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Miss India Worldwide 1997
Miss India Worldwide Miss India Worldwide is a beauty pageant which draws contestants from India and from among members of the Indian diaspora residing in other countries. It is conducted by India Festival Committee (IFC), first founded and headed by Dharmatma Saran ... 1997 was the seventh edition of the international beauty pageant. The final was held in Mumbai, India on November 7, 1997. About 15 countries were represented in the pageant. Poonam Chibber of Canada was crowned as winner at the end of the event. Results Special awards Delegates * – Poonam Chibber * – Bibi Naema Khan * – Shruti Nambiar * – Sumera Peerbhoy * – Shanti Tolani * – Magaswari Subermaniam * – Rishma Soedhoe * – Jeymani Atthiappan * – Arvasini Persad * – Rosana Mahawatkhan * – Anjali Keshava * – Nalini Ramrattan * – Anupama Jaidka * – Priya Darshini Ayyar * – Sangita Patel References External links *http://www.worldwidepageants.com/ {{Miss India Worldwide 1997 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mumbai
Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second-most populous city in India after Delhi and the eighth-most populous city in the world with a population of roughly 20 million (2 crore). As per the Indian government population census of 2011, Mumbai was the most populous city in India with an estimated city proper population of 12.5 million (1.25 crore) living under the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. Mumbai is the centre of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, the sixth most populous metropolitan area in the world with a population of over 23 million (2.3 crore). Mumbai lies on the Konkan coast on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour. In 2008, Mumbai was named an alpha world city. It has the highest number of millionaires and billionaires among all cities i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations average to between 73–55 ka.", "Modern human beings—''Homo sapiens''—originated in Africa. Then, int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss India Worldwide 1996
Miss India Worldwide 1996 was the sixth edition of the international female pageant. The final was held in New York City, New York, United States. The total number of contestants is not known. Sandhya Chib of India was crowned as the winner at the end of the event. Results Special awards Delegates * – Rishma Malik * – Sharon Chandni * – Sandhya Chib * – Krijay Govender * – Pooja Kumar Crossovers Contestants who previously competed or will compete at other beauty pageants: ;Miss Universe *1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ...: : Sandhya Chib (Semi-finalists) External links *http://www.worldwidepageants.com/ References {{Miss India Worldwide 1996 beauty pageants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss India Worldwide 1998
Miss India Worldwide 1998 was the eighth edition of the international beauty pageant. The final was held in Singapore, December 3, 1998. About 18 countries were represented in the pageant. Melissa Bhagat of Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ... was crowned as winner at the end of the event. Results Special awards Delegates * – Melissa Bhagat * – Pinky Harwani * – Sonisha Kirpalani * – Himani Isar * – Shanti Tolani * – Kathleen Cyril * – Leena Ramphul * – Gogi Ishani * – Reshma Sharina Tewarles * – Sureen Bhagawandas * – Ssunita Laximi Rai * – Sunitha Singh * – Shamla Mathoera * – Somatie Natacha Persad * – Shital Tolani * – Sharon Jutla * – Nileem Shah * – Jeshmeen Kanjee References External links *http://www.worldw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss India Worldwide
Miss India Worldwide is a beauty pageant which draws contestants from India and from among members of the Indian diaspora residing in other countries. It is conducted by India Festival Committee (IFC), first founded and headed by Dharmatma Saran in New York City, USA. History The pageant started in 1990. Simi Chaddha (now Dr. Simi Chaddha Ranajee) from the United States was crowned the first ever Miss India Worldwide in New York City. Simi was the winner of Miss India USA pageant of the year 1990. The pageant was held in the United States till 1996. In 1997, the pageant was hosted in India. Poonam Chibber of Canada became the first Miss India Worldwide winner to get crowned outside the United States. It was the first time that the pageant moved out its home turf and held in the Asian continent. The very next year in 1998 the pageant moved to the South east region of Asia and was held in Singapore. Once again, Canada's representative Melissa Bhagat was crowned the Miss India W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching , is the world's longest binational land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
