P .C. Chandra Goldlites Diva 2023, in association with The Telegraph, reached Calcutta after auditions at four clusters. In its sixth year, the most-awaited beauty pageant in the city witnessed over 4,000 registrations from Calcutta alone, among which 270 participants were selected for the cluster audition on January 21 held at Gokhale Memorial Girls’ College, Calcutta. After auditions at Malda, Durgapur, Berhampore and Siliguri, the city too saw an overwhelming response with the participants queuing up from 7am for registration. Model and grooming coach Madhabilata Mitra judged the Calcutta audition along with assistant GM, marketing P.C. Chandra Jewellers, Anindya Mukherjee and photographer Asish Saha. They shortlisted 25 semi-finalists from several intense rounds. These 25 semi-finalists and the other participants from RoB (rest of Bengal) district auditions (including Midanapore), a total of 40 participants, are gearing up for the semi-final round which will be held on February 4 at the P.C. Chandra Gardens.
Semi-finalists from Malda audition: (l-r) Sanjana Saha, Tina Sarkar and Aisharya Das. Semi-finalists from Berhampore: (from l-r) Debashree Ghosh, Diya Chakraborty and Rajnandini Pramanik
Judges Asish Saha (left), Madhabilata Mitra and Anindya Mukherjee. “I want to convey a message to the semi-finalists as well as the other participants who were not selected, that Goldlites Diva is not a competition with others, it’s a competition with yourself. You should groom yourself and always try to make a better version of yourself,” said Madhabilata. “This year we have seen huge participation from the city and the other small towns. The participants are coming from various professional backgrounds like doctors, engineers, teachers, etc. My message to the semi-finalists is that it’s a cut-throat competition, everyone is equally talented, be it beauty or what they do in real life. I wish them all the best for the semi-final,” added Anindya.
Semi-finalists from Siliguri audition: (L-R) Titli Saha, Tamanna Naha and Kajal Chhetri
Semi-finalists from Durgapur: (L-R) Nandini Mukherjee, Ishani Chatterjee and Itu Bhattacharya
