Navneet Kaur Dhillon has turned down two film offers
Mumbai:
Aware of the fact that no MissUniverse or Miss World crown came to India's way in the pastfew years, the Miss India 2013 winner Navneet Kaur Dhillon isfocusing on getting the crown home.
"My dream is to be crowned as the 62nd Miss Universeby last year's winner Olivia Culpo of US later this year. Wehave it, our girls have it to make it to the number one spot.I wish to end the 12-year-long drought," Navneet told PTI overphone from Mumbai.
The doe-eyed girl, who has turned down two film offers,is concentrating on the pageant right now.
"This could be a gradual progression from Miss India tofilm roles and modelling but I will give it a serious thoughtonly later.
"Also my courses on media studies in PunjabUniversity remain high on my priority list as your stint inshowbiz can be a transitory phase, having a particular timespan, and there always remains a career prospect which ispermanent," she said.
"Again being in media studies means you are not faroff from the world of films and modelling and can alwaysstraddle between the two fields," she added.
"I will cross the bridge when it comes but after theMiss Universe show only," she said.
Recalling the moment her name was called at thepageant final in Mumbai, Navneet said, "I can recall themoment as I screamed in joy and felt so proud for my family.From any other city girl hanging out at coffee joints andstealing a glance of film actors, this was the transition.
"I felt I can't do things as I like before public eyeevery time, but at times you can't check your emotion. And allmy co-contestants and mentor Marc Robinson were also so happy,they understood my emotions."
Navneet said she did not have much idea about Bengalifilms but read about Pather Panchali and its maker maestroSatyajit Ray.
"Whenever I visit Kolkata, I visit his residence", shesaid.
Sobhita Dhulipala and Zoya Afroz were the two runnersup in the Ponds Femina Miss India 2013.
"My dream is to be crowned as the 62nd Miss Universeby last year's winner Olivia Culpo of US later this year. Wehave it, our girls have it to make it to the number one spot.I wish to end the 12-year-long drought," Navneet told PTI overphone from Mumbai.
The doe-eyed girl, who has turned down two film offers,is concentrating on the pageant right now.
"This could be a gradual progression from Miss India tofilm roles and modelling but I will give it a serious thoughtonly later.
"Also my courses on media studies in PunjabUniversity remain high on my priority list as your stint inshowbiz can be a transitory phase, having a particular timespan, and there always remains a career prospect which ispermanent," she said.
"Again being in media studies means you are not faroff from the world of films and modelling and can alwaysstraddle between the two fields," she added.
"I will cross the bridge when it comes but after theMiss Universe show only," she said.
Recalling the moment her name was called at thepageant final in Mumbai, Navneet said, "I can recall themoment as I screamed in joy and felt so proud for my family.From any other city girl hanging out at coffee joints andstealing a glance of film actors, this was the transition.
"I felt I can't do things as I like before public eyeevery time, but at times you can't check your emotion. And allmy co-contestants and mentor Marc Robinson were also so happy,they understood my emotions."
Navneet said she did not have much idea about Bengalifilms but read about Pather Panchali and its maker maestroSatyajit Ray.
"Whenever I visit Kolkata, I visit his residence", shesaid.
Sobhita Dhulipala and Zoya Afroz were the two runnersup in the Ponds Femina Miss India 2013.