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Femina Miss India 2007
Sarah Jane crowned Femina Miss India 2007 on 8th April 07. Beauty pageants are always amusing to watch as you get to gaze at so much excitement, fun, emotions and of course sexy and glamorous girls!!
And so one can?t afford to miss the pleasure which comes from the show. The Pantaloons Femina Miss India, 2007. Grand Finale was held on 8th April, 2007 at MMRDA Grounds, Bandra in Mumbai.
The judges who chose those three lucky girls were fashion designer Rohit Bal, Model Ujwala Raut, eminent film-makers Madhur Bhandarkar and Subhash Ghai, former Miss World Priyanka Chopra, noted film actor Sanjay Dutt and CEO-Ranbaxy Malvinder Singh, Director General - FDCI, Mrs. Rathi Vinay Jha. The winners announced on that lively night were Ms. Sarah Jane - Pantaloons Femina Miss India - World 2007, Ms. Puja Gupte - Pantaloons Femina Miss India - Universe 2007, Ms. Pooja Chitagopikar - Earth 2007.
While these winners were seen thanking their trainers who groomed them to such a level, it was their family members who were seen giving couple of interviews and became a star overnight. Quite a starry affair!!!
Mumbai girl Sarah Jane Dias was crowned 'Miss India World', Puja Gupta 'Miss India Universe' and Puja Chitgopekar 'Miss India Earth' at a glittering awards function of the coveted beauty pageant on Sunday night.
Sarah, who is a Veejay and a model, won the title beating 24 other contestants in the finals of the event.
The first runner-up was Puja Gupta and Puja Chitgopekar the second runner-up, an official of the event organiser Pantaloons said.
He said the pageant this year had decided to declare the 'Miss India World' as the official winner.
The event was judged by several celebraties including Bollywood actors Sanjay Dutt, Priyanka Chopra, director Subhash Ghai and model Ujwalla Raut and went for almost two-and-a-half hours.
In the final round, the five finalists had to answer to the question - "If you had to convince a rural woman to participate in the Miss India contest, how would you do it?"
The paegent was interspersed with performances by actors Tushhar Kapoor, Koena Mitra and Lara Dutta.
Bollywood's glamour icon Priyanka Chopra, who judged the Femina Miss India 2007 Sunday, says her career would have been nipped in the bud had she not won the beauty pageant in 2000.
'Miss India will always remain special. That's where it all started for me. And maybe that's where it would've ended if I hadn't won the crown. So I know how important it is to win the Miss India contest,' Priyanka told IANS.
Priyanka was exceedingly excited about judging this beauty pageant.
'I've the privilege of being on both sides of the stage. I know how important it is to make the contestants feel comfortable. I was as nervous about judging Miss India as I was about participating in it.'
This was the first time Priyanka judged the beauty pageant. 'And I wouldn't have missed it for the world,' she said.
Recently, she had the most memorable dinner of her life with the members of Malaysia's royal family.
Priyanka, who was invited to flag off Sunday's Grand Prix in Sepang, dined with King Syed Sirajuddin Putra Jamalullail and Queen Fauziah Abdul Rashid Friday night.
'They were graciousness-personified. I had myself the most amazing evening. The entertainment was subdued and sophisticated. There were some incredible Malaysian singers. And the food was out of this world. I had a truly memorable time,' said Priyanka.
'This was my second visit to Malaysia in two weeks. And I spent a major part of 2005 and 2006 in the country shooting for 'Don'. So Malaysia is almost like my second home now. Maybe the Malaysians should just adopt me,' she laughed.
'This was the formal inauguration dinner for the Grand Prix. Unfortunately I couldn't stay for the actual flagging off of the race on Sunday. I had to be back to judge the Miss India contest.'
Priyanka is excited about her next release 'Big Brother' coming Friday.
'You know, 'Big Brother' was the first film I signed. My life's first shot was for this film. Today I feel so proud to see that it has shaped up so well. For the first time I play a typical middleclass girl, very simple and with no make up. Quite a contrast with the glamorous roles I've done so far.
