Richa Adhia
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Richa Adhia | |
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| Born | 1 May 1988 |
| Education | Shaaban Robert Secondary School |
| Occupation | Model, Beauty therapist, Actress |
Richa Maria Adhia (born 1988) is a Tanzanian model and beauty pageant contestant who won Miss Earth Tanzania 2006 and Miss Tanzania 2007.[1] She represented Tanzania in both Miss Earth 2006 in the Philippines and Miss World 2007 in China. So far, she remains the only Tanzanian beauty pageant contestant to have represented her country in both of the International contests. In 2010 she was also chosen to represent Tanzania at Miss India Worldwide pageant.
Miss Earth Tanzania 2006[]
Adhia won Miss Earth Tanzania 2006 and represented Tanzania in Miss Earth 2006 at the Philippines where she was initially counted among the strongest contestants from Africa, after being placed among Top 15 best swimsuit contestants. However, she was unable to make a cut into the semifinalists in the Final Show.
Miss Tanzania 2007[]
After completing her reign as Miss Earth Tanzania in 2006, Richa, went ahead to participate in other regional beauty contests and finally won Miss Kinondoni 2007, after which she was able to participate in Miss Tanzania 2007 contest which she eventually also won. There was a controversy over her win due to her race, as she was Indian Ethnic.[2] However, despite the mixed reactions, she went ahead to participate in Miss World 2007 contest in China the same year and became the first Asian ethnic contestant to represent an East African country in Miss World contest.
Miss India Worldwide 2010[]
On 6 March 2010, Richa was chosen to represent Tanzania in Miss India Worldwide 2010 contest for the first time, the contest was held in Durban, South Africa where she was placed among the Top Ten contestants and also won a TOP MODEL award.[3]
Acting[]
In addition to being a model and an event organizer, Richa has also acted in the following Tanzanian movies
| Year | Title |
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| 2009 | Full Moon[4] |
| 2012 | Zamora[5] |
References[]
- ^ "Showbiz Highlights—Miss TZ's side hustle", Saturday Nation, 5 December 2009, retrieved 3 April 2010
- ^ http://www.habaritanzania.com/articles/4158/1/Richa-Adhia%E2%80%99s-coronation-draws-mixed-reactions
- ^ http://ladyjaydee.blogspot.com/2010/03/richa-adhia-does-tanzania-proud.html
- ^ "Full Moon — Bongo Movie | Tanzania".
- ^ "— Bongo Movies".
External links[]
Miss Earth 2006 contestants | |
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- 1988 births
- Living people
- Tanzanian beauty pageant winners
- Miss Earth 2006 contestants
- Miss World 2007 delegates
- Shaaban Robert Secondary School alumni
- Tanzanian people of Indian descent
- People from Mwanza Region