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Sarah Jane crowned Miss India 2007
09th Apr 2007 09.01 IST
By Agencies

Mumbai girl Sarah-Jane Dias was crowned Miss India-World, the country's biggest beauty contest, at a glittering ceremony in Mumbai on Sunday evening.

Puja Gupta was crowned the new Miss India-Universe and Pooja Chitgopekar Miss India-Earth at the Femina Pantaloons Miss India contest 2007.

Twenty-four-year-old Sarah-Jane Dias, a Channel [V] VJ and former Miss India-Oman (1995), won the title beating 24 other contestants.

The first runner-up, 22-year-old Puja Gupta, is an aspiring writer and her hobbies are Yoga, writing, horse riding and drawing, says her profile at the pageant’s official website.

The second runner-up, 21-year-old Pooja Chitgopekar, is a medical student in New Zealand and has won the Miss India-New Zealand (2002) contest, Miss India Worldwide (2003) (first runner-up) and Miss Auckland (2002) (first runner-up).

A Pantaloon official said the pageant this year had decided to declared the Miss India-World as the official winner.

The event was judged by several celebrities including actors Sanjay Dutt , Priyanka Chopra , director Subhash Ghai and model Ujwalla Raut .

And what was the question that the three beauties answered right to make it through the pageant? The five finalists at the pageant were asked, “If you had to convince a rural woman to take part in this pageant, what would you tell her?”

The pageant was spiced up with performances by actors Tushar Kapoor , Koena Mitra and Lara Dutta .

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