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Miss India Worldwide 2008
Miss India Worldwide 2008 was the 17th edition of the international beauty pageant. The final was held in Johannesburg, South Africa on February 23, 2008. About 20 countries were represented in the pageant. Shagun Sarabhai of India was crowned as the winner at the end of the event. Results Special awards Delegates * – Cassandra Fernandez * – Uppekha Jain * – Ashley Singh * – Divya Ranganathan * – Shagun Sarabhai Shagun Sarabhai (born 2 March 1987) is an India beauty queen who won the Miss India Worldwide India 2008 and Miss India Worldwide 2008 pageants, a beauty contest produced by the India Festival Committee (IFC) based in New York. On 23 February ... * – Laila Ryan * – Racquel Baghaloo * – Zohra Adam * – Aisha Tayub * – Sarina Sookeea * – Rashi Singh * – Suraya Baboeram Pandaij * – Uttara Iyer * – Sahira Binte Rashim * – Sabeeha Husain * – Dasuni Chathurika * – Vanita Singh * – Leanna Chadee * – Suma Bhattacharya * – Richa G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannesburg
Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a megacity, and is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. According to Demographia, the Johannesburg–Pretoria urban area (combined because of strong transport links that make commuting feasible) is the 26th-largest in the world in terms of population, with 14,167,000 inhabitants. It is the provincial capital and largest city of Gauteng, which is the wealthiest province in South Africa. Johannesburg is the seat of the Constitutional Court, the highest court in South Africa. Most of the major South African companies and banks have their head offices in Johannesburg. The city is located in the mineral-rich Witwatersrand range of hills and is the centre of large-scale gold and diamond trade. The city was established in 1886 following the discovery of gold on what had been a farm. Due to the extremely large gold de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; and to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini. It also completely enclaves the country Lesotho. It is the southernmost country on the mainland of the Old World, and the second-most populous country located entirely south of the equator, after Tanzania. South Africa is a biodiversity hotspot, with unique biomes, plant and animal life. With over 60 million people, the country is the world's 24th-most populous nation and covers an area of . South Africa has three capital cities, with the executive, judicial and legislative branches of government based in Pretoria, Bloemfontein, and Cape Town respectively. The largest city is Johannesburg. About 80% of the population are Black South Afri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shagun Sarabhai
Shagun Sarabhai (born 2 March 1987) is an India beauty queen who won the Miss India Worldwide India 2008 and Miss India Worldwide 2008 pageants, a beauty contest produced by the India Festival Committee (IFC) based in New York. On 23 February 2008, she was crowned the new Miss India Worldwide 2008 at the finals in Johannesburg, South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri .... Sarabhai anchored shows on Zoomtv for six months and is currently an anchor on Zing. References 1987 births Living people Indian beauty pageant winners Female models from Mumbai {{India-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss India Worldwide 2007
Miss India Worldwide 2007 was the 16th edition of the international beauty pageant. The final was held in Fords, New Jersey, United States on April 8, 2007. About 19 countries were represented in the pageant. Fareisa Joemmanbaks of Suriname Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north ... was crowned as the winner at the end of the event. Results Special awards Delegates * – Kiara Podesta * – Sapna Sehravat * – Priya Singh * – Sunita Vaz * – Annushka Prabhudyal * – Movina Nagarajan * – Sonya Bugwandeen-Reilly * – Racquel Baghaloo * – Reneetha Veeraya * – Sabrina Bou Ali * – Celina Kalfane * – Gaganpreet Kaur * – Jaishree Manuferan * – Nadia Vorajee * – Fareisa Joemmanbaks * – Anushka Nirupa Dube * – Ashita Ghote * – Snehali Naik * – Ayus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss India Worldwide 2009
Miss India Worldwide 2009 was the 18th edition of the international beauty pageant. The final was held in Durban, South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ... on February 14, 2009. About 20 countries were represented in the pageant. Nikkitasha Marhawa of the United States was crowned as the winner at the end of the event. Results Special awards Delegates * – Kanchan Verma * – Jenai Kavarana * – Gauravi Shah * – Naziah Ali * – Padmini Renata Rambalak * – Deepthi Mary Varughese * – Habreen Kaur * – Melissa De Blok * – Avanthi Patel * – Sunaina Nadiya Bhoendie * – Jannat Kaur * – Shruti Dilip * – Kubra Sait * – Asmaa Pandit * – Kasrivia Nagesar * – Pamela Mangroelal * – Gurpreet Kaur * – Rashmi Premaney * – Poonam Mehmi * †... [...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 Worldw ... [...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] |
Uppekha Jain
Uppekha Jain is a Canadian actress, model, TV anchor, writer, dancer and spoken word artist. She is the first Canadian to essay a permanent role on prime time Indian television, in Star Plus' top rated soap opera '' Saath Nibhaana Saathiya''. She played the conniving, NRI daughter-in-law, Monika Modi, bent on creating havoc in the Modi household from early 2016 to mid-2017. Uppekha is also internationally known for her viral video #Rap Against Rape (a spoken word rap she wrote & performed), that created worldwide waves shaming rape culture in India. Uppekha was crowned Miss India Worldwide Canada in 2008 and went on to bag the 1st princess Miss India Worldwide title in 2010. Career and early life Uppekha Jain was born in a Jain family in Jammu. She grew up in the Greater Toronto Area and though studious, she was always encouraged to explore the arts. Jain is an accomplished kathak and bharatnatyam dancer, having performed across the world as a Company A dancer with Toronto's f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
