(By Mondale Smith)Guyana has added three new queens and princesses to its pageant winners’ list.On Saturday night Tikesha Sullivan-Elias and daughter Tyanne; Yvonne Vikerie and daughter,Merril Hoge Steelers Jersey UK, Amina as well as Gem Sandord-Johnson and daughter Anastasia were crowned winners in three separate categories of the 2009 mothers and daughters pageant at the National Cultural Centre.Before a capacity audience, they copped the titles of junior, intermediate and senior winners from a field of 22 pairs, as the Supa-Stylistics group staged it 18th pageant on Saturday night.The contesting pairs showcased each other in mostly locally designed outfits that celebrated the bond between mothers and daughters.For the junior competition, sections of the audience were in stitches of laughter as little lasses aged no more than eight years old outshone their mothers with twirling hips and feminine, feline struts that bordered on precocious.Middle category winners row: Yvonne Vikeri and daughter Amina at left in the company of the runners upBoth mothers and daughters donned and displayed colourful, creative and mostly matching picnic, party dresses and skirt suits that later transformed into Capri pants suits.The designs offered variations that brought out the maturity of the mothers and the playfulness of the lasses and were accentuated by flowers,Dermontti Dawson Steelers Jersey UK, ribbons and hand paintings in colours of green, white and pink.One presentation bordered on an afro-centric influenced outfit.For winning this category Tikesha Sullivan-Elias,John Hannah Patriots Jersey UK, a nursery school teacher and daughter Tyanne will be winged via private airplane to the Baganara Resort for an all expense paid day trip,Franco Harris Steelers Jersey UK, compliments of L’Mart Furniture store.The two will also enjoy lunch at the Up-Scale Guyana Restaurant and a photo shoot.They sported green and white Olympia Sonoram’s creations. The mother’s look was a matured fashionable lady in a balloon-styled knee-high dress while the daughter’s white shirt was removed to reveal a green pants suit. The creative skirt was transformed into a handbag for mum.The Donna Wong and Aliya, and Sacha Paul and Katana pairs placed second and third respectively.Presentations in the middle category were not as amusing or entertaining as the juniors.’ Bordering on boredom from some pairs, some mothers out-manoeuvred their daughters and in the process physical bonding was not of the best for most.In the end the bubbly Yvonne Vikerie and daughter Amina were adjudged winners in the intermediate category and will be treated to a paid trip to Trinidad and Tobago, dinner for two at Glow International hotel and a photo shoot package.Ambika Persaud and Nadia as well as Donna Edighilo and Akesia placed second and third respectively.Glitz and glamour and extravagant satin,Ray Nitschke Packers Jersey UK, cancan gowns and evening dresses suited for graduations,Donnie Shell Steelers Jersey UK, dinner with mum and attending the Presidential Inauguration ball was featured for senior category.The competition was tight in this category that featured a line-up of eight pairs. But sporting dresses from designer Olympia Sonoram,Hines Ward Steelers Jersey UK, local model/dancer Anastacia Richards and her mum,Javon Hargrave Steelers Jersey UK, legal mind, Gem-Sandford- Johnson proved the best of the lot.The two will wing out to Barbados on a return trip, compliments of Caribbean Airlines. They also took home two pairs of 14-Karat white gold earrings from Kings Jewellery World.Additionally they will enjoy an over night stay at Herdmanston Lodge with complimentary breakfast, a beauty treatment from Hair Force Beauty gallery and a photo shoot package.Phillipa Amsterdam and Amanda, Tracy Junior and Tremane, and Patricia Helwig and Delicia placed as first to third runners up respectively.Pageant Production manager Ingrid Fung in dubbing the pageant another success said she was again pleased with the audience and participant support.“I’m encouraged and dare say that this pageant is here to stay,” Fung told Kaieteur News. She encouraged that enthusiasts can “look forward for eligible bachelors to strut their stuff next year as compared to the couples who made guest appearances this year.”She reiterated that one can feel good as Guyanese attending her pageant as it cuts across age, gender, class,Troy Polamalu Steelers Jersey UK, creed and ethnicity. |