Amrita Thapar

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Amrita Thapar
Amrita thapar 1.jpg
2023
BornJune 12, 1984
Pune, India
Height5 ft 8.5 in (1.74 m)
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title Miss India 2005
Hair colorBrown
Eye colorGreen grey
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Amrita Thapar is an Indian model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Femina Miss India Universe 2005 and then represented her country at Miss Universe 2005. [1] She won the Femina Miss India Universe title in 2005 and in the same year at the Miss Universe beauty pageant held in Thailand, she represented India amongst 81 other countries.

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Personal life

Amrita was born in Pune, Maharashtra on 12 June 1984 in a Sikh family. She is a graduate from NIFT and presently works as a fashion designer. She is winner of May Queen 1999. 1st Runners Up at RSI club,99. 1st Runners Up at Poona club,99. She is a certified scuba diver and loves Kayaking. She also won two best designer awards at NIFT SOFT, where she studied fashion designing course.

Career

Thapar is a fashion designer, a stylist, a painter, a fashion writer and orator. She has been the spokesperson of Berlin and Maurtius tourism. She has been bestowed upon the honor by the Mauritian Prime Minister to be their Goodwill Ambassador for life. She was also an active founding member of the Commonwealth games in India. She has served as Director and ambassador for her home venture called 'Cosmopolitan Institute of Style' based in Bangalore.

She has appeared in Pankaj Udhas's music album 'Jaaneman' and Punjabi music video "Kurri Patole Wargi" by Malkit Singh.

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References

  1. "She walks in glory". The Hindu . 19 August 2006. Archived from the original on 22 May 2007. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
Preceded by Miss India Universe
2005
Succeeded by