Geetika Vashishtha crowned Ms LAD 2020

Staff Reporter :

Srishti Gupta adjudged first runner-up, Ananyakreeti Gupta stood second runner-up

Geetika Vashishtha was crowned as Ms LAD 2020. Srishti Gupta was adjudged as first runner-up and Ananyakreeti Gupta stood second runner-up. The much awaited happening event of the Orange City Personality Contest Miss LAD 2020 was held on February 1 at Shankar Nagar Campus on Saturday. The six subtitles won by six students. They include Ms Talented- Rima Meghnani, Ms Photogenic- Rasika Vinayak, Ms Beautiful Skin - Seemon Tadas, Ms Beautiful Hair- Konica Reddy, Ms Beautiful Smile - Miloni Vora, Ms Perfect Ten- Sakshi Pandey The contest started off on a low key affair, a platform to showcase that beauty is also with brains but from 2007 the Platinum Jubilee Year, it has gained popularity and is now witnessed by thousands in its present grandeur.

The parameters for judgment are not just based on height, weight and looks. The sole idea behind this contest is to appreciate girls’ talent in every field and help enhance their personality. Noticeably there is an amazing transformation of the contestants over the period of three months. During the arduous training period of 3 months the participants underwent many sessions of training by prominent trainers - Dr Harsha Jharia, Sonal Trivedi Malkan, and Payal Chanchalani, Choreographer and Trainer. They all trained the contestants for the ramp walk, answering out of the box questions, novel way of introducing themselves, all round personality development and dancing elegantly to the foot tapping Zumba.

Swati Banerjee, took session on communication skills. Dr Meenakshi Kulkarni guided the students on Transformation Dil Se and Positive Attitude. The guest speakers were: Dr Shishir Palsapure undertook a session on ‘Confidence Buliding’, Sheikh Zakir Hussain on Inner Empowerment, Disha Dhote took a session on Grooming and Make up tips. Nidhi Gandhi guided them on various draping styles of their wardrobe. Dr Vartika Patil took an amazing session on stage confidence. As part of the competition talent round was conducted where the girls showcased amazing performances of their hidden talents. Mayur photo studio captured these beauties in their lenses during the official photo shoot.

The programme was compered by Khushboo Sonkusare, Naazneen Zehra, Pallavi Khante and Nishita Awandekar. Music of the event was managed by Akansha Kunwar and Sneha Mangtani. The judges of competition were, Dr Dipti Christian, Former Principal Hislop College; Dr Vartika Patil Mrs Universe - Fabulous Woman 2019; Dr Sarika Shah, first runner-up Mrs India World 2018 and Mrs India Universe 2019; Shruti Sharma, President, Baidyanath Ltd.; Dr Shishir Palsapure, Psychotherapist and International Trainer of Beauty Pageant and Vikas Vaidya, Principal Correspondent, The Hitavada.

The Programme Coordinator was Dr Harsha Jharia, CAO, WES, LAD College. Dr Vathsala Sriniwas, the convener of the event and her team worked hard for the success of the programme. The programme was carried out under the able supervision and under the guidance of Director Dr Shyamla Nair, the Principal Dr Deepali Kotwal and Vice-Principals Radhika Yelkawar and Kalpana Dhawad.