Shreya Ishita at the Fact Universal Teen Pageant

Shreya Ishita, a student of Delhi Public School, R.K.Puram who has recently passed out ( 2009 batch), has brought laurels to the school when she became THE FIRST RUNNER UP at FACT UNIVERSAL TEEN PAGEANT.

Fact Universal Teen Pageant is a beauty pageant of National Repute started by the FACT ENTERPRISES this year. It gives a platform to young girls to showcase their talent, beauty and intelligence in front of a national as well as International audience. Diana Hayden- Miss World 1997 was the brand ambassador of the pageant.

After rigorous auditions and selection process judged by Diana Hayden and Rocky S- a well known fashion designer, Shreya made it among the top 25 contestants chosen from amongst almost twenty-five thousand girl participants from all over the country. She was a part of 10 episode long reality shoot on Channel 9x which featured the grooming process the contestants underwent for the finale. During her stay in Mumbai for the shoot, Shreya along with other contestants was trained in different areas of fashion by people well known in their respective fields. Ramp walk training was given by Alison Kanuga- a name that does not require any introduction in the fashion world. Contemporary dance training was given by Akash Karnataki ,a well known Bollywood choreographer. During the pageant several subtitles were given to contestants. Shreya was crowned ‘Miss Beautiful Hair’ for her naturally healthy hair.

The finale was a huge star-studded event held in Mumbai and judged by Diana Hayden, Rocky S, Sangith Sivan- Bollywood and Malayalam film director, Alison Kanuga and Madhu Mantena- the producer of Ghajini. It was telecast Live On Channel 9x. Shreya was among the 5 girls who based on their performances in the talent round were chosen to perform live on the finale. After several rounds of catwalk, interaction with the judges and question and answer round Shreya was declared the first runner up. She thus proved her talent and intelligence and was crowned by Diana Hayden.

Based on her performance Shreya will participate in an International Teen Beauty Pageant to be held in U.S.A next year. Currently Shreya is fortunate to have many offers from the glamour world as a result of winning the pageant. She however gives education more importance and is currently a freshman pursuing an undergraduate degree in Physics and Economics at Tufts University in Boston on scholarship.

We wish her luck for her future endeavours and hope to see her become well-known in whichever field she chooses to go to.