Miss Bangalore

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Anookya Harish – Miss Bangalore 2011

Dr. Kavitha Shah – Miss Bangalore 2010

Neha Kokare – Miss Bangalore 2009

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The organisers

Neha Kokare – Miss Bangalore 2009.jpg

Sara Corner – Miss Bangalore ’97

Kirtana Krishnan

Kirtana Krishnan

The Miss Bangalore (Max Miss Bangalore) contest has been organised since 1994 by Dream Merchants, an event management company, headquartered at Bangalore. It also does the Bangalore Fashion Week, Fashion Showers and Fashion Fridays.

Contact details:

Dream Merchants Pankaj Villa, 1-1, Bore Bank Road, Benson Town, Bangalore - 560 046 Karnataka, India.

Ph : 91-80-42048764 / 5 / 270 / 571 e : sales@MissBangalore.in w : http://www.DreamMerchants.in

Miss Bangalore: winners

1994 Nivedita Jain – Miss Bangalore

Born to an Assamese mother and a Jain father, 23-year-old Nivedita -- her father claims she was 19 -- made news both on and off screen during her short career. She won the Miss Bangalore beauty contest before being selected as a heroine for the Kannada film

1995 Ruchita Prasad – Miss Bangalore (Tamil / Kannada Movie Star

1996 Raina Sawhney – Miss Bangalore (4th Runner UP Femina Miss India 1997)

1997 Sara Corner – Miss Bangalore (Femina Miss India 2001 – Miss World)

1998 Dilbur Nazir – Miss Bangalore

1999 Sheetal Ramchandran – Miss Bangalore (2nd Runner UP Gladrags)

2000 Anjana Srinivasan – Miss Bangalore

2001 Kirtana Krishnan – Miss Bangalore

In Nov 2010, the then 25-year-old Kirtana Krishnan was molested by a gang of 15-20 drunken men at the National Games Village (NGV) club when she requested them to reduce the volume on the music system and allow the residents to sleep peacefully. Kirtana Krishnan also won the Femina Miss South (Beautiful skin) title in 2007 and has featured in the promos of companies like Titan,Berger Paints and Brooke Bond.

2009 Neha Kokare – Miss Bangalore

2010 Dr. Kavitha Shah – Miss Bangalore

2011 Anookya Harish – Miss Bangalore