Beauty Pageant Coach Ritika Ramtri Kumar Sees Pooja Chopra as Miss World

Beauty Pageant Coach Ritika Ramtri Kumar sees Pooja Chopra as Miss World: The Tiara with Ritika Ramtri Kumar, Pageant Coach and Soft Skills Trainer. Ritika Ramtri, who trained Pooja Chopra Pantaloons Femina Miss India World 2009. Ritika is very happy at the success of Pooja Chopra. She believes that Pooja Chopra can win the Miss World Crown for India in 2009.

Pageant and Model Coach Ritika Ramtri Kumar knows how important it is for people of today to be aware of their deportment and appearance. Both novice and experienced models have benefited from Ritika’s experience and knowledge. From the high-powered fashion scene to commercial and character models as well as those aiming to achieve within the many beauty pageant competitions now back in favour.

Ritika Ramtri Kumar has been in the training industry for more than twelve years .She was trained by the Apex Training Services which had collaborated with Tack Training, UK. In addition to being a part of the first batch of Personality Development and Soft Skills Trainers in the country she has conducted various ‘Train the Trainer’ workshops conducted at different organizations.

Ritika runs The Tiara a one-stop shop for training solutions. A decade of training individuals, pageant contestants and business houses, has helped her hone our skills and present a well balanced and integrated training package. She specializes in corporate and one-on-one individual training.

Ritika Ramtri Kumar a has long list of her successes with The Tiara

. Pooja Chopra Pantaloons Femina Miss India World 2009, Pantaloons Femina Miss India East, Talwalkars Miss Body Beautiful and Miss Beautiful Smile.

. Ankita Mahapatra Gladrags Megamodel 2009 Winner, Gitanjali Miss Beautiful

. Karishma Karnik Pantaloons Femina Miss India East 2009 Runner Up, Femina Miss India 2009 Finalist, Sony My Miss India, and Miss Confident

. Hanika Paryani Pantaloons Femina Miss India 2009 Finalist.

. Nishtha Khadiwala Pantaloons Femina Miss India 2009 Finalist.

. Richa Pandey Miss India Worldwide 2009 Finalist

. Raashi Malhotra Sleepwell Health and Nutrition Miss Body Beautiful 2008 and Ford Supermodel Finalist 2009

. Sonia Jain Miss India Intercontinental 2008

• Devyani Mandavgane, Miss Tourism Queen International 2008 Finalist

. Zeenal Kamdar Gladrags Megamodel Finalist 2008, Winner of Most Photogenic

. Punita Uppal Gladrags Megamodel 2008 Finalist

. Shilpa Keswani Pantaloons Femina Miss India 2007 Top 5 Finalist

• Zoha Tapia Pantaloons Femina Miss India 2007 Top 5 Finalist

. Manish Raj Singh, Haywards 5000 Mr. India World 2007 Finalist

. Nipun Seth Haywards 5000 Mr. India World 2007 Finalist

• Jyotika Sirohi, Pantaloons Femina Miss India Finalist 2006

• Amrita Thapar, Ponds Femina Miss India Universe 2005

• Gauhar Khan Femina Miss India Earth 2002

• Sandip Soparrkar Grasim Mr. India Finalist 1997-1998 , Gladrags Manhunt Finalist and Young Turk 1999 Ballroom Dance Expert.

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Pooja Chopra is Femina Miss India 2009

Pooja Chopra wons Pantaloons Femina Miss India 2009 award while Ekta Choudhury became Miss India Universe 2009. The two beauties have lots of potential to make a mark on world stage.

Miss India is an important beauty contest in India. It is also famous for churning beauties who represent India in international beauty contests including Miss World and Miss Universe.

The year 1994 was a landmark year for the pageant industry in India Sushmita Sen won the Miss Universe title after winning the Miss India crown. Sushmita Sen became the first Indian woman ever to win the Miss Universe crown.

The same year the runner-up of Miss India, Aishwarya Rai, won the Miss World title. Both the Miss Universe and Miss World contests were won by Miss Indias Sushmita Sen (Miss India) and Aishwarya (Miss India 94 runner-up) respectively. Today Rai is a global star and a leading Bollywood actress.

The success of Sushmita Sen spawned a lot of coaching institutions which were set up to groom girls in pageant participation skills. The number of participants in the preliminary rounds of the pageant has increased considerably. Miss India World 1997, Diana Hayden won the title of Miss World 1997.Pageant winners are also groomed for months in preparation for the international contest. In 1999, the Miss India winner Yukta Mookhey went on to win the Miss World that year.

