I Am She – Miss Universe India

I Am She
Formation 2010
Type Beauty Pageant
Headquarters Mumbai
Location  India
President Sushmita Sen
Website I Am She - Official Website

I Am She – Miss Universe India is a national beauty pageant, started in 2010, which sends its winner to Miss Universe pageant. In 2010, Femina Miss India relinquished its patent to send the representative to Miss Universe, and, Tantra Entertainment Private limited, in collabration with former Miss Universe and popular Bollywood actress Sushmita Sen, organized the pageant in the same year.

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I Am She 2010

The first ever I Am She pageant was hosted by Rahul Khanna and former Femina Miss India, Neha Dhupia and co hosted by Ayushmann Khurrana. A whole lot of famous personalities from social, cultural and film fields participated in it, including, Shah Rukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Ekta Choudhary, Harman Baweja, Suchitra Pillai, Koena Mitra, etc. The reigning Miss Universe, Stefania Fernandez crowned the very first I Am She - Miss Universe India, Ushoshi Sengupta.

The judges for the show were Ace film director Farah Khan, K.D. Singh, writer Shobhaa De, Designer Malini Ramani, Actor Vivek Oberoi, cricketer Sreesanth and the reigning Miss Universe 2009 Stefania Fernandez. This first ever "I AM SHE" was directed by Mr. Ashim Sen.

30 contestants from different parts of the country participated. After the 1st round, the top 20 contestants were announced and in the next round, the top 10 contestants. Later, from the top 5 contestants, Ms. Sengupta emerged as the eventual winner.[1]

I Am She 2011

The second edition of I Am She pageant was held on 15th July 2011 in Mumbai. The winner will represent India in Miss Universe 2011 to be held in São Paulo, Brazil. 20 contestants from different parts of the country participated. In the preliminary the contestants will go through swimsuits, evening gowns and preliminary interviews. In final after the 1st round, the top 10 will be announced. Later, from the top 5 contestants the 2011 Miss Universe India will be chosen. A whole lot of famous personalities from social, cultural and film fields are expected to attend the show. The winner of 2010 I Am She - Miss Universe India, Ushoshi Sengupta crowned Vasuki Sunkavalli of Hyderabad as Miss Universe India 2011 at the end of the event. The pageant was telecasted on 28 August at 7pm on Star World.

Official Top 20 contestants

     Winner      1st Runner-up      2nd Runner-up

C No Name Age Height City Placement Representation Eventual Placement<br. in International Pageants
18 Vasuki Sunkavalli 27 5 '9' Hyderabad Winner Miss Universe 2011 Unplaced
10 Parul Duggal 23 5 '9' Bhopal 1st runner-up Miss Globe International 2011 1st Runner-Up & Best In National Costume
16 Tanvi Singla 19 5 '7' Mumbai 2nd runner-up Miss Asia Pacific World 2011 4th Runner-Up
11 Priyanka Chopra 23 5 '7' Noida 3rd runner-up
06 Kiran Thapar 22 5 '6' Panaji 4th runner-up
01 Ana Chawdhry 20 5 '9' New Delhi
02 Anvita Sudarshan 20 5 '7' Mumbai
03 Bobby Layal 20 5 '8' Ludhiana
04 Divya Chowksey 23 5 '7' Mumbai
05 Khushboo Mendonca 23 5 '10' Mumbai
07 Madhvi Mahajan 24 5 '8' New Delhi
08 Mala Salariya 22 5 '7' Mumbai
09 Niharica Raizada 25 5 '8' New Delhi
12 Ranju Singh 22 5 '6' Thane
13 Sabiha Attarwala 22 5 '7' Pune
14 Sakshi Bindra 20 5 '9' New Delhi
15 Seep Taneja 22 5 '7' Jalandhar
17 Karuna Dogra 22 5 '8' Lucknow
19 Vijaya Dey 23 5 '7' Pune
20 Zoya Patel 22 5 '9' Pune

Titleholders

Year Name Photo Hometown Miss Universe placement
2010 Ushoshi Sengupta Kolkata Unplaced
2011 Vasuki Sunkavalli Hyderabad Unplaced

Results

Year I Am She – Miss Universe India First runner-up Second runner-up Third runner-up Fourth runner-up
2010 Ushoshi Sengupta Reha Sukheja Pooja Hegde Shruti Iyer Shilpa Tripathi
2011 Vasuki Sunkavalli Parul Duggal Tanvi Singla Priyanka Chopra Kiran Thapar

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