Nari Tu Narayani Ratna & Beauty Pageant 2020 dazzles Thane
After a break of over eight months due to COVID-19 induced lockdown, the city of lakes finally found a reason to celebrate. Though the socio-cultural activities are slowly gaining pace in Thane, the year went high and dry without any glamorous beauty pageant contest.
As Thanekars were all set to bid adieu to this forgetful year, Nari Tu Narayani Ratna & Beauty Pageant 2020 offered some happiness. The grand finale of the event was held on December 5 at Kriyan Banquet Hall.
The event which was only for married women was organized by Hema Bhatt, Director of Growing Kids Pre-School and Siddesh Jadhav, Beauty Pageant Director. Ginu Joseph, CEO of Chrysoprase Events was the co-organizer. Over 175 women from Bhiwandi, Kalyan, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Thane participated, out of which top 40 were selected after going through several rounds of elimination. These dazzling divas walked the ramp on the finale and set the stage on fire.
The 40 finalists were:
- Payal Soni
- Yashodha Kelshekar
- Shraddha Sonawane
- Priyanka Rout
- Vandana Maurya
- Leena Bargache
- Sarika Thakkar
- Vaishali Khajekar
- Shamita Banerjee
- Monila Sawaria
- Manju Rajput
- Darshana Barbhaya
- Jagriti Arora
- Deena Acharya
- Rutika Pardeshi
- Neha Joshi Muni
- Shilpa Joshi
- Anushree Wanjari
- Rekha Agarwal
- Poonam Mehta
- Trupti Parmar
- Nisha Khandhedia
- Minakshi Singh
- Karishma Kaushik
- Biksha Kholiya
- Apeksha Pandav
- Shraddha Dedhia
- Vaishali Karia
- Archana Pawar
- Rupa Sanap
- Stefi Kaul
- Jigna Sorathia
- Urmila Verma
- Vandana Advani
- Divya Gossain
- Dolanjalee Rajeshirke
- Sheetal Bhatt
- Minal Sawant
- Krutika Tayade
- Ameeta Panchal
The winners were:
- Payal Soni (Winner)
- Priyanka Rout (1st Runner-up)
- Sarika Thakkar (2nd Runner-up)
- Ameeta Panchal (3rd Runner-up)
- Stefi Kaul (4th Runner-up)
The event was a grand success and it would not have been possible without the help of sponsors and supporters. Marathi Basket was the title sponsor of Nari Tu Narayani Ratna & Beauty Pageant 2020, while Manasi Pandey (Life N More), Jalpa Shah (Privia Creation), Neetu Raj (Cake Connections), Seema Sharma (Chocolate Factory), Rati Bhise (Healthy Temptations), Laxmi Naidu (Laxmi Kitchen), Sneha Chattija (Food Factory), Rani Mokashi (Decors and Wrappers), Prasanna Naik (Photographer), Pratima Photo Studio Kasarwadavali, Manisha Bhise (Gappa stories and more), Garvi Thakkar (Tadka India), Mr and Mrs Polekar (Marathi Basket), Mr and Mrs Akhil (Kriyan Banquet Hall), Neha Arya and Varun Chauhan (DNA Dance Studio), Arvi Fresh, Crop 9, Honda, Mystique, Zorro, Gujjar Bhoomi, Navrang Garba, Club Mahindra, Beauticians Akshita Gala, Sweety, Charmi, Heetal, Kajal, Kanika, Shakuntala, Siddhi, Unnati, Vidya and Soniya, Komal Dutia (Dress on Rent), Mamta Sharma (INIFD), Shamim (A & R Beauty Salon and Academy), Leena Bhargaje (Healing and More), Shraddha Sonawane (Insoap Handcrafted grooming products) and Team Prans Event extended their benevolent hand to this glamorous event.