Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 26: India’s most exciting, glamorous and credible beauty pageant is underway and continues its talent hunt in at Fortune Inn Riviera which has come on board as the hospitality and venue partner for the same.
The auditions received an overwhelming response witnessing more than 80 contestants participating from all parts of the state. The encouraging response assured a wide coverage of the state, in terms of ‘talent scouting’.
The judge for the auditions is Viren Barman-Peter England Mr. India 2016 1st Runners-up
With a new and improvised format this year, Miss India in its 54th edition will be touring to all 30 states of the nation and to crown 30 state representatives who will then compete for the coveted Miss India crown. The top 3 of Jammu and Kashmir have been given a golden ticket to the North Zonal crowning ceremony to be held in Delhi at Leela Ambience Convention Hotel on April 16, 2017. Here the most deserving candidate from each of the 8 states i.e. Miss India Delhi, Miss India Haryana, Miss India Himachal Pradesh, Miss India Jammu and Kashmir, Miss India Madhya Pradesh, Miss India Punjab, Miss India Uttar Pradesh and Miss India Uttarakhandwill represent their state at the grand finale which is going to be held in Mumbai in June.
For the very first time, the pageant will host mentors for each zone who will guide the contestants to merit. To take charge of the proceeding for the North Zone we have none other Neha Dhupia
She enthusiastically quoted, “The girls who are chosen are beautiful and talented. I feel their inherent simplicity is their strength. I expect this strength to come forth and help them forge their path in the pageant”.
The top 3 winners of Jammu and Kashmir include Medha Arora (Jammu; Heritage School; Institute of Dental Science); Avanika Choudhary (Jammu; Army School; NIFT)and Sana Dua (Jammu; SD Public School; Punjab University, Department of Law).
India’s leading fashion hub – fbb – has once again partnered this year to be the title sponsor of this beauty pageant. fbb is a premier platform for fashion brands in urban India, and so this association is perfectly in sync with the brand’s objective to make India more fashionable.
The beauty pageant announces its strategic partnership for the fifth year in a row with India’s leading Entertainment Channel, Colors with a view to gain maximum visibility in their quest to find the women of substance.
The finalists of fbb Colors Femina Miss India 2017 will undergo vigorous training from the best experts of the industry before the Grand Finale to be held in June.
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