Daughter of a retired army officer and school principal, Reshma has both discipline and humbleness in her approach. Her dreams were backed with motivations from friends and parents. “My parents were supportive. You live in a society where children can do whatever they want till they are in 9th grade after that, it’s about getting good degree and good job. I am fortunate to have supportive parents and motivating friends. My parents thought that this was a ‘college level’ competition. But it was big, really big”.
The grooming sessions lasted for a week and was held at Beaumonde the fern Kochi. Reshma Nambiar (Kochi), Samantha Jose (Trichur), Anu Treesa (Kottayam), Reshma R K Nambiar (Calicut) Abhirami V Iyer (Tamil Nadu), Akila Narayan (Tamil Nadu), Bavithra B (Tamil Nadu), Carol Menezes (Karnataka), Demina Rao (Karnataka), Madhuri Jain (Tamil Nadu), Nishitha Shrinath (Karnataka), Pratheeksha Ravi (Tamil Nadu), Shabnam Ali (Karnataka), Slloka Saincherr (Telangana), Suja Suriya Nila (Tamil Nadu), Sunaina Allamraju (Andhra Pradesh), Shushmitha (Karnataka), Varna Sampath (Karnataka) were the 18 contestants who competed for the title. The girls were groomed by a panel of expert fashion choreographers and trainers comprising Valentina Ravi (Mrs India-Asia International), fashion choreographer Arun Ratna, yoga trainer Sudhakshina Thampi , skin expert Dr Asha Biju, personality trainer Ganga Mohan, personality trainer Jithesh , dentist Dr Eldho Koshi, chief plastic surgeon Dr Karthik Ram.
For Reshma what mattered is the result and nothing more, “I had no fears or apprehensions. They shouldn’t take up your thinking process while you participate in a platform where you have to give your 100%. People will come and go, they will tell you million things about how bad the contest is, how the participants will bully each other among others. If that was the case I worried too much then I wouldn’t achieve anything. Our approach should be positive and that will attain similar result”.
The judges panel included model and actor Sanjay Kumar Asrani, model, actress and writer Vanisree Bhatt, model and actor Rajeev Pillai, managing editor of Kanyaka – Toshma Biju, model and actor Kaushal Manda. The subtitles were also judged by a panel of experts.
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