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| Paniza Rahnama (Middle East) on stage at "2019 Asia Model Festival FACE of South Asia with MyGenomeBox" on Friday. Courtesy of Asia Model Festival Organization Committee (AMFOC) |
By Dong Sun-hwa
The "2019 Asia Model Festival FACE of South Asia with MyGenomeBox" was held at The Westin PUNE Koregaon Park, India, on Friday.
The judges singled out 11 model hopefuls from South Asia and the Middle East, who will advance to the FACE of ASIA, the largest model hunt platform in Asia. They are Tasla Senadeera (Sri Lanka), Pradhuyms Jat (India), Sushmita Gupta (India), Yaseera Verma (India), Basit Khan (India), Dimple Vaghela (India), Ashish Kc (Nepal), Nirmala Neupane (Nepal), Roshan Duminda (Sri Lanka), Wahid Bhat (Middle East), and Paniza Rahnama (Middle East).
They will also become faces of the sponsor brands and appear in dramas.
FACE of ASIA is a part of the 14th Asia Model Festival (AMF). The event is slated for June 7-9 in Seoul, with 80 models from 25 Asian countries going head to head.
China, Japan, Mongolia, Philippines, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Nepal, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Macau, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Arabia, Bangladesh and Taiwan will send models to Korea.
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| Wahid Bhat (Middle East) walks the runway during Friday's contest. Courtesy of AMFOC |
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| Wahid Bhat and Paniza Rahnama during Friday's contest. Courtesy of AMFOC |
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| From left, Choo Hyun-suk, President of Korean Association Pune; Nivedita Saboo, Indian fashion designer and Prachi from Hindustan Times. Courtesy of AMFOC |
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| FACE of ASIA is scheduled for Seoul from June 7-9. Courtesy of AMFOC |
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