Recently I participated in a beauty pageant " Mrs India Worldwide like most of the matches this one seemed fixed too , a bitter experience for those who went back empty handed despite being a deserving candidates. All those aspiring models or young girls wanting to participate in a beauty pageant must go through the details before taking a plunge into it. For me and for that matter for most of us a beauty pageant means beauty with brains but this one was with a difference , neither one needed the beauty nor the brains to be a winner and it became evident from the way the crowns and titles were conferred on non deserving candidates. In fact after coming back home I warned my daughter( who is eligible to participate) to drop the idea unless and until I have he money to buy a crown . I am a well established business woman ,successful and accomplished with many feathers in my hat .I was also a cover girl for Women's Era magazine , a feature model who has tasted success . Crown was the least that I had on my mind when I went for it but I wanted do kill my crave for not having been able to participate in one in my young age How many women in 50's have the courage to compete with girls in 20's that too in a beauty pageant but that's me. And I did not come empty hands , the only probable reason could be that I was a very strong and deserving contestant they could have deprived me of one or two or may be three titles but had they deprived me of all their intentions would have been questioned by me , by a woman who knows how to stand for not only her own rights but for the others rights too. So I can say it was their need to silence me .
A girl Resica Naicker who claimed to have won Mrs South Africa ( Though her name is not there in the list of Mrs South Africa since 1956 to 2013 in wikipedia plz click to check) )And it was not only her even the organisers stood in support of her claims. Well she neither had the body or the body language nor did she know that not only one is not supposed to wear open toed shoes on ramp but there is also negative marking for that ,To top it up she does not have an Indian Passport where as it was mandatory in the contract .
She came to India to represent South Africa and flew down not only along with her company CEO but also the CEO's entire family joined her to stay in the same hotel where we were lodged in . As per my knowledge neither any of the family member nor friends of contestants are allowed to meet or see them during the grooming session. But four people flying down from South Africa only pointed out " She knows she is the winner"
RESICA NAICKER
1 Resica Naicker 37 with visible flab all around her body , I should rather say quite masculine was crowned the winner . A teacher by profession who was also conferred with titles Mrs Beautiful Eyes despite the fact she wore grey contacts , without those contacts she didn't have the eyes to flaunt , yet she was allowed to wear them on where as in any beauty pageant the first thing the contestants are made to remove are the coloured contacts and hair extensions .
2 A teacher who does not have a Doctorate degree nor any of us got to have a glimpse of intellectual side of hers was also conferred with Mrs Intellectual where as DR Diana Grover who is an E N T specialist , a pretty face , who is in good shape went back without a single title though Docs are known to be intellects and that. is an established fact
ALKA JAWLA
First runner up Alka Jawla 27 who from the day one behaved like a self acclaimed winner who got all the importance by the choreographer( probably he had the list of the ones who were fixed) .She led the ramp walk , dance sequence and had I not put my foot down
she would have also lead the gown sequence ( will share the details how I bagged the show stopper gown in my next post) . Though she denied but she was definitely groomed at a finishing school.(but all is fair in love and war) . An average looking IT professional who lacked the panache ,And above all she not being a mother did not qualify the participation criteria.
Like Rescia , Alka Jawla too was not aware of foremost rules of the ramp a big NO NO to open toes butt it did not result in to -ve marking for either of them and she was conferred with Mrs Catwalk ,which she truly truly deserved.She was slim but with dis-proportionate thighs and was also conferred with Mrs beautiful body I wonder how did the jury get o see her beautiful body when she did not show up her body in the Bikini round ! And Alka Narula (that's me) who at 50 had a well contoured ,sensual ,spotless ,all curves in right places was deprived of the "Mrs Beautiful Body " .Though the fitness trainer did mention her name after their eyes locked while giving away the Title I wonder whether it was her guilt or something else that made her comment " Alka Narula was another strong contestant for this title but may be she will do better next time " Those words came from the horses mouth only after the anchor asked to make a guess and the only name spelt out by most of the contestants was "Alka Narula"
Below is my pic for _ Ms Beautiful Body " comparison
ALKA NARULA
The second runner up again a N R I Bhavya Gehlot who spoke well but had too broad a butt that almost seemed like that of an -X, she had the body language but was too huge for a woman , in fact has loose fat all over her body. I can't say about the viewers but for me it was quite a repelling sight . Yes , certainly if she could lose weight she may look good on ramp , neither could I see a deserving body nor could I see much of her brains but arrogance a big YES YES. As per organisers 60% of the marks were given by the organisers for good conduct on day to day basis but this girl was one of the notorious gang who comprised of all NR Is (except Resica who was too good to be true probably she knew it from before she came to India or probably she played her cards sensibly )and few who had come from finishing schools .
BHAVYA GEHLOT
So was the story of top three . I will be sharing the titles those went wrong in my next post.
Disclaimer-
*** Pls note that my intention is not to discourage any one from participate in Beauty pageant but apart from warning it its an advice to go through finishing schools as they are the negotiators between the organisers and the participants also must scan the background of the organisers and go ahead only if they have a good reputation .
*** Pls note this post is completely based on my experience & my personal opinion
Its not meant to hurt or harm any body's feelings or image.
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