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A memorable evening

The 14th biggest pageant and personality contest of Northeast India titled ‘Himalaya Sundari and Mr Himalaya’ was organised by Uttam…

A memorable evening

The 14th biggest pageant and personality contest of Northeast India titled ‘Himalaya Sundari and Mr Himalaya’ was organised by Uttam Kumar Film Institute and Miracle Dance School successfully in association with The Statesman at Soubhagya Palace in Siliguri in the evening of Republic Day.

The objective of this programme was to promote promising artists in north Bengal and northeast region. In last few years at least 10 successful candidates are working in Kolkata and one of them Mayank is working in Mumbai.

In pageant and personality contest Ms Sushma Poudel, from Manipur, bagged the top position and was declared Himalaya Sundari.

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Ms Poudel from Manipur was selected through an audition held in Guwahati last year. According to the secretary of the Uttam Kumar Film Institute, Mr Subhendu Das, the film institute conducted he audition in Kolkata and Guwahati in December last year and then in Siliguri on 26 January.

Besides Ms Poudel, Nabanita Biswas, a resident of Siliguri and Sushmita Sherpa, from Darjeeling, secured second and third position respectively.

In the Mr Himalaya competition, Abhinay Kumar Singh from Bihar was declared as Mr Himalaya. Abhinay had been nominated from the Kolkata audition. Besides Abhinay, two others, Chetan Sharma, and Siddharth Dey, residents of Alipurduar and Siliguri, were ranked second and third respectively.

The judges were delighted with the results for both Himalaya Sundari and Mr Himalaya. The team of judges comprising Mrs Rina Bali, Mr Anil Agarwal, Mr Raja Chowdhuri, Mr Bipin Gupta, Mr R K Bali and Mrs Sumitra Chhetri evaluated their performances categorically in presence of chief guest Mr Biswajit Paul, deputy inspector general of SSB (Sashatra Seema Bal) and guest Mr Manik De, councillor of SMC (Siliguri Municipal Corporation).Mr Bali, Retired Cornel, had encouraging words for the winners to build their careers in Mumbai.

After the conclusion of the show, Uttam Kumar Film Institute starts grooming the competitors so that they can showcase them during selection of artists for tele-serials, short films, feature films and in themodelling field, said Subhendu Das.

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