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Here’s a chance for every young boy and girl to show
the world what real stuff they’re made of! Without having to spare a
thought for an hourglass figure or Sly Stallone-like muscles, you
can still be a winner. By virtue of your personality, rather than
looks. Leave way for the ‘Teen of the Year’, a national-level
personality pageant that will hit Chennai very soon.
Unlike several other contests that are surfacing in
recent times, the main focus at the ‘Teen of the Year’ is on overall
achievements and the total personality of the participants rather
than on the usual assemblage of delectable body parts. What is
sought in the ‘Teen of the Year’ participant is intrinsic strength
of character, leadership, the ability to learn, to reach out to
others and share, a sense of vision, respect for all creation and
humaneness, values to which he or she does not merely pay lip
service, but actually lives by.
In its 12th year now, the pageant is annually
organised by the national youth magazine ‘The Teenager’, published
by St Pauls/Better Yourself Books, Mumbai.
The theme for the pageant this year is ‘Indian Youth
– Guardians of the Environment’.
The pageant attempts to help the participants
discover their latent talent and dormant goals in life, quite unlike
the other pageants that look for external beauty, looks and size
zero figures.
The 21 participants for the event every year will be
chosen from various zonal events held across the country: Bangalore,
Chennai, New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Pune, representing different
regions of India. They will compete for the prestigious national
title ‘Teen of the Year 2007’.
Teens from different parts of the country come to
the pageant to learn, share and discover themselves by interacting
with others; to help others to discover themselves, to cooperate
with others and yet be their unique selves — to laugh, to make
life-long friendships, to become a part of the ever-growing
movement, to write a new story called the ‘Teen of the Year’.
The Chennai Zonals is being held across two days,
October 5th and 6th this year. With the participants indulging in a
rapid fire of activities like quiz, group dynamics and interviews on
the first day, October 6th will witness a public gathering where
each participant showcases his/her talent on stage. The complete
performance of the participants over the two days will be evaluated
and the finalists who will represent the Chennai region will be
chosen at the end of the day.
To add more meaning and mobilise the theme for the
year, ‘Indian Youth – Guardians of the Environment’, the
participants will be planting 25 saplings sponsored by the Rotract
Club of Madras Mount, in the campus of ‘Mithra Foundation’, the
venue of the first day’s events.
Dr J Radhakrishnan, I.A.S., Additional Secretary,
Financial Dept, Government of Tamil Nadu will be the chief guest for
the talent round on October 6th and Naresh Gupta, I.A.S., Chief
Electoral Officer, Public (Election) Department, Tamil Nadu, will be
the guest of honour. The final leg of the Chennai zonal will be held
at SIGA, 10 Taylors Road, Kilpauk, Chennai – 600 010 at 10 am. All
are welcome.
Nikila Srinivasan
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