{"id":453,"date":"2015-05-27T04:39:16","date_gmt":"2015-05-27T04:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southasiantimes.com.au\/?p=453"},"modified":"2015-05-27T04:39:16","modified_gmt":"2015-05-27T04:39:16","slug":"bollywood-star-soha-ali-khan-to-judge-miss-india-australia-pageant-in-blacktown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.southasiantimes.com.au\/?p=453","title":{"rendered":"Bollywood star Soha Ali Khan to judge Miss India Australia pageant in Blacktown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southasiantimes.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Soha-Ali1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-455\" src=\"http:\/\/southasiantimes.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Soha-Ali1-300x169.png\" alt=\"Soha Ali\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southasiantimes.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Soha-Ali1-300x169.png 300w, http:\/\/southasiantimes.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Soha-Ali1-200x113.png 200w, http:\/\/southasiantimes.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Soha-Ali1.png 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>IT\u2019S a pageant Bollywood style. <!-- google_ad_section_end(name=story_introduction) --> <!-- \/\/ .story-intro --><\/strong> <!-- google_ad_section_start(name=story_body, weight=high) --><\/p>\n<p>The Miss India Australia \u2014 Touch the Soul 2015 competition will have men and women hoping to impress Bollywood actor Soha Ali Khan, who is set to judge the pageant on June 19.<\/p>\n<p>The three-title pageant aims to celebrate Australian men and women with Indian ancestry and help them \u00adembrace their culture.<\/p>\n<p>Women are vying for the Miss India Australia or Mrs India Australia while the men compete for the Mr India Au<\/p>\n<p>Contestant Puja Paul, 24, has her eyes on the Miss India prize.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was quite popular among my friends and had a great reputation so I decided to enter,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey look at more than just looks; it\u2019s also your \u00adpersonality and there aren\u2019t many platforms that offer that kind of judgment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ms Paul is studying a Bachelor of Nursing at the Australian Catholic University in North Sydney.<\/p>\n<p>She believes her \u00addetermined personality will be an asset in the competition.<\/p>\n<p>stralia crown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t have to be \u00adextraordinary to do extraordinary things, you just have to be yourself,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just live by the motto that each day you have to be true to who you are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ms Paul is thrilled Soha Ali Khan will be on hand to judge contestants at the pageant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a big fan of hers but I didn\u2019t know she was going to be judging the competition,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt just shows how great this event will be with someone of that calibre invited.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The winners will jet off to Kingston, Jamaica, in July to take part in the United \u00adNations pageant and square off against men and women from 70 countries.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Daily Telegraph<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IT\u2019S a pageant Bollywood style. 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