MISS EARTH INDIA 2001: Shamita Singha

 MISS EARTH INDIA 2001: Shamita Singha

from : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamita_Singha 

Shamita Singha is a fashion model, television anchor, animal rights activist, VJ, and beauty queen from India. She was crowned Femina Miss Earth India 2001 and later competed in the first edition of the international Miss Earth 2001 beauty pageant produced by Carousel Productions, where she was one of the semifinalists.

Singha started to model professionally in 1999 and since then she worked for many ad campaigns and runway shows. After becoming Miss Earth India in 2001, she went on to win five subtitles at the same beauty pageant and from that moment on she shot to fame.

Career and activism.

Singha is a supermodel in India. She walked for the best of designers during fashion weeks and tours, hosted shows, and participated in the associated ground events overseas through B4U television network.

She modelled for Levis, Electrolux, and Platinum Jewellery. She participated in fashion shows for designers like Manish Malhotra and Ritu Kumar. She was a star in Motorola television commercial with Indian actor and film producer, Abhishek Bachchan.

Besides dabbling in modelling, Singha is also known as a good spokesperson and has landed many invitations to speak at industry-related events around the world. Additionally, she also does various of editorial work for magazines and is mostly involved with ramp shows for all the major designers throughout the country.

Singha has been associated with animal welfare organisations: as a trustee with the Animal Welfare Board of India and funds an organisation called Nature and Animal Care Foundation. In a campaign against animal cruelty, Singha posed on a bed of red chillies wearing nothing for PETA Dishoom, the youth division of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals in India, with the tagline "Spice Up Your Life – Go Vegetarian".

She was on the news in March 2003 when she sat as a judge at a fashion festival in Mumbai. She intervened when she saw a bare-chested model swaggered on to the ramp with a pair of pythons entwined around his neck. She also posed standing next to a 40-foot killer whale in 2006 for the Kingfisher's Swimsuit Special Calendar 2007. 

 

In August 2004, B4U Music and B4U Movies announced Singha and Sajid Khan as two new addition to its VJ bandwagon to build up the audience base.

She started to host a daily TV show in 2007 called, Maximum Style designed to connect with the upmarket home-audiences and dealt with ever-fickle fashions, haute lifestyles, fitness, stunning looks, innovative interiors and exotic night-spots to chill out in.

Singha is a wine enthusiast turned wine trainer. She has been hosting wine-tasting sessions and wine etiquette workshops with the corporate groups. She took up introductory & intermediate wine tasting courses and obtained WSET Level 2 certification in wine & spirits. She had her 1st level studies at the Saint Emilion wine tasting school in Bordeaux, France and an introductory course at the Beaune School of Wine in Burgundy. She also attended various wine tasting workshops in Spain as well as in London at the London Wine Academy and special workshops on new world wines in New York & California.

Miss Earth 2001

Singha was selected and crowned Miss Earth India 2001. She went to represent India in the first edition of Miss Earth beauty pageant, where the final coronation night was held on 28 October 2001 at the University of the Philippines Theater in Quezon City, Philippines.

Personal life

Singha lives in Mumbai, India. She is a literature graduate and used to write poetry when in school and till recently on fashion and travel.

 

Shamita Singha Says, ‘Spice Up Your Life'

 

 

Popular Zoom VJ, Miss India Earth 2001 and runway model Shamita Singha is not just a “spicy”-hot star – she is also a fiery defender of animals. So the veggielicious VJ was more than willing to strip down and pose on a pile of chillies for a PETA India ad encouraging everyone to go vegetarian.

In an interview with petaDishoom, PETA India’s youth division, Shamita talked about going vegetarian and showing compassion to all the Earth’s inhabitants. “I turned vegetarian when I was quite young because I realised that if I really love animals, then I can’t eat them”, Shamita said.

We couldn’t agree more: factory-farmed animals are confined to stalls, cages, crates or sheds that are often so cramped the animals cannot even turn around or take a single step in any direction for their entire lives. They never get to breathe fresh air, bask in the sun or feel grass beneath their feet, and they are killed in painful and cruel ways.

But going vegetarian is not only better for animals but also better for our health. As Shamita knows, a fruit- and vegetable-based diet is the key to feeling great and looking hot. “I’m veg and so I eat a lot of veggies, salads and fruits, and those foods are alive, so I’m alive!” she says.

Vegetarians tend to be leaner and trimmer than meat-eaters, so appearance-conscious celebrities are flocking to the salad and pasta bars, from New York to Paris and from Hong Kong to Beijing. Going vegetarian is also better for your health – eating meat and other animal products has been conclusively linked to heart disease, diabetes, obesity and cancer. But health benefits aside, we don’t know who would not want to eat their vegetables after seeing Shamita’s sexy ad!

Ready to take Shamita’s advice and “spice up your life”? Take the Pledge to Be Veg.