Valerie Lim

SHE was clearly a head above the rest. In more ways than one. Confidence. Poise. Intelligence. Miss Valerie Lim had it all. And of course, who can miss her striking 1.79m height? With that, the 25-year-old behavioural therapist was crowned the latest Miss Singapore Universe at the Shangri-La Hotel last night. Mr Bernard Lim, who was one of the nine judges, told The New Paper: "Whether it was

Rujinan Phanseethum

Rujinan Phanseethum (born in Udon Thani) is a Thai beauty queen who was crowned Miss Earth Thailand 2009 and a top eight finalist in the Miss Earth 2009 international pageant. Phanseethum competed and won first runner-up in the Miss Thailand Universe 2009. She was also crowned Miss Thailand Earth 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand on March 28, 2009. She represented Thailand in the Miss Earth 2009 and

Nandana Sen

Nandana Sen (born Nandana Dev Sen), is an Indian actress. Sen was born in Kolkata, West Bengal to a Bengali Hindu family.

She is the daughter of Nobel Laureate and Bharat Ratna economist Amartya Sen and Padma Shri winner Nabanita Dev Sen, one of the most prominent authors in the contemporary Bengali literature.

She spent her growing years in various cities across Europe, India and America. She studied drama at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and studied literature at Harvard University.

Sen made her film debut with the movie "The Doll". She made her first debut in Bollywood as Rani Mukerji's 17 year old sister in the movie Black. In 2008 she appeared in the British television series Sharpe, in the episode Sharpe's Peril.

Mona Lisa - Antara Biswas

Antara Biswas (also credited as Mona Lisa) is an Indian actress. She was born to a Bengali Hindu family. She adopted the stage name of Mona Lisa at the behest of her uncle.

She studied at Julien Day School in Gariahat, south Kolkata and graduated from Asutosh College of the University of Calcutta earning a BA degree in Sanskrit before starting out a few years ago as a small-time TV actress and model in Oriya Albums.

She acted in several b-grade films before making her debut in Bollywood with Blackmail starring Ajay Devgn and Suniel Shetty.

She then acted and got rated in South Indian films before coming to notice through her role in Tauba Tauba opposite Amin Gazi. She did video albums in Oriya which earned her some film roles.

Brinda Parekh

Brinda Parekh is an Indian film actress and model. She has acted in South Indian films and has also done item numbers in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi films. She is a Gujarati.She has acted in 4 movies in Tamil, in addition to 2 movies in Kannada. She is from Mumbai, and started her career from modeling in television commercials like Vimal Suitings, Microsoft Windows XP, Royal Challenge beer, Thums Up cola, etc. and hundreds of other brands in print media as well.

Mahie Gill

Mahi (or Mahie) Gill is an Indian actress, working in the Bollywood industry. She is best known for her role of Paro in Anurag Kashyap's critically acclaimed Hindi film Dev.D, a modern take on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's Bengali novella Devdas for which she also won the 2010 Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress. She started her career in Punjabi films before making a debut in Bollywood with Dev D.