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Belize wins top spots at Reina Garifuna del Caribe

By on December 5, 2016
Reina Garifuna del Caribe pageant participants

Reina Garifuna del Caribe pageant participants

Dangriga, STANN CREEK. Monday, December 5, 2016. Two Garifuna young women from the Stann Creek district are top performers in the first annual Reina Garifuna del Caribe pageant.

The Miss Garifuna Caribbean pageant as it is known in English, was held on Saturday at the Malecon Cultural Park in Puerto Barrios Guatemala.

The pageant featured contestants from Belize, Guatemala and Honduras.

Sabrina Solano

Sabrina Solano

The National Garifuna Council of Belize today announced that Sabrina Solano of Hopkins Village in the Stann Creek district is the Reina Garifuna del Caribe for 2016-2017.

Kaylin Mejia of Dangriga town was the first runner up in the pageant.

The Reina Garifuna del Caribe Pageant was planned by Asociacion Amigos para el Desarrollo de Izabal in conjunction with the Ministry of Culture and Sports of Guatemala.

The event was part of an effort to bring unity among the Garinagu within the Caribbean Diaspora and assist with the preservation of Garifuna culture.

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