Shilpa, Katrina to crown Miss Bollywood IPL South Africa

Johannesburg: Bollywood actresses Shilpa Shetty and Katrina Kaif will help decide which of 16 South African hopefuls follow in their footsteps when the Miss Bollywood IPL South Africa is crowned at the prestigious Montecasino entertainment complex here Saturday evening.
Shilpa and Katrina will join former Miss Universe Michelle McLean and former Miss South Africa Joanne Strauss, now a TV presenter, as the finalists vie for a prize package that could also feature an audition for a Bollywood role.
Providing a gender balance to the panel of celebrity judges will be Fashion TV owner Michele Adam and Francois Pienaar, who led the South African side to victory in the Rugby World Cup some years ago. Pienaar has also played an instrumental role in the marketing campaign that made the Indian Premier League (IPL) so popular in South Africa for the past five weeks.
The 16 finalists were chosen by Internet votes and include models, actresses, professionals and students. They were chosen from the 48 who were selected from the crowds at each of the IPL games played across the country.
The prize package includes a cash prize of 50,000 rands, a trip to India, and a guided tour of Bollywood, including the possibility of an audition there.(IANS)

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All eyes on Bollywood royalty at IPL matches

ALL eyes will be on the pavilions at the Sahara Oval St George‘s grounds during the next week to catch a glimpse of Bollywood‘s rich and famous as cricket fans soak up two weekends of Indian Premier League (IPL) action in Nelson Mandela Bay.

Some of Bollywood‘s A-list celebrities are expected to fly into Port Elizabeth and support their teams with the Bay fortunate enough to be hosting two consecutive IPL games tomorrow and on Monday, Freedom Day, and then another two clashes next weekend .

Bollywood-mad spectators will be scanning the St George‘s stands for a glimpse of heartthrob actor-producer Shahrukh Khan as well as glamorous actress Juhi Chawla who are expected to support the team they co-own, the Kolkata Knight Riders, in their clash with the Mumbai Indians on Monday.

Chawla is expected to be accompanied by her husband, businessman Jai Mehta, also a co-owner of the team.

Meanwhile, billionaire businessman Mukesh Ambani is also expected to be in town to support his team, the Mumbai Indians.

Ben Tippett, a representative of sports, entertainment and media company IMG World which co-ordinates the teams‘ logistics, said Khan had watched his team play in other South African cities during the IPL tournament but wasn‘t sure yet if he would be in Port Elizabeth for the long weekend.

Next Saturday, celeb-watchers will be on the lookout for stunning actress Shilpa Shetty, co-owner of the Rajasthan Royals, for that team‘s fixture against the Deccan Chargers at St George‘s.

On Sunday next week, the Kings XI Punjab play the Knight Riders in the Bay.

Billionaire Vijay Mallya of the UB Group – owner of the Royal Challengers Bangalore which face up to the Delhi Daredevils at St George‘s tomorrow – will miss the clash because he is attending the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Bahrain tomorrow.

More than 6000 tickets have already been snapped up for tomorrow‘s game and 4000 have been sold for Monday‘s encounter.

But IPL fans need not panic as there are still tickets available at the gates on both days.

Thousands of loyal Indian IPL fans have flown to South Africa and are busy following their teams during the IPL with a staggering 40000 hotel rooms countrywide said to have been booked.

IPL chief executive Lalit Modi said about 10000 Indian fans were expected to fly in during the course of the tournament.(Weekend Post)

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