We believe in the transformative power of a healthy lifestyle. Our mission is to inspire young women to embrace sports and fitness as essential components of their lives, fostering physical well-being and personal and social development.

Embracing Lifestyle Change

Your lifestyle encompasses every choice or action that influences your life, no matter how small. Engaging in sports and fitness is a fundamental lifestyle change that contributes significantly to the holistic development of young women. Through these experiences, candidates acquire valuable skills and learn the importance of key values such as honesty, discipline, teamwork, fair play, and respect for themselves and others.

Involvement and commitment to sports and fitness teach young women how to embrace competition with dignity and grace and navigate both victories and defeats. These learning experiences underscore the impact of sports and fitness on social and moral development, alongside the enhancement of physical skills and abilities. Furthermore, they empower young women to handle adversity, illustrating why sports and fitness play a critical role in the Miss World system.

Fitness: Testing Physical & Mental Abilities

Fitness is at the core of our program, challenging participants’ stamina, agility, strength, and endurance. Our qualified fitness instructors will evaluate candidates through a range of exercises designed to assess their physical readiness:

• Bleep Test: Evaluates stamina and endurance.
• Shuttle Sprint: Measures speed.
• Burpees: Tests overall strength.
• Push-ups: Assesses core strength.
• Physical Evaluation: General physical assessment.

Judging Criteria for Fitness (Total: 50 Points)

1. Stamina and Endurance (15 points)
   • Performance in the Bleep Test (15 points)
   • Ability to sustain physical activity over time.
2. Strength (10 points)
   • Performance in strength-related exercises, such as burpees and push-ups (10 points)
   • Assessment of overall muscle endurance.
3. Speed and Agility (10 points)
   • Performance in the Shuttle Sprint (10 points)
   • Ability to demonstrate quick movements and transitions.
4. Core Stability (5 points)
   • Assessment of core strength through push-ups (5 points)
   • Ability to maintain proper form throughout the exercise.
5. Physical Evaluation and Overall Fitness (10 points)
   • General physical assessment indicating readiness and fitness level (10 points)
   • Evaluation of mobility, flexibility, and overall health.

Sports: Building Sportsmanship & Community Of Sisterhood

The sports component of our program focuses on team-building exercises and activities that celebrate the rich cultural heritage of Guyana and create lasting sisterhood bonds. Young women need to engage in cooperative play, fostering bonding, unity, sportsmanship, and, most importantly, fun!

Possible Guyanese Games Include:

• Sal-out
• Lime in Spoon
• Sack Rack
• Dog N Bone
• Chiney
• Hop Scotch

Judging Criteria for Sports (Total: 50 Points)

1. Teamwork and Sportsmanship (15 points)
   • Ability to collaborate effectively with teammates (10 points)
   • Display of respect towards opponents and referees (5 points)
2. Performance and Skills (20 points)
   • Overall effectiveness and skill level demonstrated in the chosen sports activities (10 points)
   • Ability to strategize and execute plays effectively (10 points)
3. Completion of Challenges (10 points)
   • Successful completion of all assigned sports-related exercises and games (5 points)
   • Adherence to game rules and discipline during competitions (5 points)
4. Creativity and Initiative (5 points)
   • Demonstrating innovative approaches or strategies during games (5 points)