Bollywood star Rani Mukerjee fought with the Miss India contest organisers in the popular flick ‘Bunty and Babli’ for insulting and looking down on her just because she hails from a small town and was seeking for an opportunity to participate in it. Bollywood over the years has been giving such examples which bring into focus how female from small towns want to enter the world of glamour. This growing trend and aspirations of many young women has been shown extensively in movies.
Beauty pageants which had usually remained an inundated platform for well know models and beauty queens of metro cities are now observing an influx of participants from small towns. The change in pattern brings in light the fact that the small town girls want to make a big switch and are on the path to figure out how they can achieve their aspirations by making their own way.
To give wings to the beauty queens of Ranchi and its adjoining areas audition for Miss India International Pageant 2014 was organised by Camfed Women Network for the first time in Jharkhand on Tuesday. Many girls from city and it’s adjoin areas participated in it. Participant Anita Jha who has been qualified for the semi-final round which is going to take place in capital city by the end of June said, “Small town girls in no terms are less than metro girls be it beauty or knowledge- all they lack is opportunity. Organising such beauty pageants here will provide a much needed platform to the girls like us. I would like to appeal from the Ranchi and its adjoining areas fairer sex to make best use of the opportunity as it knocks only once.”
The audition for the title Miss India International is being carried out in all the 24 districts of the state. Around 160 participants will be selected for the semi final round out of which only 16 contestants will be making to the final round.Camfed Women Network Director SK Singh said, “For the first time we are organising such events for the Jharkhand beauty and are hopeful that the state will not let us down. There is hidden talent here and all one has to do is search it. same thing.”