Kanishtha Dhankar: Miss India 2011

Kanishtha Dhankar 22 years-old crowned Miss India 2011

Manasvi Mamgai Won Pantaloons Femina Miss India World 2008

Manasvi Mamgai, 22, was crowned Pantaloons Femina Miss India World 2008 at a gala event Friday night April, 30-2010

Parvathay Omanakuttan Miss India World 2008

Parvathay Omanakuttan was born on March 13, 1987 in Kottayam, Kerala as the first child of Omanakkuttan Nair.

She is originally from Changanacherry and now lives in Mumbai. She was seven months old when she came to Mumbai with her parents, because her father had to join Taj Hotel and than she was in scdb high school and she did her english literature in mumbai's mithibai college.

She follows the lineage set by many Keralites in the history of pageants like Shweta Vijay (Femina Miss India Earth 2003), Annie Thomas (Femina Miss India World 1998), Nafisa Joseph (Femina Miss India Universe 1997), Mini Menon (Femina Miss India Asia Pacific 1996) and Shweta Menon (Femina Miss India 1994 2nd runner-up).

Pooja Chopra Miss India World 2009

Pooja Chopra (from Pune) is an Indian beauty pageant contestant who was crowned Pantaloons Femina Miss India World 2009. Pantaloons Femina Miss India World 2009 is the title given to the best girl from the 25 finalists entering the pageant though all the top three are considered equal winners. She grew up with her mother and sister and represented India in the Miss World competition held on December 12, 2009.

Aanchal Dogra Miss India-Canada 2009

Crowned: August 22, 2009

At the personal front, I am perceived to be balanced, cheerful, social, warm, fun loving and quick witted. Having lived in the Middle East from early childhood, I am polycentric and confident to work well with people from all walks of life. I am not deterred by challenges, in fact believe in setting creative goals for self – enterprising mind, firm and focused achiever. I am purposeful, ambitious, inspiring and a strong willed person; thorough-going in everything I undertake; humane and dedicated to human causes.

At the professional front I have done a Dual specialization in Bachelors in Physical Therapy and M.D in Alternative Medicines. I’m presently working as a Physiotherapist at a renowned Orthopedic Center. This is helping me gather expertise to be able to join Blue Chip Health Care set ups. In the short term, I will shortly be pursuing Masters in Health Care Administration. In the long term, I strongly aspire to establish a Health Care Center of my own which will consist of Yoga Academy, Rehabilitation infrastructure, Spa treatment and all other therapeutic treatments streamlined under herbal sciences.

After having won the pageant, I had the privilege and honour to meet great film makers and actors of the Indian Film Industry during the Toronto International Film Festival. I met Mr. Ashutosh Gowarikar, Abhay Deol, Mr. Dev Benegal, Ms. Seems Biswas if The Bandit Queen fame and Deepa Mehta.

I also had the honour f meeting HRH Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall Camilla Parker Bowles at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair. It was a special meeting. I couldn't believe my stars!

In India, I met the great film maker and evergreen actor Mr. Dev Anand. Meeting him was truly inspirational!

To conclude, I want to become an ambassador of peace, goodwill, harmony and compassion in order to do full justice to the pageant’s motto “For beauty with a purpose”. This pageant has given me the platform to express my choices and opinions in order to forge ahead and foray into fields yet to be explored, be it Entrepreneurship, Social services, Health services, the Entertainment, the world and beyond…