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Mississauga Girl Manasvi Noel Crowned Miss India-Canada 2015

Darpan News Desk IANS, 19 Aug, 2015 09:51 AM

Manasvi Noel of Mississauga city has been crowned Miss India-Canada 2015 at the 25th edition of the annual beauty pageant organised here, a media report said.

During a night full of "entertainment, prestige and glamour all rolled up into one", the Dubai-born Noel won the esteemed title, the final top contenders for which included Sharon Philipose, Kajill Aujila, Tanpreet Parmar and Priya Sharma, Canada-based daily reported on Tuesday.

Sharon Philipose was adjudged the first runner-up, while Kajill Aujila was the first runner-up of the contest held during the weekend at the International Plaza Hotel here.

This year marked the silver jubilee of the beauty pageant.

Organisers Sanjay Agnihotri and Gautam Sharma also presented the Special Achievement Award to Bollywood actress Preity Zinta for her contribution to Indian and international cinema.

Noel, a graduate from CIMT College's Etobicoke School of the Arts in drama and acting, is currently studying media communications at Toronto's Humber College.

She plans to have her own academy for freestyle dancing in which students can learn different Indian and traditional dance forms.

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