{"id":32181,"date":"2026-10-01T19:50:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T23:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=32181"},"modified":"2026-10-01T19:50:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T23:50:35","slug":"miss-amerindian-heritage-pageant-marks-25-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/miss-amerindian-heritage-pageant-marks-25-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Miss Amerindian Heritage Pageant marks 25 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-by Jordan Alkins <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Colour, rhythm and tradition filled the National Cultural Centre&nbsp;on Wednesday night&nbsp;as delegates representing Regions One through Ten took the stage for the 2026 Miss Amerindian Heritage Pageant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The delegates introduced themselves and their regions before facing the intelligence segment, where they showcased their knowledge, confidence and passion for their communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The talent segment brought Indigenous culture to life through song, spoken word and other performances, followed by evening gown and traditional wear presentations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"32193\" src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_2732-683x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_2732-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_2732-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_2732-768x1152.jpeg 768w, 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\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"32195\" src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_2738-683x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_2738-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_2738-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_2738-768x1151.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_2738-1025x1536.jpeg 1025w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_2738.jpeg 1366w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pageant also celebrated 25 years of crowning queens, with former titleholders recognised for&nbsp;their contribution to Indigenous culture and representation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the competition drew to a close, Region Five placed fourth and won Best Talent, while Region Eight finished third and secured Miss Congeniality.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Region Nine placed second and won Best in Traditional Wear, while Region Two was named First Runner-Up and captured Best in Evening Gown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The night belonged to Region Four\u2019s Alliah Simon, who emerged victorious and was crowned Miss Amerindian Heritage 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_2727-683x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_2727-683x1024.jpeg 683w, 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It was an opportunity to represent their communities, celebrate their heritage and carry Indigenous culture forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>-by Jordan Alkins Colour, rhythm and tradition filled the National Cultural Centre&nbsp;on Wednesday night&nbsp;as delegates representing Regions One through Ten took the stage for the 2026 Miss Amerindian Heritage Pageant.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32191,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[660,350],"tags":[488,1297,370,787,412,405],"class_list":["post-32181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-amerindian-development","category-news","tag-488","tag-amerindian-heritage-pageant","tag-guyana","tag-ministry-of-amerindian-affairs","tag-ncn-guyana","tag-ncn-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32181"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32196,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32181\/revisions\/32196"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}