The year 2000 was another landmark year for Miss India. Three of the Miss India winners happened to win their respective international pageants - Lara Dutta (Miss Universe), Priyanka Chopra (Miss World) and Diya Mirza (Miss Asia-Pacific). This was a huge success. The only other country to have won all three major titles in one year was Australia in 1972.

Pooja Chopra was crowned Miss India World and Shriya Kishore is Miss India Earth 2009.

The contestants dazzled the event in beautiful creations by designers Ritu Kumar, Rocky S., Pantaloons (designed by Rajesh and Anirban) and Prasad Bidappa.

The show was choreographed by Marc Robinson and hosted by Bollywood beauty Malaika Arora Khan and star R. Madhavan.

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Miss India hopefuls shut out

Dreams of Bollywood contracts, television shows and international modelling assignments have been dashed for several young women in the Gulf region who had hoped to compete in the Miss India pageant this year.

The annual Miss India contest has traditionally attracted entries from across India and around the world, and there is fierce competition for the top three positions, which open doors to glamorous careers and other international pageants, including Miss Universe and Miss World.

For Poonam Mahay, 22, of Dubai, and some other would-be contestants in the region, however, it is not to be – this year, at least. Sponsorship has fallen significantly because of the global financial crisis and the organisers decided to call off the necessary preliminary contests or auditions outside India.

For Ms Mahay the news came as a cruel disappointment. Over the past seven years she has been looking forward to the chance to take part in one of India’s top beauty pageants, modelling and honing her speaking skills while she completed her education.

Instead, she finds herself one of several expatriate Gulf Indians who cannot attend.

“I’ve been asked for the past three years to take part. But I told everyone that I would only do it when I was ready for it. I had been working and studying before and I wanted to be prepared completely for it and that’s why, this year, I felt that I was. Then recession hit and bam! and sponsors were backing out.”

Although there are other competitions for expatriate Indians, such as Miss India Worldwide, Ms Mahay said her hopes were on Miss India because it led to the better-known international pageants.

“There were auditions and everything happening. All of a sudden all of it was scrapped. I am very disappointed. I had high hopes for this year but I guess now I have to look forward to it for next year.

Three young women from the Middle East took part last year, and two of them – Aakanksha Mansukhani, of Dubai, and Shruti Dilip, from Oman – finished in the top 10.

Ms Mansukhani, 23, was crowned “Miss Beautiful Eyes” in the final and also won a viewers poll. She has since moved to Mumbai to pursue a career in Bollywood.

The winner in 2007 was also an expatriate, Sarah-Jane Dias, of Muscat, who is now a video jockey with Channel V, a Hong Kong television music channel. With their unconventional looks and attitude, as well as their westernised accents, such women are in demand to present programmes that cater for younger audiences and reach markets outside India.

Emirates Vision, a Dubai-based event management company, has had a contract with Miss India since 2007 to send expatriate contestants to the competition, including girls from the Middle East and Europe.

John Mathew, the managing director of Emirates Vision, said his company and the pageant were working out a permanent strategy to enable overseas contestants to enter again from next year.

“The girls might have been disappointed but we told them that it shall happen next year.”

Ms Dilip, 22, who works as a biotechnology engineer in Doha, has been modelling since she was 16. Since her success last year she had gone on to compete in Miss India Worldwide, where she was crowned “Best Smile”. Now she is considering a couple of Tamil film contracts.

Ms Dilip admitted that it cost a lot of money enter one of these contests. Last year, her expenses had included clothes, flights and “a suitcase full of shoes”. (thenational.ae)

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Miss India beauty contestants get in shape

About twenty finalists of the Pantaloons Femina Miss India 2009 contest are undergoing rigorous fitness training ahead of the contest in Mumbai next month. The month-long training is being conducted in a gymnasium under the watchful eyes of fitness freaks and professionals to ensure that the eventual winners fare exceptionally well at international pageants.

“It’’s been someday of training but it’’s not done. As far as I am concerned, I have really worked hard, not only this month, but I have been working from two years on this. I think, I should be there in top three,” said Ishita Sarkar, a contestant.

Bollywood actor Isha Kopikar met the finalists at the gymnasium and gave them some tips.

