BEAUTY, GRACE, AN EXTRAVAGANZA OF GLAMOUR AND FASHION AS NEVER SEEN BEFORE Welcome Shiv and Nav Kakran (CEO’s & Founders of the Asian Beauty Pageant UK) Star Media and Marketing Ltd brings you the Asian Beauty Pageant UK- one of the largest, impartial and most influential beauty pageants in the UK. Since its inception, the team has been dedicated to promoting Asian cultural heritage, international cultural awareness and community pride. The event will provide a platform where outstanding young individuals male and female will have the opportunity to display their artistic skills, intelligence, confidence, cultural pride and leadership in order to further advance themselves in society, as well as raising their profile’s and work alongside those less fortunate. Asian Beauty Pageant UK will also help in community cohesion, through its cultural exchange between the UK and relevant south Asian countries. The competition which was borne in July 2015 set out to find contestants across the UK, who will perform at today’s grand finale, the show promises to be a high -profile event celebrity judges, artists and VIP’s attending to witness the crowning of the winners. The Asian Beauty Pageant UK sets itself apart from others through an evening of glamour and entertainment. Guests will see an amazing catwalk with the final regional contestants showcasing their talent; bringing out each finalists individual personality whilst modelling breath- taking designs by some of the world’s innovative designers. We would like to thank you for your on-going support and we hope you have a enjoyable evening. OUR HOSTS Sunny & Shay This evening the show will be hosted by Radio presenters and the most listened to couple in the country Sunny and Shay. Sunny and Shay have also previously appeared on Channel 4’s BAFTA nominated The Family and have also presented the weekend breakfast show on BBC Asian Network from BBC Birmingham, as well as various TV shows. They are on radio 7 days a week with a daily show on BBC WM every Monday to Thursday from 2pm and weekends from Friday nights on BBC Radio London 94.9FM. Asian Beauty Pageant UK 2016 Judges ABHAY KUMAR CEO OF BOMBAY TALKIES Bombay Talkies, the film studio in Malad that gave a break to several top stars of Bollywood including Madhubala, Ashok Kumar, Devika Rani, Raj Kapoor, Leela Chitnis, Dilip Kumar and Mehmood to name a few will launch in the UK this year. 2016 will see Abhay Kumar grandson of of Rajnarayan Dube founder of Bombay Talkies launch Gandhi v/s Aazaad. This historical drama features Abhay in titular role of nationalist Chandra Shekhar Azad with several newcomers as other freedom fighters. Mandy Takhar Mandy Takhar is a British Punjabi Indian actress, who predominantly appears in Punjabi films. Mandy moved to Mumbai and landed the role opposite renowned Punjabi singer Babbu Mann in the 2010 in film, Ekam - Son of Soil, and her work was highly appreciated. As a result, she was offered the lead role opposite the superstar Gippy Grewal in the highest budgeted film of Punjabi cinema, Mirza - The Untold Story. She played Sahiba in this modern adaptation of the ethic love story of Mirza-Sahiba. Her portrayal of Sahiba got her nominated for the best actress at the PTC Punjabi Film Awards. After Mirza Mandy is known as one of the top most loved actresses of Punjabi cinema. In 2013, she starred in Tu Mera 22 Main Tera 22 a comedy alongside Amrinder Gill and Honey Singh. She played the role of a teacher and won hearts again and got the award for most prominent & popular face and youth Icon of 2012-2013 at the 6th Punjabi Film and Music Festival. She made her debut in Tamil cinema with Venkat Prabhu’s Biriyani starring Karthi. Her role in the film “Sardaar Ji” took her to the new heights of success and fame. [citation needed] She won the award for best supporting actor at PTC Punjabi Film Awards however she did not attend the awards, according to the sources it could be because it was quite evident that she deserved to be nominated in the Best Actress category. Sardaar ji was a record breaker in the history of Punjabi cinema. it opened to 100% occupancies and shattered previous openings and was the first Punjabi film to cross the 50cr worldwide mark. Mandy is known to be involved in humanitarian acts and in 2016 she shocked the industry and her fans by personally visiting refugee camps close to the Iraq and Syria border, in association with her supported UK based charity Khalsa Aid to help the refugees in crisis. Jasmin Walia Jasmin Walia an English television personality, singer and actress of Indian origin, was a cast member on the ITV2 semi-reality programme The Only Way Is Essex, starting out as an extra in 2010 before being upgraded to recurring cast in 2012. Jasmin later joined the cast of another reality series Desi Rascals. As an actress, she has