GANGTOK: The Rotary club of Tadong is set to organise the “Thunder Miss Sikkim 2007” contest here next month. According to the organisers, the beauty contest would help the female models from the state to prepare for the upcoming “Mega North East 2007” and the “Gladrags Miss India” contests. “The club is organising the contest for the first time in the state. We would shortlist the names of the 20 finalists soon,” said the president of the club. “The main objective behind organising the event is to help the youngster to shine in the field of modelling,” he added. The three winners of the beauty contest would get an opportunity to participate in the “Mega North East 2007” contest to be held in Guwahati. “The winners would also get a chance to participate in the Miss India contest,” the organisers, said. “To qualify for the national and regional level beauty contests, it is necessary for the female models from the state to first participate in a state level competition. The upcoming Miss Sikkim contest would help the female models a lot,” they said. The organisers are planning to hire judges from different places of the region, including Darjeeling, Sikkim and the North-eastern states. “Judges would be hired from outside the state for the final round. In preliminary rounds, we would hire five local judges,” Mr Rakesh Somani, a member of the organising committee, said. The organisers would charge an entry fee of Rs 200 from each participant.
