Trina Chakravarty crowned Miss India Worldwide 2006

Mumbai, Jan 29: Trina Chakravarty of USA was crowned the Miss India worldwide 2006 in the one of its kind beauty pageant of non-resident Indians of various countries held here. Trina was selected out of the 21 contestants shortlisted for the title last night. Nikki Rana of United Kingdom was adjudged the first runner-up while Charlene Asgarali of Netherlands stood was the second runner-up in the event. The judges included former Miss India Universe Amrita Thapar, ghazal singer Pankaj Udhas, producer-director Deepak Tijori, actress Suman Ranganathan and television anchor Shweta Kawatra among others. The event had representation from countries as far as Mozambique, South Africa and Canada. Event organiser, New York-based NRI Dharmatma Saran said that "this was the 15th worldwide contest and probably the biggest ethnic pageant to be conducted at an international level." zeenews.com Bureau Report