Dolly Mirpuri to represent island at Miss India Worldwide

Dolly Mirpuri (19) will be representing St. Maarten/St. Martin in the Miss India Worldwide Pageant in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia at the end of April. She represented the island is Guadeloupe in the Miss Sari Competition in July 2012 and won the prestigious prize of "Prix de l’Addecom."

 

Dolly was born in St.Martin and attended the St. Dominic High School where she completed the International Baccalaurate (IB) Diploma Program. Her goal is to further her studies in Toronto, Canada in the field of Nursing. She sees this pageant as a way to become more in touch with her own culture and spread the St.Maarten/St. Martin culture as she represents the island on an international level.

 This is the second consecutive year St. Maarten/St. Martin will be part of the Miss India Worldwide pageant. Last year, Sneha Idnani represented the island in the pageant held in Suriname. Event Coordinator for St. Maarten/St. Martin Hanisha Alwani is excited to have another young lady from the island participate in the pageant to showcase the richness of the Indian culture blended with the warm hospitality of the island.

Miss India Worldwide Pageant is produced by the IFC, based in New York City. In 1990, Dharmatma Saran, Chairman and Founder of the IFC, decided to take the pageant one step further to an international level and started The First Miss India Worldwide Pageant. For the first time ever, Asian-Indian communities from all over the world came together in New York for this event. The pageant was an instant success and was acclaimed as "the most glamorous Indian function in the world." The IFC selects distinguished local organizations in various parts of the world and authorize them to conduct national pageants in their respective countries. At this time there are affiliates in over twenty five countries. The pageant consists of four segments – Evening Gown, Indian Dress, Talent and Question-Answer. The contestants from all over the world vie for the glamorous and prestigious title of the Miss India Worldwide.