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Miss India Worldwide 2006
Miss India Worldwide 2006 was the 15th edition of the international beauty pageant. The final was held in Mumbai, India on January 28, 2006. About 21 countries were represented in the pageant. Trina Chakravarty of the United States was crowned as the winner at the end of the event. Results Special awards Delegates * – Tahirah Islam * – Nital Gosai * – Sabrina Naseem * – Pauline Poonam Nair * – Jessica Honoré * – Mona Singh * – Priyanka Jha * – Ritika Sharma * – Chantal Mcdonald * – Bhavani Prasana Ramasendrain * – Tejhall Jaiantilal * – Charlene Asgarali * – Shardae Mitha * – Aakanksha Mansukhani * – Gaiyethri Dio Rahman * – Remona Moodley * – Nadaraja Karthiga * – Indira Misir * – Rajani Sathyamurthi * – Nikki Kaur Rana * – Trina Chakravarty Crossovers Contestants who previously competed or will compete at other beauty pageants: ;Miss World *2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger ... [...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 2005
Miss India Worldwide 2005 was the 14th edition of the international beauty pageant. The final was held in Mumbai, India on January 9, 2005. About 16 countries were represented in the pageant. Amrita Hunjan of the United Kingdom was crowned as the winner at the end of the event. Results Special awards Delegates * – Vimala Raman * – Simranjit Singh * – Anusha Cherer * – Lakshmi Mohan * – Shalani Mirchandani * – Anchal Dwivedi * – Bhavna Tolani * – Reshma van der Vliet * – Rajini Sathyamurth * – Zulfiya Merchant * – Thebashini Jega Jeevan * – Suraya Naidoo * – Lisa Dookie * – Madhuvanthi Ramakrishnan * – Amrita Hunjan Amrita Hunjan (born 25 June 1984) is a British-Indian model and singer. She is known for being a singer in the R'n'B/pop band Rouge. Amrita is also known in the British Asian community for being the winner of Miss India UK 2004 and Miss India Worl ... * – Reshoo Pande References External links *http://www.worldwidepageants. ... [...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
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] |
The Times Of India
''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest selling English-language daily in the world. It is the oldest English-language newspaper in India, and the second-oldest Indian newspaper still in circulation, with its first edition published in 1838. It is nicknamed as "The Old Lady of Bori Bunder", and is an Indian " newspaper of record". Near the beginning of the 20th century, Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, called ''TOI'' "the leading paper in Asia". In 1991, the BBC ranked ''TOI'' among the world's six best newspapers. It is owned and published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (B.C.C.L.), which is owned by the Sahu Jain family. In the Brand Trust Report India study 2019, ''TOI'' was rated as the most trusted English newspaper in India. Reuters rated ''TOI'' as India's most trus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss World
Miss World is the oldest existing international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951. Since his death in 2000, Morley's widow, Julia Morley, has co-chaired the pageant. Along with Miss Universe, Miss International, and Miss Earth, it is one of the Big Four international beauty pageants. The current Miss World is Karolina Bielawska of Poland, who was crowned by Toni-Ann Singh of Jamaica on March 16, 2022, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. History 20th century In 1951, Eric Morley organised a bikini contest as part of the Festival of Britain celebrations that he called the Festival Bikini Contest. The event was popular with the press, which dubbed it "Miss World". The swimsuit competition was intended as a promotion for the bikini, which had only recently been introduced to the market and was still widely regarded as immodest. When the 1951 Miss World pageant winner, Kerstin "Kiki" Hakansson from Sweden, was crowned in a bikini, it added to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss World 2012
Miss World 2012, the 62nd edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 18 August 2012 at Dongsheng Fitness Center Stadium in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China. 116 contestants from all over the world competed for the crown. Ivian Sarcos of Venezuela crowned her successor Yu Wenxia of China at the end of the event. This is the second time China has won the title of Miss World. Results Major Special Awards Challenge Events There were six challenge events. They were Top Model, Beach Fashion, Sport, Multimedia, Talent, and Beauty With a Purpose. Important points were awarded to each winner. All six winners went through to the Top 30. Top Model Atong Demach of South Sudan won Miss World Top Model 2012. Beach Beauty Sophie Moulds of Wales won Miss World Beach Beauty 2012. Sport Sanna Jinnedal of Sweden won Miss World Sport 2012. Multimedia Vanya Mishra of India won Miss World Multimedia 2012. Talent Yu Wenxia of China won Miss World Talent 2012. Beauty W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
