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Since 1956
What is the story of Guyana at Miss Universe?
The Queens Archive answers who represented Guyana. This page tells the story of Guyana at Miss Universe: the beginnings, the long silences, the returns and the women who carried the country’s name.
Chapter 01 · Draft under review
A first step onto the international stage.
In 1956, Rosalind Iva Joan Fung became the first woman to represent the country at Miss Universe. Guyana was then the colony of British Guiana, a decade away from independence.
This chapter of the archive is still being assembled. Photographs, programs, newspaper clippings and family recollections from this period are welcome.
Chapter 02 · Draft under review
Six women. One decade. The years leading to independence.
Between 1956 and 1966, six women carried the country’s name to Miss Universe: Rosalind Iva Joan Fung, Clyo Fernandez, Gloria Blackman, Mary Rande Holl, Cheryl Viola Cheeng and Umblita Claire Van Sluytman.
Guyana became an independent nation in 1966, the same year as the last representative of this era.
Chapter 03 · 1967–1998
Three decades without a Miss Universe representative.
The working archive records no Miss Universe representative for Guyana between 1967 and 1998. Any broader national pageant history from these years will be documented separately in Guyana’s Pageant Heritage, so that no one is incorrectly listed as a Miss Universe representative.
Chapter 04 · Draft under review
Guyana returns to Miss Universe.
In 1999, Morvinia Sobers represented Guyana, the country’s first Miss Universe representative in more than thirty years.
Chapter 05 · Draft under review
Sixteen years, fifteen representatives.
From 2002 to 2017, Guyana was represented almost every year, from Mia Rahaman in 2002 to Rafieya Husain in 2017. The working archive records no representative for 2008.
Chapter 06 · 2018–2022
A quiet chapter.
The working archive records no Miss Universe Guyana representative between 2018 and 2022.
Chapter 07 · Draft under review
The return of Miss Universe Guyana.
In 2023, Lisa Narine represented Guyana, opening a new era for the national organization.
Chapter 08 · Draft under review
Miss Universe Guyana 2024.
Ariana Blaize represented Guyana at Miss Universe in 2024.
Chapter 09 · Draft under review
Miss Universe Guyana 2025.
Chandini Baljor represented Guyana at Miss Universe in 2025.
Chapter 10 · Draft under review
The next chapter is still being written.
Every representative adds to a story that began in 1956. The next chapter belongs to the woman who will carry Guyana forward.
Every representative recorded in the archive, in the order she carried the country’s name. Select a name to open her record.
Do you have photographs, programs, newspaper clippings or memories from Guyana’s Miss Universe history? Help us build a genuine archive.
Every contribution is reviewed before it is published, and credited with your permission.