appeared in Doctors, Casualty and The Bill. In June 2014, Jasmin and her brother Danny auditioned for the eleventh series of The X Factor. She will be seen in the Indian dance reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (season 9) which will go on air in June 2016 Asian Beauty Pageant UK 2016 Judges Reda Johnson Réda Johnson is a footballer who currently plays for Coventry City. He previously played for Sheffield Wednesday, Gueugnon, Amiens and Plymouth Argyle. He has been capped by Benin at international level. Réda Johnson began his career as a professional footballer in 2005 with Gueugnon. He made his debut on 24 August 2007 and went on to make a further eleven appearances in all competitions during the 2007–08 season. He won earned many plaudits for his performance. He scored his first senior goal in September 2010 against Colchester United, while captaining the team in the absence of Carl Fletcher. Kashif Saddiqi Since making a debut on the international circuit and playing in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Qualifiers, Kashif Siddiqi has become known to many as a South Asian Football Globetrotter. He is one of a handful of British South Asians to have made it in the professional ranks in the UK and to date he remains 1 of only 11 South Asian players to have ever played professional football in the United Kingdom – Giving Kash a very strong USP- which he has used to give back and his journey in sport has become one of many travelled routes and philanthropic accomplishments. His achievements both on and off the pitch to date are all credited to his mother and faith in god. In 2011 has set-up the Kashif Siddiqi Foundation (KSF) and has also Co-Founded the Football For Peace movement alongside the United Nations and FIFA’s 100 greatest players of all time – Elias Figueroa. Kash has become renowned for his humanitarian efforts and has been recognised for his goodwill work by HRH Duke of Cambridge – Prince William, Prime Minister David Cameron, His Highness Prince Ali of Jordan, Pope Francis and the United Nations. In 2013, he was inaugurated as a Champion of Peace, under the High Patronage of His Highness Prince Albert II for his global charitable ventures Maria Gardner Maria Gardner Is a full time International model. She started her modelling Career at 18 years old after winning an international cover girl competition. Maria was recently crown Miss Birmingham 2016 and will go onto the Miss England Finals in July. Maria has modelled in many magazines and billboards across the UK and America. Introducing your Asian Beauty Pageant UK 2016 finalists 1. Full name:- Sandeep Singh Age:- 22yrs City:- London Studying Accounting & Finance 2. Full name:- Wazid Khan Age:- 21yrs City:- London Studying Hospitality & working as a professional model & Actor 3. Full name:- Sajid Khan Age:- 30yrs City:- Glasgow Model/Actor 4. Full name:- Irfan Ahmed Age:- 28yrs City:- London Singer 5. Full name:- Akber Rashid Age:- 29 yrs City:- London Model/Actor Introducing your Asian Beauty Pageant UK 2016 finalists 6. Full name:- Divakar Dahiya Age:- 19yrs City:- N.Ireland Studying Diagnostic Radiography 7. Full name:- Imo Malik Age:- 28yrs City:- London Studying Hotel & Event Management and working as a professional model & Actor. 8. Full name:- Fatheha Ali Age:- 26yrs City:- Birmingham Working as a Professional model 9. Full name:- Farah Yasmin Age:- 27yrs City:- London Working as a Airlines reservation Agent. 10.Full name:- Johanna Elias Age:- 28yrs City:- Bournemouth Model Introducing your Asian Beauty Pageant UK 2016 finalists 11.Full name:- Sriya Chauhan Age:- 27yrs City:- London Studying ACCA Chartered Accountancy & Working Full time on London Luton Airport , Part time Modeling 12.Full name:- Harpreet Kaur Age:- 26yrs City:- London Professional Model 13. Full name:- Nivedita yashoda Armugam Age:- 22yrs City:- Leicester Studying studding Biochemistry Bsc (Hons) 14 Full name:- Bhasha Mukherjee Age:- 20yrs City:- Derby Studying Medical BEAUTY, GRACE, AN EXTRAVAGANZA OF GLAMOUR AND FASHION AS NEVER SEEN BEFORE Nadim Saleem (offical Choreograper of Asian Beauty Pageant UK 2016) Nadim Saleem now one of UK Award Winning & Leading Runway Fashion Show Producer & Choreographer, Now in the Showbiz industry for over 10 years. He has worked and delivered event for Bollywood Celebrity SRK guest event, plus many well- known Fashion Show’s event in UK. Nadim Started of as Bollywood Dancer in 1999 and has performed all over UK as Solo Bollywood Dancer. From Bollywood Dancer to a Runway Model all over UK. After 8 years of Dancing and Runway Modelling Nadim has decided to create his own work as a Runway Fashion Choreographer. Since working as a Runway Fashion Show Producer & Choreographer Nadim has been recognized in a very short space of time all over UK for his dedication and creativity.