Thursday, May 14, 2009

Engineering student wins May Queen Ball contest


Engineering student wins May Queen Ball contest

The winner of May Queen 2009, Aishwarya Muralidharan, flanked by first runner-up Dolly Harish Kanjani and second runner-up Reema Venkat, during the crowning
An engineering student, Aishwarya Muraleedharan, walked away with top honours in the ninth May Queen Ball hosted at the Diplomatic Club by Goan Welfare Association of Qatar.
Aishwarya, a former student at MES Indian School, pipped Dolly Harish Kanjani in the final to clinch the keenly contested competition where beauties from at least six countries took part.
Reema Venkat was the second runner-up.
The winner is currently a first year B Tech student at IES College of Engineering, Thrissur in Kerala state.
Longinus Fernandes, choreographer of the Oscar Award winning Slumdog Millionaire, crowned the winner.
The crown winner will participate in Bahrain’s May Queen Ball to be held on May 28 in Manama. Young Goans Club Bahrain has sponsored the airline ticket, visa and hotel accommodation.
Aishwarya also got a Doha-Amsterdam-Doha ticket, sponsored by KLM, a gold pendant from Akshaya Jewellers and an array of prizes including a weekend stay and lunch for two at Four Seasons Hotel, shopping vouchers from Al Muftah and Domasco’s Westar wrist watch.
Dolly Kanjani won a Doha-Dubai-Doha ticket, sponsored by Jet Travels, a host of other prizes including lunch and weekend stay at Ritz Carlton Doha.
Venkat too walked away with a ticket to Doha-Bahrain-Doha by Jet Travels, a weekend stay and a lunch for two at the Ritz Carlton Doha, shopping vouchers from Al-Muftah and a Westar wrist watch from
Domasco.
Longinus danced to the tunes of the popular songs Jai Ho and Papu can’t dance… which were choreographed by him.
Comedian Jimmy Moses kept the crowd in good spirits with his rib-tickling comedy.
For Aishwarya this pageant is a stepping stone that could take her on to future participation in bigger events as she nurtures a desire to become an actress.
The panel of three judges for May Queen contest was co-ordinated by Archie D’Mello of Qatar Airways. The panel was headed by Longinus Fernandes, Sandra Wilkens, an American fashion designer working at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) at Qatar Foundation, and Francisco Correia, president of Young Goans Club Bahrain.



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