{"id":171544,"date":"2015-11-30T10:48:13","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T15:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kanglaonline.com\/?p=81282"},"modified":"2015-11-30T10:48:13","modified_gmt":"2015-11-30T15:48:13","slug":"binita-chhetry-wins-ponds-eclectic-model-hunt-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/2015\/11\/30\/binita-chhetry-wins-ponds-eclectic-model-hunt-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Binita Chhetry wins Pond\u2019s Eclectic Model Hunt 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kanglaonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Winners-Ponds-Eclectic-Model-Hunt-2015rrr-e1448897746844.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-0\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-81284 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/kanglaonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Winners-Ponds-Eclectic-Model-Hunt-2015rrr-e1448897746844.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"431\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>GUWAHATI, November 30: In front of a packed crowd at ITA Machkhowa auditorium, Binita Chhetry from Guwahati was crowned as the winner of Pond\u2019s Eclectic Model Hunt 2015 by Emika Pakyntein, Pond\u2019s Eclectic Model Hunt 2014 Winner, Tanushree Hazarika, Managing Director of Eclectic Publications\u00a0and fashion designer Joy Mitra, said a press release.<\/p>\n<p>It said, the 1<sup>st<\/sup> Runner-up was awarded to Kaheli Chophy from Dimapur and the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Runner-up to Nandita Saikia from Guwahati, and the prestigious panel of judges of the event were fashion designer Joy Mitra, Shikhar Sidharth, Managing Director of Vogati Talents, Assamese actor Vaishalee Saikia, former model and pastry chef Mandakini Dass and social worker Miani D Shira from Shillong.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_81285\" style=\"width: 438px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kanglaonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Top-3-Winners-of-Ponds-Eclectic-Model-Hunt-2015rrr.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-1\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-81285 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/kanglaonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Top-3-Winners-of-Ponds-Eclectic-Model-Hunt-2015rrr-428x300.jpg\" alt=\"(Left - Right) Kaheli Chophy, Binita Chhetry and Nandita Saikia\" width=\"428\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Left &#8211; Right) Kaheli Chophy, Binita Chhetry and Nandita Saikia<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The contest was enlivened by an impressive and diverse line-up of talents from across the region. A thousand-plus crowd cheered as Priyam Baruah and her team performed a kathak and Bollywood fusion dance. Sangeet Natak Academy award winner Moinul Haque\u2019s mime act kept the audience enthralled, and the final performance was by Guwahati based band Swadhyay who had the crowd grooving to their peppy beats, said the press release.<\/p>\n<p>It said, the event is managed by Tattva Creations Pvt Ltd and the main idea behind Pond\u2019s Eclectic Model Hunt is to groom talented young women from across the Northeast and encourage them to become empowering role models of beauty, health and leadership.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">Read more \/ Original news source: <a href=\"http:\/\/kanglaonline.com\/2015\/11\/binita-chhetry-wins-ponds-eclectic-model-hunt-2015\/\">http:\/\/kanglaonline.com\/2015\/11\/binita-chhetry-wins-ponds-eclectic-model-hunt-2015\/<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GUWAHATI, November 30: In front of a packed crowd at ITA Machkhowa auditorium, Binita Chhetry from Guwahati was crowned as the winner of Pond&rsquo;s Eclectic Model Hunt 2015 by Emika<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,4],"tags":[43,330,100],"class_list":["post-171544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kanglaonline","category-news","tag-k-featured","tag-kanglaonline-2","tag-press-release"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171544"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":171545,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171544\/revisions\/171545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}