Arti Cameron

{{short description|Guyanese model|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox model | name = Arti Cameron | image = | image_size = | caption = | alt = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|12|14}} | birth_place = [[Georgetown, Guyana|Georgetown]], Guyana | death_date =  | death_place = | other_names = | citizenship = [[Guyana]] | occupation = [[Model (profession)|Model]] | alma_mater = [[LaGuardia Community College]] | yearsactive = | ethnicity = | height = {{convert|1.65|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | hair_color = | eye_color = | measurements = | weight = | dress_size = | collar = | suit = | shoe_size = | agency = | spouse =  | partner =  | children = | relatives = | website =  }} '''Arti Cameron''' (born December 14, 1988) is an [[Afro-Guyanese people|Afro-Guyanese]] [[Model (profession)|model]] and beauty pageant titleholder.<ref>{{Cite news|work=Guyana Times International|title=Arti Cameron|date=February 9, 2012|url=http://www.guyanatimesinternational.com/?p=13854|accessdate=July 8, 2013}}</ref>

== Life and Career == She graduated from [[LaGuardia Community College]] in 2008.<ref>{{Cite news|work=Times Newsweekly|title=LaGuardia Grad Is Now Miss Guyana: Competing For Miss World Crown|date=August 9, 2012|url=http://www.timesnewsweekly.com/news/2012-08-09/Local_News/LaGuardia_Grad_Is_Now_Miss_Guyana.html|accessdate=July 7, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203033552/http://www.timesnewsweekly.com/news/2012-08-09/Local_News/LaGuardia_Grad_Is_Now_Miss_Guyana.html|archive-date=December 3, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> She was named [[Miss Guyana]] in 2011, but she was unable to obtain a [[Visa (document)|visa]] in time to participate in the [[Miss World 2011]] pageant, so her entry was deferred to the following year's international competition.<ref>{{Cite news|work=[[Stabroek News]]|title=The Arti Cameron fiasco|date=October 29, 2011|url=http://www.stabroeknews.com/2011/the-scene/culture-box/10/29/the-arti-cameron-fiasco/|accessdate=July 7, 2013}}</ref> She met with [[Bharrat Jagdeo]], [[List of Presidents of Guyana|President of Guyana]], after having won the national competition.<ref>{{Cite news|work=[[Guyana Chronicle]]|title=Miss Guyana World greets President during busy schedule|date=August 9, 2011|url=http://www.guyanachronicle.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31528:miss-guyana-world-greets-president-during-busy-schedule&catid=2:news&Itemid=2|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130708171032/http://www.guyanachronicle.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31528:miss-guyana-world-greets-president-during-busy-schedule&catid=2:news&Itemid=2|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 8, 2013|accessdate=July 8, 2013}}</ref> At the [[Miss World 2012]] pageant, Cameron won the People's Choice Award.<ref>{{Cite news|work=[[Kaieteur News]]|title=Arti Cameron goes for Miss World crown today|date=August 18, 2012|url=http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2012/08/18/arti-cameron-goes-for-miss-world-crown-today/|accessdate=July 8, 2013}}</ref> It is traditional for beauty queens to be tall in order to better showcase their [[Human leg|legs]], but Cameron was one of several contestants at Miss World 2012 who were [[Petite size|petite]].<ref>{{Cite news|work=[[The New Paper]]|title=Short in stature, but not on performance|author=Charlene Chua|date=September 1, 2012|url=http://www.asiaone.com/print/News/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20120830-368638.html|accessdate=July 6, 2013}}</ref> The pageant was held in [[China]] and Cameron praised [[Chinese architecture]] while she was there.<ref>{{Cite AV media|publisher=First Post|title=From Shanghai to Kangbo Village - Arti Cameron Miss Guyana 2012 @ Miss World 2012|year=2012|url=http://www.firstpost.com/topic/place/shanghai-from-shanghai-to-kangbo-village-arti-cameron-miss-guyana-2-video-uruqdI8bstE-117-7.html|accessdate=July 8, 2013}}</ref> The Guyana Tri-State Alliance provided Cameron with three [[cocktail dress]]es for the competition.<ref>{{Cite web|publisher=GTVibes.com|title=Arti Cameron needs your help!|date=July 10, 2012|url=http://www.gtvibes.com/gtvibes-archive/article_index.php?articleID=3992|accessdate=July 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427010951/http://www.gtvibes.com/gtvibes-archive/article_index.php?articleID=3992|archive-date=April 27, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> That July, Cameron appeared at the JRG Bikini Under the Bridge Fashion Show in [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[United States]].<ref>{{Cite news|work=Caribbean Life|title=Miss Guyana World to appear in N.Y.|date=March 30, 2012|url=http://www.caribbeanlifenews.com/stories/2012/4/2012_03_29_sub_miss_guyana.html|accessdate=July 7, 2013|archive-date=July 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707165705/https://www.caribbeanlifenews.com/stories/2012/4/2012_03_29_sub_miss_guyana.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Her reign as Miss Guyana lasted until 2013.<ref>{{Cite news|work=Guyana Times|title=Search on for new Miss Guyana World|date=June 7, 2013|url=http://www.guyanatimesgy.com/?p=17809|accessdate=July 8, 2013}}</ref>

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