Miss India Worldwide takes a Canadian participant - Miss India-Canada!

Miss India Worldwide will be held in Holland in 2011. Canadian participation is absolutely guaranteed because of the huge Indo-Canadian population. The event was held in Mississauga on July 16th. There were participants from all over Canada but most were from the GTA - heart of diverse immigrant residence. As diverse is the Indian population structure is in India, so are the Indo-Canadians. This diversity was visible in the 10 participants of the 20th annual pageant held at Mississauga Convention Centre.

There was glamour, fashion, style, trends, passion, anticipation and jubilation throughout the event. Beauty was an aspect of the pageant, but it was the incredible talent and personality exhibited by these glamorous and stylish ladies who have set their sights on bigger things than just a tiara. These ladies are involved in community events, charity organizations and fulfilling their personal dreams of careers and education.

The event started off with a classically spicy and sumptuous dinners served in a buffet-style. Food was catered by The Host and it was very delicious - well, if the event is going to be colourful and glamorous, why not have the food to accentuate that feeling. Then was the introduction to the participants - dressed in white-ish dresses. Chunri Creations and Bombay Trendz provided the clothing and accessories - for participants and for the fashion models. The up close view of the catwalk - sans 300 photographers cramped in a 4'x4' box was a wonderful experience. There was no unnecessary objections by the security about taking pictures either and the paparazzi feel was provided by a fair number of hobbyist event guests kept the momentum and environment going.

The show of talent in the next round was widely cheered for. There were classical Indian dances, contemporary English singing and fusion of east and west music. The bollywood was a huge part of these section. Half of the competitors were eliminated after this round. However, the real interest was the display of human side of the pageant competitors in the Q & A section. The questions to obtain the views of the participant ladies ranged from the recent GTA/G8/G20 violent protests to the third world's poor state. The talent ladies provided with a very different view on these topics - more sensitive and practical approach than most of us would if asked the same questions - specially in front of roughly 500 guests and media presence. But it all came down to the selection of the Miss Photogenic, Miss Congeniality, 1st and 2nd runner up and Miss India-Canada. Miss Sarah Hatton was declared Miss Photogenic. Miss Safina Adatia and Miss Bryn Dhir were the runner-ups while Miss Minu Jose got the honour of representing Indo-Canadian fans at Miss India Worldwide event - 2011.

From: http://www.examiner.com