Saturday, December 13, 2008
Femina Miss India South 2008 Picture Gallery
na Miss India South 2008 is a beauty pageant which is held in South of India. It is organized by Femina, a women’s magazine. It gives opportunity to girls from South of India to come to a platform of character, style and personality and turn their dreams into reality.
Applications and nominations for the contest were invited from eligible participants (those between 18 and 23 years of age and born or residing in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala or Tamil Nadu). 16 Finalists were selected in a semi-final round on December 04, 2007 in Hyderabad.
The 2008 Femina Miss India South, sponsored by Pantaloons, was held on December 26, 2007 in Hyderabad. The panel of judges consisted of Ramya Krishna, Deepika Govind, Mani Shankar, Nethra Raghuraman, Ravi Teja, Pinky Reddy and Sanjiv Gupta.
Parvathy Omanakuttam was crowned with the 2008 Femina Miss India South title. She got a direct entry into the top ten finalists of the Femina Miss India 2008. Shreya Dhanwanthary was the first runner-up and Kavya Barli was the second runner-up. They got direct entry to the finals of the Femina Miss India 2008 which was held in Mumbai.
Cute Miss India South 2008 Parvathi Omanakuttan's wallpaper
Parvathi Omanakuttan is an Indian model. She is originally from Kerala.She was one of the contestants of Femina Miss India South 2008, a beauty contest organized by Femina, a women's magazine. She got a direct entry into the top ten finalists of the Femina Miss India 2008 after winning the 2008 Femina Miss India South title on December 26, 2007. She also won the Femina Miss South Catwalk and Miss South Beautiful Hair sub-titles.
Parvathi was crowned with the Femina Miss India World title on April 05, 2008. She also won the Femina Miss Beautiful Hair, Femina Miss Photogenic and Femina Miss Personality sub-titles.
She will represent India at the Miss World pageant to be held in Ukraine on October 04, 2008.
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Other pageants
Before winning the coveted PFMI 2008 and PFMIS 2008 pageants, she also won several other contests. They are "Miss Malayali 2005", "Malayali Manka 2005", "Navy Queen (Southern Naval Command, Cochin) 2006", "Miss SVKM (Sarva Vidyalaya Kelvani Mandal, Mumbai) 2006", "Lions Club Dreamgirl 2007" and "Navy Queen (Vizag) 2007".
Miss India South 2008
In a star-studded ceremony at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre held in December 2007, Parvathy Omanakuttan was crowned the first ever Pantaloons Femina Miss India South 2008. Winning the PFMIS 2008 contest got her direct entry in the top 10 finalists of the Pantaloons Femina Miss India 2008. She also won few more subtitles in PFMIS 2008. She was crowned as PFMIS 2008 by Ramya Krishnan, a famous South Indian actress.
Miss India 2008
During the question and answer rounds in the finals, she was asked “The rate of divorce in India is on a rise. Is Western influence the cause of this or something else?”. Parvathy gave the reply “Divorces are not a result of Western influence. At the end of the day, it is we who decide our worth. Marriage is not when one completes the other but is when both share their completeness.”
After Parvathy's representation in the Miss World 2008 Event, Simran Kaur Mundi will represent India in Miss Universe event and Tanvi Vyas would represent India in Miss Earth event. Parvathy also won sub-titles like Miss Photogenic, Miss Personality & Miss Beautiful Hair in the Femina Miss India 2008 pageant. She was one of the favourites to win Miss India title.
The above three events along with the Miss International event are considered most prestigious beauty pageants in the world and are called Big Four events.
Miss World 2008
She represented India in the 58th Miss World Final which was held at Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa on December 13, 2008 and finished First Runner Up. Kseniya Sukhinovia from Russia won the crown.
The final round question drew great applause for her quick wit and excellent reply. As to the reply to the question - "What being in South Africa meant to her ?", she replied confidently that it was like home to her. She drew comparison to the fact the people of South Africa was extremely hospitable like the Indians and also that both the nations have given such respected leaders like Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi who have influenced the lives of millions. Also she added that both the nations shared such a wonderful diverse culture that made them both similar.
She won 3rd place for the Miss World Top Model contest on December 3, 2008. She was one among the top 10 Finalists of Miss World 2008 Beach Beauty contest, where Miss Mexico emerged eventual winner, and Miss South Africa bagged first runner-up and Miss Russia finished the second runner up.
Biography
She was born on 13th July 1987, is 5 ' 8.5" tall and has vital statistics of 32-27-36.
She is originally from Changanacherry - Kottayam, Kerala and now lives in Mumbai, Her hobbies include: Listening to music, dancing, glass painting, reading, playing basketball and badminton.
She follows the lineage set by many Malayalis in the history of the pageant like Shweta Vijay (Femina Miss India Earth 2003), Annie Thomas (Femina Miss India Universe 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).
About Parvathi Omanakuttan
Parvathy Omanakuttan, Miss India 2008, is the First Runner Up of Miss World 2008. She was crowned at the Miss World Grand Finale at Johannesburg, South Africa on 13 December 2008. She was also the second runner up of Miss World Top Model contest held on 3 December 2008.
She was crowned "Pantaloons Femina Miss India World 2008" in Mumbai on 5 April 2008.
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