Chandigarh girl Navneet Kaur Dhillon was crowned Femina Miss India 2013 in a glittering grand finale of the 50th edition of the beauty pageant held on Sunday night in Mumbai. Sobhita Dhulipala and Zoya Afroz won the first and second runners up respectively at the event.
Actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Priyanka Chopra added glamour to the show with dazzling performances in the evening. Singer Sonu Nigam also amused the viewers with heart touching songs.
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The show began with performances by Aftab Shivdasani, Riteish Deshmukh and Vivek Oberoi, who promoted their upcoming film “Grand Masti”.
However, it was a huge setback for people of Odisha as Archita Sahu could not reach top 10 at the show. The top 10 semi-finalists were Anukriti Gusain, Apurva Lonkar, Gail Nicole Da Silva, Navneet Kaur Dhillon, Sagarika Chhetri, Sobhita Dhulipala, Srishti Rana, Swati Kain, Vijaya Sharma and Zoya Afroz.
Filmmaker Karan Johar, choreographer Shiamak Dawar, cricketer Yuvraj Singh, fashion designer Ritu Kumar, actors John Abraham, Asin Thottumkal and Chitrangda Singh were the juries at the event.