Mumbai, April 8 City girl Sarah Jane Dias was crowned Miss India at a glittering pageant held here this evening.
Sarah who is a Veejay and a model won the title beating 24 other contestants to the coveted crown earning the title of ‘Miss India World’.
The runner-up was Puja Gupta who was crowned ‘Miss India Universe’.
Puja Chitgopekar was crowned ‘Miss India Earth’.
The pageant, which was judged by several celebrities including actors Sanjay Dutt, Priyanka Chopra, director Subhash Ghai and model Ujwalla Raut went for almost two-and-half hours.
In the final round the five finalists had to answer to the question — “If you had to convince a rural woman to participate in the Miss India contest how would you do it?”
The pageant was interspersed with performances by actors Tushhar Kapoor, Koena Mitra and Lara Dutta.
