Our Correspondent
Kohima, Nov. 10 (EMN): The offline and online auditions for 18th Sunsilk Mega Miss North East was held in Kohima on Wednesday. The 18th Sunsilk Mega Miss North East is scheduled to be held at Guwahati during the month of December.
The auditions were conducted by Mega Entertainment in collaboration with Vogue Entertainment Nagaland (VEN) for both offline and online for the state.
The offline auditions was held at Hotel Crescent International in the state capital. Along with the offline auditions, the organisers had also conducted an online audition for the convenience of those candidates who could not make it offline.
A member of VEN informed Eastern Mirror in Kohima that except for the age limit which is from 18 years to 26 years, no height criteria was required to contest in the mega event.
However, organisers apprised that they were looking for candidates having ‘talents and potentials’ to represent the state who can make a ‘difference in the Northeast as youth icons.’
'Beauty pageant is beyond the glamour on the stage; it is rising above the beauty on the stage,' said VEN members, adding that, ‘it is beauty with a brain in short.’
"We are happy that people are slowly getting to understand the concept of pageant and fashion world which also have an influence on the society," one of the members said.
It was learnt that Nagaland was given four slots where Miss Phek 2021 has been given direct entry while the organisers are yet to short list the names of the three remaining candidates to compete in the pageant.
It was informed that altogether, 50 women from across the eight northeastern states will vie for the coveted title of Sunsilk Mega Miss North East in this year's edition, where three contestants would be adjudged as the winners.
All the three winners would be crowned equally and share a package worth approximately INR 2,00,000 including the winning crown suits, a cash prize, portfolio shoot, makeover, besides opportunity to walk the ramp in various iconic fashion events of the region, travel opportunities representing the sponsors and charitable partners of the show etc.