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Countdown
begins for Miss India beauty contest
Mumbai:
It is countdown time for the Miss India 2009 pageant in
Mumbai. Sixty-five dazzling contenders appeared at an event
on Friday ahead of the contest, which is to be held on April
this year. The sixteen finalists will be announced on March
9. Some of the contestants were excited and enjoying the media
attention. "It's the most renowned and well known contest in
the country. Just being a part of it, is amazing. I really hope
that I am selected. I am really looking forward to the training,"
said Ridhima Shahni, a nineteen-year-old aspirant from Pune.
These contestants are to be put through an intensive training
programme to ensure that the eventual winners fare exceptionally
well at international pageants. The finalists will undergo a
month-long training under the supervision of experts and professionals.
Contestants are imparted training in catwalk, skin and hair
care, make-up and grooming, diet and fitness, speech and diction,
workshop on Indian heritage, culture, music and art. "I tell
them one thing, keep and maintain your Indian values and Indian
culture that at end of the day when you go abroad and integrate
in the modernization, globalization, you will that is what will
make you the winner," said Marc Robinson, a contestant director.
India first won a Miss World title in 1966 with the crowning
of Reita Faria. Thereafter, it took another 28 years for an
Indian woman to secure another world beauty title. In 1994,
Sushmita Sen won the Miss Universe crown, while Aishwarya Rai
secured the Miss World title. Both are now Bollywood actresses.
-Feb
28, 2009
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