Arti Cameron (born December 14, 1988) is a Afro-Guyanese model. She graduated from

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in 2008. She was named

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in 2011, but she was unable to attain a

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in time to participate in the

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pageant, so her entry was deferred to the following year's international competition. She met with Bharrat Jagdeo, President of Guyana, after having won the national competition. At the Miss World 2012 pageant, Cameron won the People's Choice Award. It is traditional for beauty queens to be tall in order to better showcase their

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, but Cameron was one of several contestants at Miss World 2012 who were

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. The pageant was held in

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and Cameron praised

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while she was there. The Guyana Tri-State Alliance provided Cameron with three cocktail dresses for the competition. That July, Cameron appeared at the JRG Bikini Under the Bridge Fashion Show in

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. Her reign as Miss Guyana lasted until 2013.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cameron, Arti Living people 1988 births Guyanese female models Guyanese beauty pageant winners Miss World 2012 delegates City University of New York alumni Guyanese expatriates in the United States