Mumbai, Jan 29, 2006
Ashok Shah
NRI, Trina Chakravarty of of Jacksonville, Florida,
USA was crowned the Miss India worldwide 2006 in the
one of its kind beauty pageant of non-resident Indians
of various countries held here.
Miss India Worldwide 2006, Trina Chakravarti from
the US (centre) flanked by first runner up Nikki Rana
from the UK (left) and second runner up Charlene Asgaralli
from the Netherlandsd
Trina was selected out of the 21 contestants shortlisted
for the title last night.
Trina is a first year student at the University of
Florida. Her hobbies include Indian classical dance
and she plans to become a surgeon. Trina is fluent
in three languages -- English, French and Bengali.
"Trina's mother Aparna was Miss India New York
in 1982," said Dharmatma Saran, Chairman of the
function. "For the first time in the twenty five
years history of the pageant in the USA, a mother-daughter
duo has bagged the crown either at the state or national
level."
The judges were:
Trina Chakravarty
Crowned Miss India USA 2005
Posted on Thursday, September 08, 2005 (EST)
Trina Chakravarty of Jacksonville, Florida, crowned
Miss India USA 2005.
Tampa, FL, US: In a dazzling function organized on
August 20th at the prestigious Sun Dome, Tampa, Florida,
Trina Chakravarty of Jacksonville, Florida, was
crowned Miss India USA 2005. The twenty fourth
annual event was organized by Dharmatma Saran and
Swapna Shah, and hosted by Satya Shaw and Chandra
Patel of FIA of Florida.
Trina, 18, is a first year student at University
of Florida. Her hobbies include Indian classical dancing
and she plans to become a surgeon to help accident
victims. Trina is fluent in three languages –
English, French and Bengali. Trina was crowned by
the outgoing queen, Reshoo Pande. “Incidentally,
Trina’s mother Aparna, was Miss India New York
in 1982,” said Dharmatma Saran, Chairman, IFC,
which has been organizing the pageant since 1980.
Saran further stated, “for the first time in
twenty five years history of the pageant in the USA,
a mother-daughter duo has bagged the crown either
at the state or national level.” Trina will now
represent USA in the Fifteenth Annual Miss India Worldwide
pageant to be held in Mumbai, India, on December 3.
Miss India USA is the oldest Indian pageant outside
India.
Nisha Mirchandani, 24, and Tashi Sharma, 22, both
from New York were respectively declared first and
second runner up among 33 contestants from various
parts of the country, in the gala event attended by
over four thousand people. The other five finalists
were Seema Srivastava of Ohio and Khyati Gupta of
Mississippi.
All contestants presented their best in the Indian
and the Evening Gown segment after which the top ten
were selected. The top ten contestants then enthralled
the audience with their talent which included movie
dances, Kathak, Bharat Natyam as well as speech, skit
and singing. Winners of the various sub-contests were
Kavita Kumar of Pennsylvania – Miss Beautiful
Smile, Chandani Desai of Florida – Miss Photogenic,
Reemal Prasad of California – Miss Beautiful
Hair, Seema Srivastava of Ohio – Miss Beautiful
Eyes, Shruti Challa of Kansas – Miss Congeniality
and Nikita Goel of North Carolina got the Best Talent
Award.
One highlight of the pageant was a bollywood dance
performance by the movie actress Preeti Jhangiani,
who specially flew in from India for the event. Dharmatma
Saran presented appreciation plaque to Satya Shaw,
Chandrakant Patel and Swapna Shah for their support
in organizing the event. Dr. Kiran Patel was also
honored as “philanthropist of the year”
on this occasion.
Ganga Mukkavilli, Purva Merchant and Stacy Issac
were emcees for the function. Entertainment was provided
by Silentz Killer from Georgia , Miami Mast from Florida
and Ravi Jakhotia from Hollywood. The panel of judges
included Air India Regional Director Promod Gupta,
Anjana Trivedi – Fashion designer from India,
Dr. Pallavi Patel – Pediatrician and Philanthropist,
Renu Khatour – Provost University of South Florida,
Dr. Shashi Agarwal – Cardiologist and Dr. Amit
Charavorty from Alabama. Former Miss India New York,
Mrs. Dharmangi Bhatia was the official CPA for the
Pageant. Choreography was done by Divya Kumar and
Tricia Bhim.
“I am very happy with the tremendous response
for the pageant,” said Satya Shaw, The Event
Chairperson, “and “hope to bring it back
to Tampa soon.” Swapna Shah, Chairperson of the
host committee proposed the vote of thanks.
Source: c2b2bnews
