Parvathy Omanakuttan
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Parvathy Omanakuttan is the reigning Miss India 2008. She was crowned Pantaloons Femina Miss India World 2008 in Mumbai on 5th April 2008.[1] She will now represent India in Miss World 2008 Event to be held in Ukraine on October 4, 2008.
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[edit] Biography
She was born in 1988, 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, [2] Her hobbies include: Listening to music, dancing, glass painting, reading, playing basketball and badminton[3].
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).
[edit] Miss India 2008
During the question 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.”.
As the winner of this contest, Parvathy will now represent India in the Miss World 2008 Event and the runners-up, Simran Kaur Mundi and Tanvi Vyas would represent India in Miss Universe and Miss Earth events respectively. 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 Miss International. Event are considered most prestigious beauty pageants in the world and are called Big Four events.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Other Pageants
Before winning the coveted PFMI 2008 and PFMIS 2008 pageants, she also won few 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.
[edit] Film Offers
Parvathy has envinced keen interest to act in films. From Hrithik Roshan to Salman Khan, she wants to act with them all.
| Preceded by Sarah-Jane Dias |
Miss India World 2008 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
