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  • Navneet Kaur Dhillon wins Multimedia award

    Navneet Kaur Dhillon wins Multimedia award

    Pond’s Femina Miss India World 2013 Navneet Kaur Dhillon helped India bag the Multimedia Award at the Miss World 2013 pageant in Bali for the second time in a row. The award was first introduced by the Miss World Organization in 2012 when India’s Vanya Mishra clinched it.

     

    The Multimedia Award is adjudged on how contestants presented their web section of the Miss World website and a Facebook page wherein they interact with fans through status updates, photos and videos. The maximum updates, interactions, likes and shares by fans earn fast track points on the Miss World scoreboard and ultimately help the contestant win the Multimedia Award.

     

    Navneet’s active interaction with her fans, her regular updates about the experiences at the Miss World 2013 contest through self-clicked photos and videos on the assigned Facebook page helped her win this prestigious award. Her contributions in particular on the Multimedia Award day were appreciated where she helped raise awareness about the rare Sumatran Tiger as she posted some really clever and prompt updates using pictures and videos through the day.

     

    As of today, Navneet’s page has over 1, 20,000 active fans and the posts reach over 1,000,000 people a week. All of this was achieved with intelligent status updates, interactive photo posts and some stunning cover pictures.

     

    Navneet was closely competing with Miss Thailand and Miss Nepal for the Multimedia Award, however in the end the quality of her work stood out to take her across the finish line.

     

    The Miss World pageant also has a Beauty with a Purpose award which is given to the contestant who makes special dedication to a charitable cause to help those who are less fortunate and has bagged 9th position.  In the endeavor, Navneet joined hands with Hindustan Unilever Ltd, Pureit Brand to spread awareness about the importance of safe drinking water in India. Under its ‘Unilever Pureit Protecting lives’ programme, she and the brand’s key NGO partner Integrated Village Development Program (IVDP), spent a few days in Tamil Nadu’s Krishnagiri district to talk about the cause

  • Zee Cafe to exclusively broadcast Miss World in India for the sixth year in a row

    Zee Cafe to exclusively broadcast Miss World in India for the sixth year in a row

    MUMBAI: The English general entertainment channel from the Zee stable, Zee Cafe will yet again showcase Miss World 2013 Live, as stunning women from across the globe fight it out at Indonesia for the esteemed title.

    Zee Cafe will exclusively telecast Miss World 2013 Live in India on 28 September in the early hours at 5:00 am with a repeat telecast at 7:30 pm on the same night. Miss World will additionally be simulcast on Zee Studio. India’s very own Miss India World Navneet Kaur Dhillon will by vying for the crown with the most beautiful women for the title of Miss World 2013.

    “I was a child, and when Aishwarya Rai won miss world – my father was watching that show on TV and he said when my daughter grows up she will become miss world. So after that whenever anyone asked me about what I wanted to be I always said ‘I want to become Miss World when I grow up!” said a very excited and nervous Navneet who will represent India at the pageant on Saturday.

    The Miss World pageant is the oldest surviving major international beauty pageant. The dazzling contestants from all across the globe compete for a month in a series of events including top model and beach fashion before the winner is crowned on the day of the grand finale. The winner spends a year travelling to represent the Miss World Organisation and its various causes. The Miss World Organisation owns and manages the annual Miss World Finals; a competition that has grown into one of the world’s biggest.

    Speaking on the occasion, Zee Network business head – niche channels Anurag Bedi said, “After the success of the Live and exclusive telecast of the recent Emmys we aim to further raise the bar by bringing the 63rd Miss World pageant to our viewers. Zee Cafe is proud to be associated with the legacy of Miss World which is one of the most prestigious pageants in the world – sixth consecutive year in a row. Miss World has always generated a huge amount of interest amongst Indian viewers and is one of the flagship events that they look forward to on our channel.”