Seebarran on Saturday, 9th February, 2013 at the Roraima Ballroom, Princess Hotel. Along with the crowning of Miss India Guyana 2013, the audience will be entertained with dances by APSARA, together with a fashion show and songs by Andy Rattan (top 5 GT&T Jingle 2012).
Tickets will be sold at the Princess Hotel only.