Miss India 2013 saw ladies from Patiala, Visakhapatnam and Mumbai walk away with their pretty tiaras on Sunday Evening in the Pond's Femina Miss India 2013 competition.
Navneet Kaur Dhillon was named the winner with the crown title of Miss India 2013. She had to ward off competition from Sobhita Dhulipala who came a close second making her the first runner up in the beauty pageant. The final and second runner up for the event was the 18 year old Zoya Afroz who mesmerized the judges with her stunning looks. Themed in Gold, everything glittered in the show. The stage, the participants and the minor details on their gowns.
Navneet Kaur,20, was a student of the Army School from which she moved on to the Patiala Punjabi University. The 20 year beauty from Visakhapatnam was a former student of Visakha Valley School who is a student of HR College in Mumbai. Afroz is an actor from the RN Shah High School and Mithibai College from Lucknow.
At the show were several who's who, Bollywood celebs and cricket star Yuvraj Singh who happens to be from Punjab, sharing the same state as the winner. Priyanka Chopra had a few words of advice to the winners, being the former winner of the title in 2000 herself.
The event took place in Yashraj Studios, Mumbai. The judges for the show were Karan Johar, Asin, Shiamak Davar, Yuvraj Singh, Ritu Kumar, Chitrangada Singh and John Abraham.
A special effort to commemorate the efforts of Urmi Basu in prostitution and trafficking the award Woman of Substance was presented to her by Miss India 2012 Vanya Mishra.
(AW- Anil)
