Mumbai Beauty Diana Pinto Crowned 'Ms. India America 2009'!
Mumbai Beauty Diana Pinto Crowned 'Ms. India America 2009'!
Washington DC/Long Beach : It was a proud moment for the Pinto family from Thane and Christians of Mumbai as our own Mumbaiate Beauty Diana Pinto who appeared angelic in her draped white gown as she walked up the ramp to the thunderous applause of the audience, on the midnight of August 7, 2009. Diana bagged the crown for the Miss India America 2009 title at the Jinnder's 18th Annual Miss India America contest held at the Grand Ballroom in The Hilton Hotel, Long Beach, CA.
Among the 14 contestants who vied for the Miss India America Title, Diana Pinto emerged as the winner while Neresha Sukreem of South Africa won the Miss India Globe 2009 title and Anjali Chatwani won the Miss India Galaxy 2009 title. Surprisingly, Diana also walked away with the JINmodels.com Miss Photogenic award.
From Thane to the Ramp
Diana is the daughter of Mr. Joseph D. Pinto (Senior Manager in Bank of Baroda, Agra branch) who is originally from Urwa, Mangalore and Mrs. Irene J. Pinto (Manager in Bank of Baroda, Mumbai) of Moodbidri. She has a younger brother Brian J. Pinto, who just completed his XIIth grade exams and will be taking up Engineering as his career.
Diana was born and brought up in Thane, Maharashtra, went to the United States to pursue a Masters Degree in Biokinesiology. She is a Physical Therapist from India and completed her Masters Degree at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Currently, she is practicing as a Physical Therapist in New York.
Diana is currently also pursuing a degree in Personal Training and Performance Nutrition. "In the future I intend to complete my MBA in Sports Administration & Management," says the ambitious beauty queen.
Though Diana was brought up in Mumbai and lived in the US for quite sometime now, she hasn't forgotten her roots. I am just proud to be a Mangalorean, she says. Diana speaks fluent Konkani too
Diana was a State level Volleyball player in Thane. She also has a 3.9 GPA in Bachelors in Physical Therapy and has received distinction in most subjects, apart from having won numerous awards in Sprints, Relay, Shot Putt, Discus throw (mostly track events).
Other winners of the contest were as follows:
Taranum Bhatti - Miss India North America 2009 title.
Disha Patel - Miss India California 2009 title.
Pallavi Darne - Mrs. India Globe 2009 title.
Reshma Chamberlain - Mrs. India North America 2009 title.
Ancy Binny - Sahara One TV People's Choice award.
Amit Mehta - Mr. India Globe 2009 title.