“I told them how important it is to stay healthy versus any particular size. Secondly, it is very important to be disciplined and to focus all you energies on what is really important to win. All other things, which may cause distractions or are less important, have to be overlooked,” said Kopikar.

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.

The Miss India contest with its 45-year-old legacy is the oldest and most credible beauty pageant in India.

The pageant has launched many a face like Lara Dutta and Priyanka Chopra to name a few, all of whom have carved a niche for themselves in the business of glamour. (thaindian.com)

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Miss India 2009: Crowning glories

It was a double whammy of sorts. First, exquisite crowns and jewellery exclusively designed by Collection G, in association with D’damas and World Gold Council, for the Pantaloons Femina Miss India 2009 pageant were unveiled at Sahara Star.

And then, the list of finalists of PFMI 2009 was revealed. From over 100 aspiring contestants who were present at the regional rounds, 20 stunning beauties finally made it to the top. These divas came one step closer to ‘Live the Dream’ – of winning the most coveted title – and will compete for the crowns at the Grand Finale stage. PFMI South 2009 and the newly introduced PFMI East 2009 were a major hit in the smaller metros and were received with much enthusiasm. Faith Pandey was crowned the final winner for PFMI South 2009 and Pooja Chopra for PFMI East 2009. Both have got a direct entry into the top 10 finalists of the PFMI 2009 national pageant grand finale.

These 20 finalists, from across India, sizzled on the ramp in the show choreographed by Marc Robinson (fashion director and contestant director, PFMI 2009). The gorgeous ladies were attired in cocktail dresses designed by renowned fashion designer Haasya Chandna. The makeup was done by Vivian D’Silva, make-up expert from Make-up Forever. The Hair styling was done by Najeeb-Ur-Rehman – chief colour and styling consultant from Schwarzkopf Professional.

Adding glamour to the grand evening was the unveiling of the three exquisitely designed crowns for the three winners, crafted by Collection G – a brand for the woman of today – in association with D’damas and World Gold Council, exclusively for the pageant. The intricately crafted crowns, inspired by the Sun, Moon and stars were unveiled by the brand ambassador of Collection G, Jacqueline Fernandez. The trendy Collection G jewellery adorning the contestants lent grandeur and beauty to the evening held beneath the world’s largest pillarless dome at magnificent Tropical Lagoon at Sahara Star.

“These 20 contestants are a young, confident, dynamic and intelligent with aspirational values,” stated Marc Robinson. Zahid Shaikh, chief marketing, Pantaloons said, “As the Pantaloons association with Femina Miss India now enters its third year, the pageant has moved from strength to strength. Youth and style are the cornerstones for both Pantaloons and Femina Miss India where Pantaloons is playing the part of grooming the contestants.” Ajay Mitra, managing director, World Gold Council said, “Gold decorates achievers and winners. This leads to a natural progression of introducing the Collection G ‘MISS INDIA ENSEMBLE’ that inspires women to reach greater heights. Our association with the contest over the last two years has firmly positioned gold on the podium along with the successful new-age women.” GK Nair, director, Gitanjali Group, added, “At Gitanjali, we believe that it’s beauty that captures your attention; personality which captures your heart, and a sparkling beauty should imbibe both these characteristics. What adds to the beauty is the jewellery a woman adorns and what’s closer to her than gold? keeping this in mind our brand Collection G by D’damas has partnered with the contest.” (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)

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Here comes Femina Miss India 2009!

The stage is set and it’s time to conquer the World, the Universe and the Earth as well! The 20 Pantaloons Femina Miss India 2009 finalists are ready to set the stage on fire. Confident, fun loving, graceful yet flamboyant — the girls are here to make their mark.

The 20 finalists who were unveiled in Mumbai on Monday (March 9), surely seem to be having a lot of fun but there’s a lot of hardwork and training coming their way for the next month — all in a bid to win the most coveted title.

Marc Robinson, Contestant Director said, “The training includes a lot of things, we have a schedule planned out for them. Ther is a diet, they’ve got hair and make up. So ther’s a lot of things that goes into it.”

Sandeep Soparkar, Trainer & Choreographer said, “I would see to it that the girls have the right postures because when they exercise a lot sometimes they develop the wrong posture.”

Their journey to success has just begun and the girls all geared up to fulfil their dream of winning the dazzling crowns. Only 3 would live their dreams on the grand finale on the 5th of April 2009. (apakistannews.com)