Northeast’s biggest beauty pageant Oriflame Face of Northeast 2007 Grand finale will be hosted on January 20 at Pragjyoti ITA Centre, Machkhowa, Guwahati. Preliminary rounds of the contest started in November last year with auditions at Dibrugarh, Jorhta, Guwahati, Shillong, Dimapur, Aizawl, Imphal, Agartala and Itanagar. The perfect concoction of glamour, fashion, beauty and talent, the event is mainly focussed on providing that much needed platform to all the young and charismatic aspiring female models from the region.
The contest is organised over three different stages including auditions, grooming sessions by industry experts and the grand finale. From more than two hundreds of contestants who appeared for the auditions 19 were selected for the grooming session in Guwahati.
The grand even will be graced by celebrity judges as well as cultural performances by popular and talented artists of the region. Mrs India Eart second runners-up Roshni Hassan, renowned photographer Kamal Barman and popular Assamese director Kangkan Rajkhowa will be the in judges panel. Internationally renowned fluitist Deepak Sharma, Singer Rupam Bhuyan and Priyam Baruah with her team from Jorhat will perform during the grand finale.
Speaking to the media, Oriflame India Pvt. Ltd, service centre manager, Jennifer Khathing, said, “Oriflame is not just a beauty company selling cosmetics, we are in the business of fulfilling dreams. As we celebrate the Golden Jubilee of the company which started in 1967 and 20 years of Oriflame in North East India, we thought this pageant was in sync with the company philosophy of ‘Look Great, Make Money, Have Fun’. Oriflame, as a company encourages Entrepreneurship and supports Women Empowerment. The top 3 winners of the contest will take home a dazzling crown, winner’s sash, cash awards, gift hampers, opportunity to feature in Oriflame Catalogue and walk the ramp on Oriflame Directors Meet in Bengaluru.
The event is managed by Tattva Creations, part of Eclectic Group and one of the premier event management company based in Guwahati.