Update: Pooja Chopra is Miss India World 2009

The show is being telecast live at Sony Entertainment Television, from 8 PM.

The top five 2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India contestants are:

1) Deeksha Seth

2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India contestant Deeksha Seth photo

2) Shreya Kishore
3) Ekta Chaudhry

2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India Ekta Chaudhry photo

4) Ragini Dwivedi
5) Faith Pandey

2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India Fath Pandey

6) Pooja Chopra

2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India contestant Pooja Chopra photo

7) Harshita Saxena

2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India contestant Harshita Saxena photo

Niharika Naganda

2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India contestant Niharika Naganda photo

9) Ishita Sarkar

2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India contestant Ishita Sarkar photo

10) Nandini Vaid

2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India contestant Nandini Vaid photo

Here the list of winners of the sub-contests of the 2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India contest:

2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India Miss fresh face winner: Deeksha Seth

Photo: 2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India Fresh Face Deeksha Seth

2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India Agile Femina Miss 10 winner: Harshita Saxena

2009 Pantaloons Femina Jealous 21Miss Sexy Legs winner: Sonakshi Sajnani

2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss Golden Heart: Ishita Sarkar

2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss 58888: Aarohi Kadam

2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss Talented: Ekta Chaudhry Pooja Chopra

The finale of the 2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India contest is being hosted by actor R. Madhavan and Malaika Arora Khan.

Karan Wahi and Swapnil Joshi, not-so-funny stand-up comedians, are working the audience and the judges trying to get a few laughs, that are, sadly, not forthcoming.

The judges for the 2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India contest include Ajay Devgan and Asin.

The show will have performances by Genelia D’Souza, Kangana Ranaut, and Priyanka Chopra.

The top 20 2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India contestants are:

• Aarohi Kadam
• Akanksha Yadav
• Aparajita Sharma
• Dimple Patel
• Ekta Chowdhry
• Faith Pandey – 2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India South contest winner
• Hanika Paryani
• harshita Saxena
• Ishita Sarkar
• Karishma Karnik
• Nandini Vaid
• Niharika Nag
• Nishtha Khadiwala
• Pooja Chopra – 2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India East contest winner
• Pooja Hegde
• Ragini Dwivedi
• Shriya Kishore
• Sonakshi Sajnani
• Tulip Bhattacharya

Of the top 20 contestants, Pantaloons Femina Miss India South 2009 winner Faith Pandey and 2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India East contest winner Pooja Chopra have made it to the top ten on account of their regional wins.

Update: Pooja Chopra is Miss India World 2009

Here the list of winners of the first six sub-contests of the 2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India contest:

2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India Miss fresh face winner: Deeksha Seth

Photo: 2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India Fresh Face Deeksha Seth

2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India Agile Femina Miss 10 winner: Harshita Saxena

2009 Pantaloons Femina Jealous 21Miss Sexy Legs winner: Sonakshi Sajnani

2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss Golden Heart: Ishita Sarkar

2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss 58888: Aarohi Kadam

2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss Talented: Ekta Chaudhry Pooja Chopra

The 2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India contest will be telecast live on Sony Entertainment Television at 8 PM.

The finale will be hosted by actor R. Madhavan and Malaika Arora Khan. Stand-up comedians Karan Wahi and Swapnil Joshi will interact with the audience and the judges.

The judges for the 2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India contest include Ajay Devgan and Asin.

Actress Priyanka Chopra, who won the Miss India World and Miss World title in 2000, will perform at the grand finale. The 2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India will also have performances by Kangana Ranaut and Genelia Do’Souza.

Twenty 2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India contestants, whittled down from the original 64, will take part in the show. The list of the top 20 2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India contestants were announced on March 9, 2009.

The top 2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India contestants are:

• Deeksha Seth
• Aarohi Kadam, A
  

  2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India contestant Aarohi Kadam

• Akanksha Yadav
• Aparajita Sharma
• Dimple Patel
• Ekta Chowdhry
• Faith Pandey – 2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India South contest winner
• Hanika Paryani
• harshita Saxena
• Ishita Sarkar
• Karishma Karnik
• Nandini Vaid

2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India contestant Nandini Vaid

• Niharika Nag
• Nishtha Khadiwala
• Pooja Chopra – 2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India East contest winner
• Pooja Hegde
• Ragini Dwivedi
• Shriya Kishore
• Sonakshi Sajnani
• Tulip Bhattacharya

Photo:Faith Pandey (center) 2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India South winner with 1st runner-up Ragini Dwivedi (left) and 2nd runner-up Zara Shah (right)

Pantaloons Femina Miss India South 2009 winner Faith Pandey and 2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India East contest winner Pooja Chopra have made it to the top ten directly.

2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India East Pooja Chopra photo

The top 20 Pantaloons Femina Miss India 2009 contestants have been training hard during the past few weeks at the hands of experts, like Marc Robinson, Alicia Raut, Sabira Merchant, Dr. Dilip Deshpande, Makeover expert Dr. Abhijit Desai, Hair Care experts Dr. Apoorva & Sonal Shah, Fashion Stylist for photoshoot for Ashley Rebello, Prasad Bidapa, and Fashion Photograper Zakia Shakir.

In the grand finale, the top 20 Femina Miss India contestants will wear designs by Rocky S, Pantaloons (designed by Rajesh and Anirban), Prasad Bidappa and Rajan for Arabella, and Ritu Kumar, a report in TOI said.

The 2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India contestants ramp walk has been choreographed by Marc Robinson, contestant director and fashion director of  Pantaloons Femina Miss India 2009.

The 2008 Pantaloons Femina Miss India winner was Parvathy Omanakuttan, while the 2008 Miss India Universe was Simran Kaur Mundi. The second runner-up was Harshita Saxena.