Regional auditions for the KIIT Nanhipari little Miss India Competition for Odisha would be held on November 29 at the KIIT auditorium.
Nanhipari is a talent show for teenage girls of 13-16 years. It had a modest start in 2001 in a remote and small tribal town of Keonjhar district. It has become a national event in 14 years touted as the ‘little Miss India’ competition.
Attractive prizes have been introduced in the 15th edition of the competition this year including the prize money for the winner is `11 lakh - `3 lakh cash prize and 100 per cent academic fee waiver subject to a maximum of `8 lakh for studying in any discipline in KIIT University. The first runners up would win `5 lakh-`1 lakh cash prize and 50 per cent academic fee waiver subject to maximum of `4 lakh. Similarly, the second runners up would get `4.5 lakh - `50,000 cash prize and 50 per cent academic fee waiver subject to maximum of `4 lakh.
Earlier, regional auditions in Kolkata, Guwahati, Bangalore and Patna have already been held.