Before
winning the contest I was a normal 20-year-old. Now I feel I have suddenly
grown up, I feel almost seven years older!" says Pond's Femina Miss India-World
2004, Sayali Bhagat.
Living
The Dream
All
that hectic lifestyle has been a great learning experience, she says, as she
prepares herself for the Miss World Contest in China on December 4. What also
matters is the guidance from the various experts that she has received. Sayali
is grateful for hair expert
Nirmala
Shetty's
advice on good hair care and to
Dr
Sandesh
Mayekar
for
her perfect smile.
Samantha
Kochchar
has
given Sayali valuable tips on make-up and hairstyling, while
Dr
Jamuna Pai
has
taught her ways to care for her skin. The seminars and sessions for speech and
personality with
Sabira
Merchant have added volumes to her confidence. "I am now confident that I can
face an intelligent crowd and emerge victorious," she says, amidst photo shoots
and fittings for her
Satya
Paul
swimming
costume and evening gown for the Miss World contest.
Ritu
Kumar
has done
her Indian formals while her Western casuals have been done by
Ranna
Gill
and her
business suits have been designed by
Mandira
Virk
. She'll
walk the ramp with shoes provided by Finesse and accessorise her outfits with
evening bags from
Kalyani
Chawla.
Of
course, she'll look stunning in everything she wears, thanks to the great
fitness workouts with Mickey Mehta.
With
barely any time to go for the contest,
Sayali
says she feels
"surprisingly very calm" and is quite positive about winning. Perhaps it comes
from her strong will and her level-headedness or working with
Dr
Prakash Amte's
wildlife orphanage in Mumbai before she participated in the Femina Miss India
contest. And of course, tips from Miss World Diana Hayden and Miss Universe
Lara
Dutta
have
also helped her. She is upbeat about the fact that this year the top 10 girls at
the contest will be chosen also on the basis of Internet voting through
www.missworld.tv
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