WHY MISS BHUTAN? Objectives …

Miss Bhutan Beauty Pageant is founded by Karma Tshering (filmmaker) under the banner of MPC bhutan entertainment (MPC) in 2008. As we all know that Millions of people all over the world are interested in the international beauty pageants and watch to see who represents each nation. None from Bhutan has ever been seen. As such, Miss Bhutan Beauty Pageant will provide a contemporary forum for Bhutanese girls and women. The beauty pageant aims to provide the young Bhutanese women the same kind of opportunities as their counterparts in other parts of the world including education, travel and cross-cultural experiences. The young Bhutanese women deserve the chance to be seen as part of their traditional culture and also beyond their culture, as contemporary, modern young women. One of our biggest goal is to advance and support today’s young Bhutanese women. The contestants who become part of the Miss Bhutan display those characteristics in their everyday lives, both as individuals who participate in the competitions to advance their careers, personal and humanitarian goals, and as women who seek to improve the lives of others. The contestants must behave in a manner befitting the title of Miss Bhutan.

BEAUTY FOR A CAUSE

Because many people admire and aspire to be a beauty queen, we believed that beauty queens would be a good and effective advocate of worthy causes. International beauty contests draw millions of viewers all over the world. To have representation in events like these, will also create an awareness about Bhutan, as an independent and the only Mahayana Buddhist Kingdom in the world that live by the unique principal of Gross National Happiness (GNH). Social and community service is one of the top agendas of Miss Bhutan Pageant. The winner of Miss Bhutan 2010 will be involved in social services like environment, youth and women, HIV AIDS etc. In future, we will be closely working with NGOs and related organizations in and outside Bhutan and help support the youth issues and the underprivileged girls and women of Bhutan.

NEED FOR ROLE MODELS FOR BHUTANESE WOMEN

Bhutanese girls are like girls everywhere; they need role models of women who have grown into skilled, educated, articulate productive members of society. At the present time, the role models for women are strong, but few. There is always the need for more women who to emerge as role models for the younger generation, as spokes people for their culture. And there is a need for these women to represent a variety of professions, attitudes, skills and interests.

PROMOTION OF AGE-OLD TRADITIONAL COSTUME

Miss Bhutan will promote our age-old costumes during the contest. Today’s youths are very much influenced by the western lifestyle and prefer to wear western fashioned clothes, some of which are very vulgar. Promotion of our indigenous textile will be one of the areas we will be focusing at in future.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CONTESTANTS

Miss Bhutan Organization will help find and create job opportunities not only to the finalists but also to all the 20 shortlisted contestants. This is done because we can understand the sacrifices they will be making to take part in the Miss Bhutan Pageant. Since Miss Bhutan Pageant will be an annual event, we feel that it is important to guide and assist the contestants not only during the course but also thereafter. Helping to create employment opportunities for the contestants would be one of the best ways to help our young women in Bhutan.

INTERNATIONAL BEAUTY PAGEANT

The winners of MISS BHUTAN 2010 will take part in the  Worldwide pageant.

GROOMING MISS BHUTAN 2010 CONTESTANTS

Grooming and Personality Development

Personality development, grooming sessions and attitude carved a whole new meaning is very essential to prepare Miss Bhutan’s participation in the international beauty pageant. The goal here is not just about winning a crown for Bhutan, but gifting a journey for the individual to pave way for her aspirations.

Why do we need to develop the personality and groom Miss Bhutan 2010 contestants?

It takes a lot of courage to go on stage and be judged by people on skills they think should count for a specific title. Beauty is definitely not the only ingredient to success. One’s face, style, personality and attitude all reflect on the ramp. Training and grooming can help a great deal with the correction of ones grooming, etiquette, poise, projection, communication etc. The skills taught by the professionals will not only help contestants prepare adequately for Miss Bhutan 2010 pageant but will also be a valuable tool in their general life and the business environments too.

AUDITION –

The Beauty Pageant will start with the Audition Round where the Pageant Team would travel across the country to unearth the hidden beauty and talent and provide an opportunity of a lifetime to the doorstep of every deserving woman. As a part of this national initiative we will be conducting auditions in nine venues throughout the nation namely; Thimphu, Paro, Punakha, Gelephu, Bumthang, Mongar, Tashigang, Samdrupjongkhar and Phuntsholing. 15 to 20 contestants will be shortlisted who will be the finalists of the main pageant (Miss Bhutan 2010).

THE PROGRAM – Grooming & Advocacy service

The shortlisted contestants will then undergo training and grooming sessions who will be finally judged by a panel of eminent personalities in the Preliminary and Grand Finale Rounds. The finalists will also have the opportunity to attend lectures and talks by important Resource Speakers from various government organizations and private sector. The contestants will also be doing social services by creating awareness on HIV AIDS, Drugs & Alcohol, Domestic Violence, Child Abuse etc.

SMS VOTING

There will be SMS voting this year. Miss Bhutan Pageant will partner with BBS TV and the mobile service providers (B’Mobile and Tashi Cell) for SMS voting. This is done to make the people participate in the show and help make the show more interesting and popular. Some percentage of the amount (yet to decide the figure) generated from the SMS will be donated to His Majesty’s Earth Quake Relief Fund.

NATION WIDE TOUR

To popularize the show, the contestants of Miss Bhutan pageant will travel to all the regions/dzongkhags in the country by staging shows and related entertainment programs. This is done to have maximum people’s participation in the show. That is why Miss Bhutan Pageant is the nation’s biggest reality show.

PRELIMINARY ROUND

Once the nation wide tour is completed, the contestants will prepare themselves for the Preliminary Round where they will be judged by a panel of judges on rounds like Talent Round, Natural Beauty Round, Photogenic Round, National Costume Round, Congeniality etc. The event will be made public through BBS live telecast.

THE GRAND FINALE

The Grand Finale will take place a week after the preliminary round. The event will be made public through the BBS live telecast. This is the moment where the results of the Preliminary Round will be announced. The SMS voting result will also be closed on this day. To make each show more entertaining, there will be entertainment program between each round. The event will conclude after the Crowning of the New MISS BHUTAN 2010.

THE PAGEANT COMMITTEE

The pageant committee members will comprise people from the media, film, fashion and entertainment chaired by the organizer of Miss Bhutan Pageant. There will be 4 to 5 members in the committee.

JURY MEMBERS

The Preliminary Round Jury Members are all Bhutanese and they are selected by the pageant committee. The Grand Finale Round Jury Members will consist of two International celebrities and five Bhutanese. They will be eminent, respected members of the Bhutanese and international community.

TRUST FUND

Every beauty pageant organizations in the world have their own trust fund to help support charitable foundations in their respective countries. In future, we have plans to build a trust fund to support the charitable foundations in the country and help the underprivileged girls and women in Bhutan.