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Two other contestants Liesel and Sheetal were given the runners
up crown even as chief guest film producer Boney Kapoor, IN Mumbai
bigwigs Ravi Mansukhani, Ramindar Singh, George Sebastian and TD
Joseph looked on.
Suchitra won the Critics Choice award and Miss Perfect Ten award
wherein media representatives and invited guests exercised their
vote at a specially organised preview show at Onyx RestoBar in Mumbai.
Saba was given the Miss Beautiful Complexion award and Nutan was
awarded the Miss Beautiful Smile award.
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Mischief Miss Mumbai 2003
Neha Ganguly who was crowned as the winner on 8 February 2003
at IN Mumbai's annual pageant
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Speaking to indiantelevision, a jubilant Neha says: "When
my name was announced, I felt as if the entire world stopped. I
owe my success to the extensive training of 20 days which the IN
Mumbai team provided us. I would like to thank ace photographer
Haider Ali who prepared my portfolio and urged me to participate
in the contest."
"I also appreciate the efforts of talentvision promoter Pranab
Gandhi, Planet Health's choreographer Shakir Sheikh and fitness
specialist Happy Singh for providing invaluable tips to all the
contestants," she adds.
Neha, the name implies "eyes" according to the brochure,
is a post-graduate in commerce and will be pursuing a law degree.
She admires Adolf Hitler, Julia Roberts and David Beckham. Her favourite
movie is the Shahrukh Khan-Kajol starrer Dilwale Dulhania Le
Jayenge. She feels that life is a mirror and adds that if one
smiles, people around will reciprocate. About her favourite city
Mumbai, she admires the never give up attitude of Mumbaikars.
Neha had contested in the Navy Ball held in December 2002 but couldn't
progress beyond the final eight stage. "The difference this
time around is the training," she claims.
The contestants were groomed by experts in various aspects such
as fitness, beauty, personality development, ramp walk and diets.
Added to the above are comprehensive sessions on effective speaking,
meditation and Art of Living sessions. Prajakti Deshmukh conducted
the Art of Living sessions; Dr Mukesh Batra advised the young ladies
on important aspects of health; Dr Rekha Sheth advised the contestants
on skin and hair care; Harish Bhatia did the hair colouring and
styling.
The IN Mumbai show could be confused with an MTV event as the show
was compered by VJs Nafisa and Shernaz. However, the duo needed
lessons in diction as they couldn't even pronounce the names of
the judges properly leading to a lot of embarrassment to the distinguished
panel of judges.
The judges' list included: Hiranandani group MD Niranjan Hiranandani,
Shaw Wallace director Niranjan Thakur, All India Industries Association
chairperson Vijay Kalantri, BR Films MD Ravi Chopra, fashion designer
Shaina NC, Savvy magazine editor Andrea Costabir, IN Mumbai news
editor in chief Ramindar Singh, culinary specialist Tarla Dalal,
Manisha Koirala and Boney Kapoor.
During the show, MTV VJ Sophiya and Sukhdev performed on the stage
and belted out remix numbers of popular Hindi songs. However, the
show management left a lot to be desired - especially the audio!
All in all, the night belonged to the contestants and we shall
be definitely be hearing more about them in the near future.
Also read
IN Mumbai's Miss Mumbai
contest 2002 on 8 Feb
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