In a glittering ceremony at the InterContinental, Mumbai – Shubra Aiyappa from Bangalore was chosen as the winner for the Indian Round of the Ford Model Supermodel of the World Contest 2005, presented by ZOOM.

Mumbai girl Afsha Khan was the first runner up, while Shrestha Paul from Kolkatta was selected as the second runner up. Shubra will fly to New York in January 2006, and compete with girls from 45 other countries, for the hugely respected title of the Ford Supermodel of the World.

Other than the prestigious title Shubra will also be competing for a cash prize of $ 250,000 and a modeling contract with the prestigious Ford Models.

Some of experts on the jury were Fashion czars, Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla, Actor/Dancer Isha Sharvani, Iris Miner, Director, Ford- New York and Pooja Batra amongst others.

All the thirteen finalists have been going through rigorous training for the last 1 month, with specialists like – Sheetal Malhar, Achala Sachdeva, Marvie Beck, Avan Contractor, Nandita Mahtani, Gavin Miguel and Sanjeev Mulchandani.

You can watch all the excitement of the contest at 7:00 pm on Zoom, on Saturday 4th December.