A step closer to the Crowning Glory

The final selection process for the Pond’ Femina Miss India 2013 comes to a splendid end after a final round of auditions which included 7 city pageants and 13 city auditions. The much hyped and eagerly awaited final auditions of Pond’s Femina Miss India 2013 held in Mumbai on February 11, will be hosted at Hotel Westin Mumbai Garden City - the official Hospitality Partner. The country’s oldest and most credible pageant will select the stunning finalists for the 50th year and pave the path for them to embark upon on an exciting journey and establish themselves in the world of Bollywood, fashion & glamour.

The final round of auditions is the last chance to have a shot at being selected  for the finale with a chance of becoming the 50th year beauty queen and will carry on throughout the day, where over 150 enthusiastic and beautiful girls will vie for a top spot in the final list of contestants.  After receiving around 10,000 applications, talent from across the country will gather, making the selection process tougher. Femina Miss India is the only organisation in the country to offer a wide range of overwhelming talent and serves as a stepping stone in providing new talent to the industry of beauty, fashion and glamour. The winners of the 7 city pageants had the envious pleasure of being fast tracked to the grand finale which will be held on the 24th of March at Yash Raj studio. The chosen winner of pond’s pink tiara wild card contest will also be fast tracked to the grand finale, providing her with an opportunity to make her dreams a reality.

Marc Robinson, Director operations, Miss India said, “The Miss India platform is truly a legacy, an institution, and its 50 year celebrations will be an act truly hard to follow. Femina Miss India is a pageant that is truly representation of national diversity in beauty and in contestant participation, with auditions and city pageants being held across 20 cities in the country. I am sure the contestants will display immense poise and confidence today, to win the coveted title; I wish them all the best."

The national pageant has changed the lives of many beauties who have reached the pinnacle of success with names like Zeenat Aman, Juhi Chawla, Aishwariya Rai, Sushmita Sen, Priyanka Chopra, Lara Dutta, Dia Mirza, Neha Dupia, Celina Jaitley, Esha Gupta and Sarah Jane Dias  to name a few. The pageant is also associated with the best panel of experts and specialists related to fitness, diet, fashion, lifestyle, beauty and grooming. With a dynamic and holistic

training program for the selected contestants, the gratifications the winners stand to gain run into crores. Pond’s Femina Miss India 2013 is all set to launch future stars in the industry, helping them realise their dreams.

To celebrate the glorious 50 years, Pond’s Femina Miss India 2013 has traversed the length and breadth of the country with the first city being Nagpur and the last city being the picturesque Shillong. Moving from two tier cites like Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Chennai, Lucknow, Amritsar, Shimla, Jammu, Dehradun, Guwahati to the cosmopolitan cities that played host to city pageants held in Pune, Goa, Bangalore, Indore, Chandigarh, New Delhi and Kolkata, the pageant has truly transitioned into a national exercise.

Pond’s has had a long and successful history in beauty since its foray into India and is synonymous with beauty in India. Being the most credible and the largest premium face care brand in the country, they have passionately led the way in understanding women's skin and beauty needs for years. Pond’s and Femina Miss India together present a platform to many aspiring Indian women to realize their dreams and make beauty a way of life rather than just idolizing and admiring it from a distance.