Arti Cameron (born December 14, 1988) is an

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and beauty pageant titleholder. She graduated from

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in 2008. She was named Miss Guyana in 2011, but she was unable to obtain 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

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, after having won the national competition. At the

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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

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es 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 LaGuardia Community College alumni Guyanese expatriates in the United States