Mahleej Sarkari
| Mahleej Sarkari | |
|---|---|
| Born |
31 August Karachi, Pakistan |
| Occupation | President of MSP Inc. Model |
| Known for | Miss Pakistan world, MSP Inc. |
| Website | |
| http://www.mahleejsarkariofficial.com | |
Mahleej Sarkari (Urdu: ماہ لیج سرکاری ) is a Pakistani Canadian citizen and winner of Miss Pakistan World pageant in 2007. Born into a Parsi-Christian family in Karachi, Sindh, Serkari's family emigrated to Canada during her childhood which is where she continued her education. Throughout her younger years she was a performer, by participating in everything she could, including singing, dancing, modeling, and acting. After spending her childhood in Pakistan she moved to Canada with her family.
Once she graduated more opportunities came her way. She participated in various fashion shows and was also on the Ed the Sock television program for 3 seasons. In 2007 she participated in Miss Pakistan world pageant and won the crown, the same year Mahleej represented Pakistan in "Miss Tourism Queen International".
She was also cast in the Mike Myers movie The Love Guru and the Bollywood movie "Kismet Konnection". After the pageant she was surrounded by the media and the controversies surrounding her desire to date the President of Pakistan "President Musharraf". After her term was over Mahleej decided to go her own way and launched a promotion company "Mahleej Sarkari Promotions Inc". Currently she lives between New York and Toronto and is working on the "Spicy Divas" production. In 2011 Mahleej came to Pakistan after 15 years and ended up doing a reality show for ARY TV called "Desi Kuriyan", where she won the Title of "Desi Kuriyan". Not too long after Mahleej had started hosting a show for TV 1 Canada called "Chacha and the Babe", the show's season ended early 2012. Currently Mahleej is working with a music Channel "Oxygene" where she hosts a live topic based show and taking live calls.
Miss Pakistan World 2007
On June 23, 2007, Mahleej Sarkari was crowned the 5th Miss Pakistan World in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
Sarkari now lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The main highlight was her ability to represent Pakistan in a positive light, with grace and intelligence, among 128 countries from around the world.
International pageant
Mahleej Sarkari took part in the Miss Tourism Queen International pageant held in Zhengzhou, China in April 2008 and won Miss Disco Runner up. This was the 4th title achieved at the same pageant by the Miss Pakistan World organization..
Current title
Desi Kuriyan Winner Season 1
| Preceded by Sehr Mahmood |
Miss Pakistan World 2007 |
Succeeded by Natasha Paracha |
TV show host
Mahleej Sarkari is nowadays hosting a show called Moonlight With Mahly on Pakistan music channel Oxygene.[1]
References
- http://www.mahleejsarkari.ca
- http://www.mspromotion.ca
- http://www.spiciydivas.ca
- http://www.abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=4672972&page=1
- http://www.ibnlive.com/news/musharraf-is-a-hunk-says-miss-pakistan-world/63436-2.html
- http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-04-17/pakistan/27750143_1_pakistan-president-pervez-musharraf-hunk-pageants
- http://www.mumbaimirror.com/net/mmpaper.aspx?page=article§id=4&contentid=2008041720080417023449125dcafaeb1
- http://www.newswiretoday.com/news/22007/
- http://www.indiaenews.com/pressrelease/20070807/64404.htm
- http://www.khabarexpress.com/8/7/2007/Mahleej-Sarkari-wins-Miss-Pakistan-World-2007-news_2810.html
- http://misspakistanworldofficial.blogspot.com/2007/11/two-nations-yet-pakistani.html
- http://www.mumbaimirror.com/net/mmpaper.aspx?page=article§id=4&contentid=2008041720080417023449125dcafaeb1
- http://www.ibnlive.com/news/musharraf-is-a-hunk-says-miss-pakistan-world/63436-2.html
- http://www.abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=4672972&page=1
- http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/I_want_to_date_Mush_the_hunk/articleshow/2957969.cms
- http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1160110
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