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fbb Colors Femina Miss India West announces winners for the year 2018

fbb Colors Femina Miss India West 2018 pageant came to a glamorous end on 13th May, 2018 at Hyatt Regency Pune. India’s most prestigious beauty pageant gave the winners of the 4 states of the West Zone the opportunity to make a splashing entry directly to the Grand Finale of fbb Colors Femina Miss India 2018. Yes, Miss India Goa, Miss India Maharashtra, Miss India Rajasthan and Miss India Gujarat directly entered the coveted beauty pageant which is going to be held in Mumbai on 20th June.

Four celebrity mentors had come onboard to judge and select the best talent from each of the four zones. And these celebrities include:


Pooja Hegde: Indian model-turned-actress Pooja Hegde is a well-known name in the fashion world. A former beauty pageant contestant, Hegde walked home with the second runner-up crown at the Miss Universe India 2010 competition. Soon, she decided to dive into showbiz and debuted with Mysskin's Tamil superhero movie Mugamoodi. After making her name down south, she made her Hindi film debut with Ashutosh Gowariker's period drama Mohenjo Daro opposite superstar Hrithik Roshan.

Sonaakshi Raaj: Sonaakshi's work has been very popular amongst many leading faces of Bollywood, who have sported her creations many a times, such as Deepika Padukone, Sonam Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Shraddha Kapoor, Kriti Sanon, Bipasha Basu, Kareena Kapoor, Malaika Arora Khan, Shilpa Shetty, Kangana Ranaut, Priyanka Chopra, Madhuri Dixit & Sushmita Sen, to name a few.

Nushrat Bharucha: Nushrat Bharucha is a popular Bollywood actress who is known for her roles in several Hindi films, including Love Sex Aur Dhokha, Pyar Ka Punchnama, Akaash Vani, Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2, and Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety.

Shreyas Talpade: Marathi and Bollywood actor-director, Shreyas Talpade has many successful films to his credit. Some of his successful films include Apna Sapna Money Money, Om Shanti Om and Golmaal series. He recently made his directorial debut with Poster Boys, starring Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol.

Sai Tamhankar: An Indian actress who has appeared in several Marathi and Hindi films. She was born and raised in Sangli. Tamhankar completed her schooling from Savarkar Pratishthan.

The winners included:

NAME STATE
Nikita SoniRajasthan
Anushka LuharGujarat
Mehak PunjabiMaharashtra
Aashna GuravGoa

The event was hosted by swashbuckling Meiyang Chang. Performances by Salman Yusuf Khan and Kings United India left the audience spell bound.

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