One of the Caribbean’s lead­ing cre­ative im­pre­sar­ios and pageant gu­rus Richard Young of­fi­cial­ly launch­es The Young Guild—a trans­for­ma­tive train­ing cen­tre and spe­cial­i­ty event space—to­day at The Shoppes of Mar­aval, at 6 pm.

The Young Guild is a bold, vi­sion­ary plat­form de­signed to nur­ture cre­ative ex­cel­lence, per­son­al pow­er, and pro­fes­sion­al charis­ma. Of­fer­ing cap­stone train­ing cours­es in fash­ion pre­sen­ta­tion, pageant coach­ing, run­way dy­nam­ics, brand iden­ti­ty, pro­duc­tion de­sign, cus­tomer ser­vice best prac­tices, and per­son­al im­age man­age­ment, this cen­tre is un­like any­thing the Caribbean has seen be­fore.

Young, the mas­ter­mind be­hind the poise, pres­ence, and pol­ished per­for­mance of many of Trinidad and To­ba­go’s bright­est stars, now brings his decades of ex­pe­ri­ence to this cu­rat­ed space. His dis­tinc­tive ap­proach—a blend of Caribbean sto­ry­telling, stage­craft, and dis­ci­plined artistry—has shaped the jour­neys of nu­mer­ous na­tion­al and in­ter­na­tion­al ti­tle­hold­ers, in­clud­ing:

Aché Abra­hams, 2nd run­ner-up Miss World 2024

Tya Jané Ramey, Miss World Caribbean 2019, Miss Uni­verse 2022 - Top 16

Jea­nine Brandt, Miss World 2021 - Top 40

An­na-Lise Nan­ton, Miss World Trinidad & To­ba­go 2025

Danielle Jones, in­ter­na­tion­al fash­ion mod­el and ad­vo­cate

Mar­got Bour­geois, Miss Uni­verse 1997 - 2nd run­ner-up

Wendy Fitzwilliam, Miss Uni­verse 1998

Nicole Dy­er-Grif­fith, for­mer Miss Uni­verse Trinidad and To­ba­go 1999

Gabrielle Wal­cott, Miss World Caribbean 2008, Miss Uni­verse Trinidad and To­ba­go 2011

Athali­ah Samuel, Miss World Trinidad and To­ba­go 2012, Miss Uni­verse Trinidad and To­ba­go 2024 - 2nd run­ner-up

At its core, The Young Guild is a space of trans­for­ma­tion and re­fine­ment — where raw tal­ent meets high-lev­el men­tor­ship and cre­ative strat­e­gy. Whether you’re as­pir­ing to walk in­ter­na­tion­al run­ways, ace me­dia in­ter­views, cap­ti­vate board­rooms, or cul­ti­vate per­son­al ex­cel­lence, this is where your jour­ney be­gins.

In ad­di­tion to im­mer­sive cap­stone train­ing, The Young Guild dou­bles as a dy­nam­ic cre­ative venue, ide­al for host­ing spe­cial­i­ty events, high-fash­ion show­cas­es, en­tre­pre­neur­ial work­shops, net­work­ing sa­lons, and brand ac­ti­va­tions. Busi­ness part­ner Marie Bermudez-Hink­son is par­tic­u­lar­ly ex­hil­a­rat­ed by the prospects of the Guild for en­gag­ing, in­ter­ac­tive and al­ter­na­tive event-mak­ing.

“It’s all a mat­ter of per­for­mance,” says Richard Young. “Whether you’re com­mand­ing a stage, pitch­ing an idea, or sim­ply show­ing up for your­self, how you per­form mat­ters. The Young Guild is about help­ing you own that mo­ment with style, sub­stance, and self-as­sur­ance.”