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.

Update: Pooja Chopra is Miss India World 2009

Femina Miss India World 2009 Pooja Chopra photo

Pooja Chopra is also the 2009 Femina Miss India East contest winner, that gave her a direct entry into the semi-final round of the contest.

Pooja Chopra is the co-winner of the 2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India Talented title, and the winner of the 2009 Femina Miss Beautiful Smile title.

She has also won the 2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India Beautiful Body title.

The Pantaloons Femina Miss India Universe 2009 is Ekta Chaudhry.

2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India Universe Ekta Chaudhry photo

The Pantaloons Femina Miss India Earth 2009 is Shriya Kishore.

2009 Femina Miss India Earth Shriya Kishore photo

Photo: 2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India finalists

The grand finale of the 2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India contest will take place on April 5, 2009.

The 20 finalists walked the ramp in a show choreographed by Marc Robinson. They wore cocktail dresses designed by Haasya Chandna, cutsomised for each contestant, according to their personality.

The 20 2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India finalists are:

• Aarohi Kadam
  

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

At the event, the three Collection G crowns designed for the three winners of the 2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India contest, were unveiled.

Photo: One of the 2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India top 20 finalists

The 20 finalists will go through rigorous training in the run-up to the grand finale, devised by experts like Marc Robinson, Fashion Director & Contestant Director, Alicia Raut, Ramp Walk Trainer, Sabira Merchant, Diction Expert, and Dr. Rekha Sheth, Nivea Visage Skin Care Expert.

The other experts will include Smile & Dental expert Dr. Dilip Deshpande, Makeover expert Dr. Abhijit Desai, Hair Care experts Dr. Apoorva & Sonal Shah, Fashion Stylist for photoshoot for Ashley Rebello, Contestand Advisor Prasad Bidapa, and Fashion Photograper Zakia Shakir.

Photo: One 2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India finalist

Najeeb Ur Rehman will be the Chief Colour and Styling Consultant from Schwarzkopf Professional, Anuja Katara, the Make up Expert from Make up Forever, Latif Mohammed, the Head Fitness & Training Expert from Talwalkars, Neesha Bukht and Avantika Shah , Diet & Nutrition Experts from Talwalkars, Sandeep Soparkar & Jesse Randhawa, Dance Experts and Anjanna Kuthiala, Art appreciation expert.

Photo: 2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India top 20 finalist

In the 2008 Pantaloons Femina Miss India contest, the Pantaloons Femina Miss India South contest was launched. This year too the Pantaloons Femina Miss India South contest was a big hit. Miss Faith Pandey was crowned the final winner for Pantaloons Femina Miss India South 2009.

Photo:Faith Pandey (center) 2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India South winner

In 2009, the Pantaloons Femina Miss India East contest has been introduced for the first time. Ms. Pooja Chopra was chosen as the 2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India East contest winner.

Photo: Pooja Chopra, 2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India East winner

Both Faith Pandey and Pooja Chopra has got a a direct entry into the top 10 finalists of the 2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India 2009 grand finale.

In the 2008 Pantaloons Femina Miss India contest, the winners were Miss World Parvathi Omannakuttan, Miss Universe Simran Kaur Mundi, and Tanvi Vyas Miss India Earth.