Raipur girl Gunveen Bags KIIT Nanhipari-Little Miss India 2019 title

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Raipur girl Gunveen Bags KIIT Nanhipari-Little Miss India 2019 title

December 31

12:27 2019

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By Swagatika Bhutia

Bhubaneswar, Dec. 31: Style, compassion, talent, intelligence and elegance were at its best as teenage girls took the ramp at the 19th KIIT Nanhipari-Little Miss India beauty pageant, which concluded at KiiT International School in Bhubaneswar on Sunday night.

Twenty-six young girls between 13-16 years shortlisted for semi final round from regional auditions from 24 cities spread over 23 states faced several competitions during the two-day event.

In the Grand Finale, Gunveen Chhabra from Raipur, Chhattisgarh was crowned KIIT Nanhipari- Little Miss India 2019. Tapti Thakur of Bhopal and Vedika Rakshita of Patna were crowned first and 2nd runners up respectively.

The top three also received a cash award of Rs 3 lakh, Rs 1 lakh and Rs 50000 respectively, along with silver crown, trophy and certificates.

Many other titles were decided in the final round such as, Miss Rapunzel – girl with most beautiful hair award was given to Roshini Y of Bengaluru. Similarly Miss Photogenic- girl with best pose in photoshoot round to Sharon Sahim of Kochi, Miss Selfie – Maximum likes on facebook page to Raisha Sahnawaz of Meghalaya, Miss Fashion – girl with best costume in both rounds to Chandrima Sarkar of Kolkata, Miss Whizkid – girl with highest marks in quiz round to Gunveen of Raipur, Miss Cinderella – girl having best personality to Vanya Singh of Delhi, Miss Urvasi – girl with Best Talent to Sonal Singh of Jamshedpur, Miss Catwalk – girl with best ramp walk to Tashina Nilufar Hussain of Assam, Miss Monalisa most beautiful girl with most beautiful smile to Ramiya Thangjam of Manipur and Miss Active – most active girl to Tapti Thakur got a cash prize of Rs. 10,000 each.

Dr. Achyuta Samanta, Chief Patron of KIIT Nanhipari; Malay Mohapatra, Patron; Sumana Rao, Femina Miss India 2019; Shivani Jadhav, Miss Grand India 2019; Shreya Shankar, Miss India United Continents 2019; Qiao Qiao, Miss World, Quindang, Shandong, China 2017 and Jung Hye-Sun, well-known South Korean actress crowned the winners. The core committee members Dr. Sucheta Priyabadini, Dr. Shradhanjali Nayak and Dr. Smita Mohanty were also present on the Grand Finale presentation ceremony.