Amrita Thapar was selected Miss India Universe 2005 in the beauty contest, which took place in Mumbai and was telecasted live on Sony Entertainment Television, and now hopes to bring her country the crown of Miss Universe 2005 from the international contest to be held in Bangkok on May 31.
Amrita Thapar is 23 years old and stands 5'8'' tall. The new Miss India, who beat two-dozen other contestants, is a fashion designer with rich modeling experience: she won a title of Miss Pune several years ago. Now she will have to try her strength against 80 beauties from all over the world, yet, she is confident in her victory.
"I'm all prepared for the big event. I've always been a positive thinker and at the end of it all, that is what makes or breaks you. Hope everything goes fine and I do my country proud," quoted her apunkachoice.com as saying.
The two runner-ups were Niharika who won Pond's Femina Miss India Earth 2005 and Sindhura who won Pond's Femina Miss India World 2005. India has already been the winner of eight international beauty contests, including tho Miss Universe pageants.