 Russia's Ksenya Sukhinova was Saturday crowned Miss World 2008 after beating scores of international beauties, including India's Parvathy Omanakuttan who finished first runners up, at a glittering African extravaganza held here.
"Miss World 2008 is Russia," announced Julia Morley, head of the Miss World committee that organises the event.
The 21-year-old Parvathy, who hails from Kottayam in Kerala, narrowly missed out on joining five Indian glamour queens Reita Faria (1966), Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan (1994), Diana Hayden (1997), Yukta Mookhey (1999) and Priyanka Chopra (2000) who had won the title. |
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 Simran Kaur Mundi was crowned Pantaloons Femina Miss India Universe 2008, in April 2008. Simran will represent India in the Miss Universe 2008 pageant.
Simran Kaur, who has grown up in Mumbai, wants to open a beauty school in India that will help aspiring models to get the required grooming and etiquette. She is a biotechnology student from Versova. Simran loves sketching, listening to music, playing basketball, and being around kids. Simran works for a cinema chain in
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 It was more than a little awkward for Kate Winslet to film sex scenes with Leonardo DiCaprio in front of husband, Sam Mendes, who directed the stars in the upcoming drama "Revolutionary Road". I just kept saying, 'This is too ... weird', Winslet tells Entertainment Weekly magazine, according to The Associated Press. And Leo was like, 'Oh, get over it. And I'm going, Yeah, a little reminder: You're my best friend. He's my husband. This is a bit weird. Mendes, who directed "American Beauty" and "Road to Perdition," says, "I will admit it was quite bizarre to direct my wife in how to make love. But it's difficult whether you're married to a person or not."
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With the launch of more than a dozen news channels in India there is a war for getting news on these 24 hour news channels. Since there is nothing better to put on air the channels have come up with these unique news items in the garb of breaking news.
Here is a sample of screen caps I got in an email. Just shows what these channels have to come up with in the name of BREAKING NEWS. |
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We in India are known for our fetish for natural products. From clothes to bags to drugs, we have marketed ourselves as the world's original environmentalists. Well not exactly. But we always claim to go back to nature for our subsistence. That's why a natural substitute for Viagra was just a matter of time. And this substitute is tasty too. Recommended by doctors – okay, they say doctors only recommend apples, but we all know the apple is only a representative for all fruit – the watermelon, says an Indian researcher in the US, has juices that are good enough to stir any man's. |
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These past few weeks, we have seen the Mountain View company getting involved in a number of charity actions, trying to bring its support to victims all over world. The disasters in Myanmar and in China's Sichuan have reached a death toll of approximately 150,000, with almost the same number of surviving victims, to whom Google has tried to bring its full support. Besides its implication in these disasters, Google also found the time for some more pleasant social activities, namely for the Doodle 4 Google contest.
The contest, which was held in the US, was |
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