Shagun Sarabhai

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Shagun Sarabhai
BornShagun Sarabhai
(1987-03-02) 2 March 1987 (age 31)
Mumbai, India
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Title Miss India Worldwide 2008

Shagun Sarabhai (born 2 March 1987) is an India beauty queen who won the Miss India Worldwide [1] [2] India 2008 and Miss India Worldwide 2008 pageants, a beauty contest produced by the India Festival Committee (IFC) based in New York.

On 23 February 2008, she was crowned the new Miss India Worldwide 2008 at the finals in Johannesburg, South Africa.[ citation needed ]

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Sarabhai anchored shows on Zoomtv for six months and is currently[ when? ] an anchor on Zing.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. ↑ Thorpe, Edgar; Thorpe, Showick. The Pearson General Knowledge Manual 2009, 1/e. Pearson Education India. pp. 4–75. ISBN   978-81-317-2300-5 . Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  2. ↑ "Shagun Sarabhai". India Today. 24 March 2008. Retrieved 30 July 2011.


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