Miss Bahamas World Tinnyse Johnson, Executives of Miss Bahamas World Organization, and contestants in the 2009 pageant paid a courtesy call on the Governor General, His Excellency Arthur Hanna on Monday, May 11, 2009 at Government House.

Pictured seated from left are Miss Davis Trucking Dashanique Poitier; Miss Theodore Ellyett Productions, Channa Cius; Governor General Hanna; Miss Bahamas World 2008, Miss Johnson; Miss Exuma, Danielle Morley; (standing from left) Shavonne Bain, MBO Assistant Director, Talent Development; Miss Sposabelle Bridal, Formal & Evening Wear, Devera Pinder; Miss Galleria Cinemas, Emily Darville; Miss Red Hot, Gabrielle Major; Miss D. S. Lifestyles Inc., Kendra Wilkinson; Miss Bahamas Experience, Llatetra Laing; Miss Colors Entertainment, McChenier Johnson; Miss Bella Donna, Michaela Ferguson; Miss Buttons Bridal & Formal Wear, Shavonne McKenzie; Miss Harbour Island, Swanique Sawyer; and Leslia Miller, MBO Director, Pageant Affairs. (BIS Photo/Raymond A. Bethel)