'Not that I don't enjoy doing the glam sham. In fact my role in 'Love Story 2050' is my most glamorous role to date.'
And so one can?t afford to miss the pleasure which comes from the show. The Pantaloons Femina Miss India, 2007. Grand Finale was held on 8th April, 2007 at MMRDA Grounds, Bandra in Mumbai.
The judges who chose those three lucky girls were fashion designer Rohit Bal, Model Ujwala Raut, eminent film-makers Madhur Bhandarkar and Subhash Ghai, former Miss World Priyanka Chopra, noted film actor Sanjay Dutt and CEO-Ranbaxy Malvinder Singh, Director General - FDCI, Mrs. Rathi Vinay Jha. The winners announced on that lively night were Ms. Sarah Jane - Pantaloons Femina Miss India - World 2007, Ms. Puja Gupte - Pantaloons Femina Miss India - Universe 2007, Ms. Pooja Chitagopikar - Earth 2007.
While these winners were seen thanking their trainers who groomed them to such a level, it was their family members who were seen giving couple of interviews and became a star overnight. Quite a starry affair!!!
Mumbai girl Sarah Jane Dias was crowned 'Miss India World', Puja Gupta 'Miss India Universe' and Puja Chitgopekar 'Miss India Earth' at a glittering awards function of the coveted beauty pageant on Sunday night.
Sarah, who is a Veejay and a model, won the title beating 24 other contestants in the finals of the event.
The first runner-up was Puja Gupta and Puja Chitgopekar the second runner-up, an official of the event organiser Pantaloons said.
He said the pageant this year had decided to declare the 'Miss India World' as the official winner.
The event was judged by several celebraties including Bollywood actors Sanjay Dutt, Priyanka Chopra, director Subhash Ghai and model Ujwalla Raut and went for almost two-and-a-half hours.
In the final round, the five finalists had to answer to the question - "If you had to convince a rural woman to participate in the Miss India contest, how would you do it?"
The paegent was interspersed with performances by actors Tushhar Kapoor, Koena Mitra and Lara Dutta.
Bollywood's glamour icon Priyanka Chopra, who judged the Femina Miss India 2007 Sunday, says her career would have been nipped in the bud had she not won the beauty pageant in 2000.
'Miss India will always remain special. That's where it all started for me. And maybe that's where it would've ended if I hadn't won the crown. So I know how important it is to win the Miss India contest,' Priyanka told IANS.
Priyanka was exceedingly excited about judging this beauty pageant.
'I've the privilege of being on both sides of the stage. I know how important it is to make the contestants feel comfortable. I was as nervous about judging Miss India as I was about participating in it.'
This was the first time Priyanka judged the beauty pageant. 'And I wouldn't have missed it for the world,' she said.
Recently, she had the most memorable dinner of her life with the members of Malaysia's royal family.
Priyanka, who was invited to flag off Sunday's Grand Prix in Sepang, dined with King Syed Sirajuddin Putra Jamalullail and Queen Fauziah Abdul Rashid Friday night.
'They were graciousness-personified. I had myself the most amazing evening. The entertainment was subdued and sophisticated. There were some incredible Malaysian singers. And the food was out of this world. I had a truly memorable time,' said Priyanka.
'This was my second visit to Malaysia in two weeks. And I spent a major part of 2005 and 2006 in the country shooting for 'Don'. So Malaysia is almost like my second home now. Maybe the Malaysians should just adopt me,' she laughed.
'This was the formal inauguration dinner for the Grand Prix. Unfortunately I couldn't stay for the actual flagging off of the race on Sunday. I had to be back to judge the Miss India contest.'
Priyanka is excited about her next release 'Big Brother' coming Friday.
'You know, 'Big Brother' was the first film I signed. My life's first shot was for this film. Today I feel so proud to see that it has shaped up so well. For the first time I play a typical middleclass girl, very simple and with no make up. Quite a contrast with the glamorous roles I've done so far.
'Not that I don't enjoy doing the glam sham. In fact my role in 'Love Story 2050' is my most glamorous role to date.'
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