Miss Tibet: 2006-2009
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Miss Tibet 2006
Miss Tibet goes global!
by Phil Void (Dharma Bums)
MCLEOD GANJ, India, 6 December 2006 — Not even a day after Tsering Chungtak was crowned Miss Tibet 2006 in Dharamshala, India, capital of Tibet-in-exile, she was invited to participate in the Miss Earth Pageant, third largest beauty pageant in the world, in Manila, capital city of the Philippines.
Miss Tibet's interactions with her fellow representatives on these global issues were unequivocally positive and constructive in nature. She was especially involved with her south Asian friends from India and Pakistan, but was also very close with her new friends from Tanzania and Nigeria! Despite the language barrier, Miss China and Miss Tibet became close friends. "Whenever we would meet, Miss China and I would hug each other and try to communicate by sign language! We were very friendly!" said Tsering Chungtak.
Miss Tibet reached the finals in the talent competition with her spirited Tibetan folk dance. "I didn't know what else to add, so I improvised with a Tibetan khata, pulling it out and dancing with it as an offering to the crowd!
On Coronation Night, Miss Tibet and her friends, along with three Tibetans from Taiwan and myself, were all rooting for Miss India after she made it into the sixteen finalists, then the final eight, then the final four, and then — it was down to Miss India and Miss Chile! "We were all holding our breath, praying for Miss India to win!" Tsering recalled.
(Miss Earth 2006 was Miss Chile, Hil Yesenia Escobar and Miss India (Amruta Patki) got first runner-up, Miss Earth-Air.)
As the first Miss Tibet to have successfully participated in one of the major international beauty pageants, Tsering Chungtak has a lot to be proud of. Tsering Chungtak returned to Hindu College, Delhi, and would like to focus on her studies for the moment.
Miss Tibet 2007
Story by webmaster; photos by Tenzin Choejor misstibet
MCLEOD GANJ, India, 15 October 2007
The finalists were Deeki Dolma, 20 from Gangtok, Sikkim; Tenzin Dolma, 21, from McLeod Ganj; Tenzin Pema, 19, from Clement Town, Dehra Dun; Tenzing Dolma, 25, from Gangtok, Sikkim; and Tsering Yangzom, 20, from Kollegal, Karnataka.
Tenzin Dolma from Mcleod Ganj was crowned the Miss Tibet 2007 in a glittering ceremony at the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts. There were around 2000 people in the audience.
Dolma was a call centre executive and a part-time model in Delhi.
The show started with a call for the release of Ronggay A'drak, who had publicly protested the Chinese rule of Tibet a month before.
Tsering Yangzom from Kollegal, Karnataka State, was adjudged the first runner-up. Yangzom also got the highest votes in the Miss Photogenic voting contest.
Deeki Dolma stood at third place.
The jury members were: Phil Void, a musician and long-time Tibet-supporter from USA; Tara Chang from Singapore, formerly a Gyrotonic instructor in Miami and Pilates instructor in Sydney; Ajay Singh, an events organiser from Himachal Pradesh; and Mary Harrison, who has been in beauty pageants and worked as a flight stewardess.
The Free Spirit Award was also presented during the pageant. The award was given to the Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) for its work for the Tibetan cause this year. Their members unfurled a Free Tibet banner in April at the Everest base camp, and another from the Great Wall of China in August, lasting for two hours.
• 7 November Tenzin Dolma participated in Miss Earth Miss Tibet 2007 Tenzin Dolma landed in Manila, the capital of the Philippines, to participate in the Miss Earth pageant. She was among eighty-six young ladies from different countries around the world competing in the seventh edition of the pageant
• On 26 November Tsering Chungtak lands in Malaysia for Miss Tourism Pageant , to be held from 24 November to 7 December
• 5 December China lost temper at Miss Tibet Miss Tibet 2006 Tsering Chungtak withdrew from the Miss Tourism Pageant in Malaysia, after China put pressure on the organisers to bar Tibet from the event.
China forced Miss Tibet 2006 to quit Miss Tourism Pageant of Malaysia – 2007
Miss Tibet 2009
Miss Tibet 2009 Tenzin Choezom, 20, from Dharamsala
First runner-up Ngawang Choying, 18, from Darjeeling
Second runner-up: Dolkar, 24, from Dehra Dun
Consolation prize: Yeshi lhamo, 24, from Bir
See also
Miss Tibet: The contest// Miss Tibet: 2002-2005// Miss Tibet: 2006-2009// Miss Tibet: 2010-2013// Tenzin Khecheo // Miss Tibet: 2014// Miss Tibet: 2015// Miss Tibet: 2016// Miss Tibet: 2017
