Parvathy renews India���s links with South Africa
The morning after the beauty contest, India���s representative, Parvathy sounded a tad disappointed: ���I expected to win, you know. I don���t know what went wrong,��� she said. But still, it���s after eight long years that a Miss India has managed to go so far.
But, none of the nervousness showed on her face, as she smiled and posed confidently on the stage along with four other pretty women who’d been selected for the final round. And then it was party time. Some journalist tried to talk to her, late in the evening, after the pageant. “Please call me in the morning, I am at a party,” she told them, barely audible amid the loud music. The morning after, Parvathy sounded a tad disappointed: “I expected to win, you know. Especially after the question and answer round. I don’t know what went wrong,” she said. But still, it’s after eight long years that a Miss India has managed to go so far at the pageant. Not that we haven’t won the Miss World title before.
“Dekhte hain. But, right now, I am dying to see my cousin and my nephew. She delivered on the 27th and I wasn’t there with her,” said Parvathy. But, this whole Miss World experience must have given her a lot of exposure. “That’s true. I meant it when I told the judges that the whole journey was a great experience. You know, after the crowning ceremony, there was a ball in the night. And there, the individual continent winners were announced. I won in the Asia-Pacific category. I guess that’s some consolation,” she said. That’s not just a consolation, Parvathy, that’s just great, we wanted to tell her. But guess, we’ll wait for her to come home for that!
Russia’s Ksenya Sukhinova was, on Saturday, crowned Miss World 2008 after beating scores of international beauties at a glittering African extravaganza held in Johannesburg. “Miss World 2008 is Russia,” announced Julia Morley, head of the Miss World committee that organises the event. The second runner up was Gabriel Walcott of Trinidad and Tobago. More than 100 international beauties participated in this year’s Miss World pageant, hosted by South Africa.
Sukhinova, who took over the title from Zhang Zi Lin of China to become the 58th Miss World, was crowned after a two-hour long spectacle that combined elements of travelogue and reality show. South Africa, who hosted the event for the sixth time, became the country that has held more Miss World pageants than any other. The event was broadcast to millions of viewers in 187 countries. Sukhinova also had won the contest’s top model award and was third in the swimsuit competition. Miss South Africa Tansey Coetzee had made it to the final five.
.Hi Nivedita...I dont understand why you wrote this article...looks like a typical cut paste from the print. I am a journalist and i have read these in many papers.....Now...you mean to say that she did not show any nervousness when she won the crown.....okieee...i guess you could watch the zee cafe footage all over again...and see that this lady looked more nervous than any contestant for the last 8 years.....If people think that she lost the crown due to the last Q n A round...then well South Africa and Trinidad and Tobago were far more better and gorgeous....but the winner is based on a package and not just the Q n A......I am happy Parvathy made it so far....but there were better runners up in the past few years who never made statements such as"For the last few years no contestant could bring the crown so i shall bring it"........
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