Shilpa Singh

Shilpa Singh is an Indian model from the village of Vishnupur Diha in Singhia, Samastipur, Bihar.^[1] She is a beauty queen and thest runner-up of I Am She – Miss Universe India 2012. She represented India at the Miss Universe 2012 pageant at Las Vegas and was one among Top 16 Awardees.^[2]

Professional life

Singh completed her B. Tech. in Computer Science from Mukesh Patel School of Technology Management & Engineering, NMIMS university of SVKM, Mumbai. She is currently working for Infosys Technologies.^[3]

In October 2012, Singh replaced Urvashi Rautela, the original winner of I Am She 2012. She was earlier slated to compete at the Miss Globe International 2013 pageant. But she was upgraded as Urvashi did not conform to the minimum age criterion as required under the I am She pageant as well as the Miss Universe pageant.

Miss Universe 2012 Pageant

At the pageant, Singh was selected among the Top 16 contestants but could not make it to the Top 10. As per reports ^[4] Singh had performed extremely well at the welcome and preliminary rounds of Miss Universe 2012 at Planet Hollywood Las Vegas. Shilpa's placement ended India's four years' pageant drought which began after Puja Gupta placed in 2007. According to Mr. Trump Singh is one of the most beautiful Indian candidates to place in the Miss Universe contest.^[5]

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