Miss India Hall of Fame
Richa Sharma (Dutt)The first Miss India New York, Richa Sharma, who later married actor Sanjay Dutt, was taken by the legendary actor/producer Dev Anand as heroine in his movie “Hum Navjawaan.” She went on to star in several other lead roles in movies with the likes of Rekha, Raj Babbar, Anil Kapoor, Dharmendra, Shatrughan Sinha, Maushumi Chatterjee, Jackie Shroff, Padmini Kolhapure, and many other A-list Bollywood stars. Unfortunately Risha Sharma Dutt passed away in 1996 due to a brain tumor. Read more.
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Bela BajariaBela Bajaria, the winner of the Miss LA India and Miss India USA crowns in 1991, has been steadily moving up in the ranks as a Hollywood executive. Listed #30 on the Power 100 Women in Entertainment by The Hollywood Reporter, Bajaria now has her most high-profile post yet - as the executive vice president of Universal Media Studios, and holds forty-two Emmy nominations. Read more.
In an interview in 2006, Bajaria recalled her days as an Indian-American pageant contestant. "I took the title very seriously," Bajaria said. "I used my platform to talk about issues that really concerned me. How much you can achieve depends solely on you. I took every opportunity that came my way. I was not interested in becoming an actress or going to Bollywood. But I was predisposed to the entertainment industry." Read more. |
Pooja KumarPooja Kumar is an American actress, producer, model, and television hostess. She was crowned Miss India USA and has been a VJ for Channel V, a newsreader on the show Namaste America, and has starred in such feature films as ‘Kaadhal Rojave’, ‘Night of Henna’, ‘Flavors’, ‘Hiding Divya’, ‘Park Sharks’, ‘Bollywood Beats’, ‘Man on a Ledge’, ‘Anything For You’, and ‘Vishwaroopam’. Read more.
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Aarti ChabriaMiss India Worldwide 1999 Aarti Chabria is an Indian actress and a former model, who appears in Hindi, Telugu, Punjabi, and Kannada movies. She has appeared in major Bollywood films such as ‘Lajja’, ‘Awara Paagal Deewana’, ‘Shootout at Lokandwala’, ‘Partner’, ‘Heyy Baby’, ‘Milenge Milenge’, and many more. Chabria now has a very well known name in the Bollywood industry. Read more.
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Richa GangopadhyayMiss India USA/Worldwide 2000 Richa Gangopadhyay is an Indian film actress, model and former beauty queen. After appearing in commercials, she made her film debut in the 2010 Telugu political drama Leader. Since then she has starred in several commercially successful Telugu films, including Mirapakaay and Mirchi. In 2011, she starred in her first Tamil film,
Mayakkam Enna, earning positive reviews for her performance. Read more. |
Vimala RamanVimala Raman, has featured in nearly 30 Indian feature films since winning her Miss India Australia crown in 2004 in Sydney, Australia. Vimala represented Australia officially in the Miss India Worldwide 2005 in Mumbai. Vimala Raman's first Hindi film, Mumbai Mirror, released on 18 January 2013. She is best known for her films 'Aaptharakshaka', 'Time', and 'Gaayam 2'. Vimala also appeared on the cover of February 13, 2013 Filmfare Magazine. Read more.
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