Sharanya Mukhopadhyay is Crowned "Miss South Asia 2008" and Ridhi Patel Grabs the Coveted Title "Miss India America 2008"
Summary
Other talents to note were dances by Sharanya Mukhopadhyay, Niki Desai, Archana Nair, Gunjan Nanda, Ridhi Patel and a beautiful song sung by Nisha Garimalla dedicated to Lord Krishna.Judges this year were: Babu Sabramaniam - Director of NBCs Hit Series ER, Gitika Ahuja - Producer at ABCs Good Morning America, Alpita Patel - Hollywood Manager & Producer, Javina Gavinkar - Hollywood Actress in Showtimes L Word, Zachary Coffin-Producer of Bhopal Movie w/ Aishwarya Rai (which she is also the executive producer), Kavi Ladnier - Hollywood Actress (Heroes, Las Vegas, Law & Order), Shazia Deen - Model, Actress & seen in Justin Timberlake "Senorita" music video, Thomas Tevana - Hollywood Actor in JAG, One Life To Live...Bollywoods Jo Bole So Nihaal, Danny Pudi - Hollywood Actor in Greek, Gilmore Girls, ER, West Wing, Aalok Mehta - Actor "American Chai", Broadways Bombay Dreams, Anisha Nagaraja - Lead in Broadways Bombay Dreams, Ranjini - R&B Singer From New York, Amita Balla - Actress & Producer of "Screw Cupid", Rizwan Manji – Actor in Transformers , Quincy Patrick - Grammy Award, Multi-Platinum Producer/Songwriter for Usher, Alicia Keys, Babyface and Shaheen Sheikh - Pop Singer.This was no ordinary night - it was Jinders 17th Annual pageant with all the glitz, class, and glamour that is always associated with her special events.Sahara One Television and South Asia magazine both presented the event, with co-presenters JINmodels.com and Subhash Ghais Whistling Woods International in Mumbai.Other talents to note were dances by Sharanya Mukhopadhyay, Niki Desai, Archana Nair, Gunjan Nanda, Ridhi Patel and a beautiful song sung by Nisha Garimalla dedicated to Lord Krishna.Elegantly and stylishly dressed in tuxedos and formal gowns, all the contestants were featured in the last round of the competition.All the finalists were asked questions.Judges this year were: Babu Sabramaniam - Director of NBCs Hit Series ER, Gitika Ahuja - Producer at ABCs Good Morning America, Alpita Patel - Hollywood Manager & Producer, Javina Gavinkar - Hollywood Actress in Showtimes L Word, Zachary Coffin-Producer of Bhopal Movie w/ Aishwarya Rai (which she is also the executive producer), Kavi Ladnier - Hollywood Actress (Heroes, Las Vegas, Law & Order), Shazia Deen - Model, Actress & seen in Justin Timberlake "Senorita" music video, Thomas Tevana - Hollywood Actor in JAG, One Life To Live...Bollywoods Jo Bole So Nihaal, Danny Pudi - Hollywood Actor in Greek, Gilmore Girls, ER, West Wing, Aalok Mehta - Actor "American Chai", Broadways Bombay Dreams, Anisha Nagaraja - Lead in Broadways Bombay Dreams, Ranjini - R&B Singer From New York, Amita Balla - Actress & Producer of "Screw Cupid", Rizwan Manji – Actor in Transformers , Quincy Patrick - Grammy Award, Multi-Platinum Producer/Songwriter for Usher, Alicia Keys, Babyface and Shaheen Sheikh - Pop Singer.The winners of JINmodels.com Miss Photogenic went to Justine Dharni, Mr. Photogenic went to Vikas Mehandroo, while Mrs. Photogenic was announced as Ritu Chopra.