Himarsha Venkatsamy

A contestant struts her stuff on the ramp 

 

In addition to answering the judges' questions, contestants had to get their height, weight and other vital statistics checked out. They went the whole hog, even strutting their stuff in bikinis on a ramp.

Contestants line up outside the audition venue awaiting their turn

With the overwhelming response, it's not surprising that the girls had to queue up and await their turns patiently, but all of them had smiles on their lips and stars in their eyes. Too bad only one hottie will make the cut!

A trio of lovelies pouts for the cameras

 

Once inside, though, they were quick to show what they were about, gamely posing together and working their attitude for the flashbulbs.

Feroze Gujral

 

For the Delhi auditions, yesteryears supermodel Feroze Gujral, who still looks smashing, joined Kasbekar to help with the selection process.

Himarsha Venkatsamy poses with contestants

 

Himarsha did her best to help the calendar hopefuls get it right - like she did last year. Looks like they were listening closely enough!

Sheetal Menon and Atul Kasbekar

 

In Bangalore, model Sheetal Menon, who has also featured previously in the calendar, helped Kasbekar whet it down to the finalists.

A tall, tanned contestant works a black bikini

 

All the girls were perfectly at ease in swimwear, which goes to show the difference from a few years ago.

Yet another model hunt hopeful poses by the banner

 

The contestants charmed the cameras with solo shots, each secretly hoping that the banner in the background was referring to her!

Atul Kasbekar and Feroze Gujral pose with the Delhi finalists

 And here, we see Kasbekar and Gujral with the final line-up from Delhi - they will soon face competition from the Mumbai and Bangalore babes in

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With the wedding season here again, the label “Pragya & Megha Samor” has unveiled a complete range of Bridal collection which covers all aspects of an Indian Wedding wardrobe for the bride from mehendi, sangeet, various pujas & of course the wedding & the reception.

“An Indian wedding is full of traditions that are as diverse as the country of India itself. The traditional customs of Indian bride start well before the wedding and ends after the bride reaches her new home. So keeping in mind the journey of the beautiful Indian bride from daughter to daughter-in-law our label designed the latest bridal/festive collection” says Megha Samor.

The collection features an exquisite range of Indian sarees & lehengas featuring a great deal of Bandhani work on a vibrant hues- magentas, emerald green, turquoise blue, ochre yellow, orange, maroon, deep plum, black, red etc. along with a few metallic shades with golden & silver tint.

The most unique part of the collection is the intricate and rare bandhani work which the Fashion designers have gotten done using the methods introduced in the ancient times by our royal ancestors of using a tiny speck of “rye” to tie the bandhani instead of the thick “chana dal” thereby converting the usual Indian craftsmanship into an exquisite piece of art. Also each garment is a complicated baroque of fragile hand embroidery, which is an ornate of traditional Indian embroideries along with modern contemporary designs.

Read more about Bridal collection by Pragya & Megha Samor @ Fibre2fashion

 

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