Northeast’s biggest fashion extravaganza Pond’s Eclectic Model Hunt is back with its season six this year. Preliminary rounds of the contest will kick off from October 5 with auditions at Gangtok and Dimapur to be followed by Jorhat, Guwahati and Shillong.
The perfect concoction of glamour, fashion, beauty and talent, the event is mainly focused on providing that much needed platform to all the young and charismatic aspiring female models from the region. Eclectic Group’s signature event is not any run-off-the-mill beauty contest.
Started in 2008, this annual event has grown bigger and better with every edition. Honourable personalities like late T G Baruah, Ashutosh Agnihotri, IAS (DC Kamrup Metro), His Excellency R. S. Mooshahari, (Governor of Meghalaya), H. S. Das, IAS (Principal Sec. Finance, Govt of Assam) have been part of the event as chief guest in the past.
The event has also seen celebrity judges in the likes of Dipannita Sharma, Mark Robinson, Baichung Bhutia and celebrity performers like Soulmate, Joi Barua, Lou Majau and others. With such a glorious past, the 6th edition promises to be no different.
Fresh and talented faces, captivating performances and popular personalities are all part of the grand plan.
The event is organised by Eclectic Publications, publisher of the most popular monthly English magazine of the region – Eclectic Northeast.
Registration of contestants is on-going and auditions will soon begin to get the hunt started. For the first time a contest of such nature going beyond the seven sisters and hosting audition in Gangtok.
This time around, the auditions will start from Dimapur (Jumping Bean Café) and Gangtok (Lounge 31A) on October 5.
Next stop for audition will be Jorhat (Hotel Nikita) on October 17 followed by Guwahati, (Hotel rains Inn, Paltan Bazaar) on October 19 and Shillong (Centre Point) on October 22. Registration can be done at the venue itself.
The contest is open for girls from the northeast. Interested contestants can also fill up registration form and send their entries with at least 3 recent photographs to Eclectic Model Hunt 2013, Eclectic Publications, Saraswati Market, 2nd Floor, Above SBI, Six Mile Branch, Suruj Nagar, G. S. Road, Guwahati – 781022.
Interested contestants can contact Tandraat 08811025589 for more details. The event is managed by Tattva Creations, part of Eclectic Group and one of the premier event management company based in Guwahati.