The ‘Miss INDIA SHOW’ has been a stage extravaganza with 26 wonderful talented contestants 17 to 27 years (Miss India) and 13 to 16 years (Teen). It was an evening of entertainment, prestige and glamour all rolled up into one. Miss India show at Ellsworth Theatre on November 17, 2012, was not only a pageant but a beginning of a movement to bring greater assimilation of young Indian Americans together with lots of pride about their heritage.

New England Indian youth is very bright and talented and they introduced themselves on stage with elegance and pride in front of panel of judges. The five finalists were selected after Evening gown and introduction Round and Ethnic Dress round in both categories and then they entered Question-Answer segment. Miss INDIA New England crown is won by Mansee Sangani of Norwwod, MA  and Miss India Teen New England is won by Krithi Nathan of Sharon, MA. She is also given the title Miss Photogenic.  First and second runner up for Miss India are Monica Gill and Neha Katyal; for Teen category -Samantha Kakullavarapu and Komal Prakash. Amrita Vadhera and Roshni Mirchandani got title Miss Congeniality and Miss Talented are Shirin Bakre and Ami Shah. The audience also voted for their favourite contestant. Miss India Miss Viewers choice is Namita Dodwadkar and Teen Miss Viewers Choice is Komal Prakash.

Mr. Dharmatma Saran and Ms. Neelam Saran- founders of Miss India USA and Miss India Worlwide came to grace the occassion as chief guest. Judges for all awards/titles were Dr. Elliot Sach, Ms. Shubhra Chandra, Mr. Joe Freeman, Dr. Manju Sheth, Ms. Pooja Kondabolu, Mr. Anil Saigal, Ms. Ranjani Saigal, Mr. Preetesh Shrivastava and Ms. Sejal Patel. The Winners will represent three states at 31st Miss INDIA USA and 1st Miss Teen India USA in early 2013.

Sponsors of ‘The Miss INDIA show’ are Apna Punjab Restaurant of Rehoboth, MA (Grandsponsor); IM Wireless- a Verizon wireless authorized dealer, VONAGE. Miss Viewers Choice and Miss Photogenic were sponsored by Sulbha.com and Indofashionz by Ambika Mangtani, Miss Congeniality by Rarecarats. Other sponsors and supporters are Alok Fashions by Pushpa Karna, Primary Care Family Center Malden by Dr. Manorama Mathur and Dr. Kunwar Singh, Raja and Rana Indian Market, Dr. Seema Arora, Goka Love by Shruti Bawa, Dr. Rakesh Dutta and Neeta Dutta, Paresh Motiwala, Pavit Arora, Sneh Jaisingh, Dr. Sapna Agarwal, Chaitanya Godsay, Rishi Palriwala, Shamima Khan, Rupangi Dutta and Ayan Majmudar.

Show was beautifully emceed by Priyanka Jain and Rohin Jaiman and Question-Answer round was played by renowned artist- Mr. Preetesh Shrivastava.  The Talent round participants in Miss India category were Neha Vinod and Nalini Krishnan; Teen category were Kriti Badola and Amrita Vadhera. Featured performances were Fauj Bhangra, UConn Surya, BU Khatarnak Dance Teams. Odissi-Kathak-fusion was choreographed and performed by dance teachers Jayashree Mohapatra and Mona Bhowmick on live Bollywood song by Ujjwal Parikh. Other performers were Durgesh Vaidya, Monisha Prakash, Nikita Rao and Netra Rajnikanth Dance Teams.

The show is produced and directed by Ruchika Arora -an Event organizer, Designer, Fashion choreographer and Blogger. Photography by Nicole Chan, Prashant Singh, Iggy Barskov, Vishwa Shroff. Media art and photos by Sejal Patel, Videography by Ian Masse, Promo videos by Umang Jain. Sound by Jawed Wahid and Music by Anish Khanzode and Purbi Rana.

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