Pooja Chitgopekar
Category : DanceDocs , Miss-TerDocs , ModelDocs , PianoDocs
Pooja Chitgopekar (born 1985) represented India in the international Miss Earth 2007 beauty pageant on 11 November and would later become Miss Earth Air in 2007.[2] Miss Earth Air is Miss Earth‘s equivalent for first runner-up. She went to one of the top private schools, Diocesan School For Girls in Auckland.
She won Miss India Earth, one of the three titles annually given by Femina India in Mumbai; the other two titles went to Puja Gupta Miss India Universe and Sarah Jane Dias Miss India World. She was crowned by Amruta Patki who was the first runner-up at Miss Earth 2006. Like Amruta, she also ended as first runner-up in the Miss Earth contest.
Pooja received her Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery commensurate with MD from the University of Auckland in 2011
Tanzen | Dancing nautanki
Pooja got married on 7 January 2011 to Vikram Kumar, Vice Chairman of AVG Advanced Technologies, from Chicago, IL.[4] Their wedding took place in Auckland, New Zealand.[5][6] Pooja is currently a Dermatologist and Mohs Surgeon at Medical Dermatology Associates of Chicago.
Trained in jazz ballet and piano, Poojas hobbies include yoga, swimming, reading, traveling and playing tennis. “I put in a lot of hard work and dedication to train for this pageant since winning the Miss India Earth title, so obviously I am happy with the outcome” she says. “It’s a culmination of a secret dream I had nutured all along, the dream of winning the Ms India title and then wining a global title to compliment it further”.
| Awards and achievements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Amruta Patki | Miss Earth – Air 2007 | Succeeded by Miriam Odemba |
| Preceded byAmruta Patki | Miss Earth India 2007 | Succeeded byTanvi Vyas |
