A contestant struts her stuff on the ramp 

In addition to answering the judges' questions, contestants had to get their height, weight and other vital statistics checked out. They went the whole hog, even strutting their stuff in bikinis on a ramp.

Contestants line up outside the audition venue awaiting their turn

With the overwhelming response, it's not surprising that the girls had to queue up and await their turns patiently, but all of them had smiles on their lips and stars in their eyes. Too bad only one hottie will make the cut!

A trio of lovelies pouts for the cameras

Once inside, though, they were quick to show what they were about, gamely posing together and working their attitude for the flashbulbs.

Feroze Gujral

For the Delhi auditions, yesteryears supermodel Feroze Gujral, who still looks smashing, joined Kasbekar to help with the selection process.

Himarsha Venkatsamy poses with contestants

Himarsha did her best to help the calendar hopefuls get it right - like she did last year. Looks like they were listening closely enough!

Sheetal Menon and Atul Kasbekar

In Bangalore, model Sheetal Menon, who has also featured previously in the calendar, helped Kasbekar whet it down to the finalists.

A tall, tanned contestant works a black bikini

All the girls were perfectly at ease in swimwear, which goes to show the difference from a few years ago.

Yet another model hunt hopeful poses by the banner

The contestants charmed the cameras with solo shots, each secretly hoping that the banner in the background was referring to her!

Atul Kasbekar and Feroze Gujral pose with the Delhi finalists

The 66th All India Textile Conference this time will be hosted by the Karnataka chapter of The Textile Association (India), on the theme ‘Expanding Sustainable Limits to India’s Positioning in Global Textiles and Clothing” and will be held on January 28 & 29, 2011 at the Nimhans Convention Hall, Bangalore. It is time for all of us to understand that this is a cyclic phenomenon of approximately 10 years. The industry is facing this either because of recession, quotas, or policies and so on. Now it is time to review what we can do to prevent us from another fall. The 66th All India Textile Conference held by Textile Association (India) would like to draw a map for the future. The goals of the conference are - 1. Strategies for achieving significant strides in cotton productivity, quality and variety by benchmarking against Israel and Australia. 2. Strategies for achieving significant strides in mulberry and mulberry silk productivity by benchmarking against China. 3. Expanding on creating competitive edge and advantage from manufacturing (spinning, weaving and knitting), processing (bleaching, dyeing, printing and finishing) to clothing. 4. Creating conditions for expanding India’s share in global exports in yarns, processed fabrics and garments. 5. Textile Parks as a business model: journey to date and path ahead in achieving employment, development of skills, economic development and earning of foreign exchange. 6. Strategies for positioning Indian fashion in the global landscape in different segments. 7. Role of retail sector and contribution of India in a global context of textiles and clothing. 8. Role & relevance of Nano-textiles and technical textiles. Karnataka is a major centre for silk and garment industries. It was also a good textile centre with huge mills; however, in recent years the number of large textile mills in Karnataka has reduced drastically. The garment industry, mainly concentrated in Bangalore and to a small extent in Bellary, has now started spreading across Karnataka. In July 2008, the Karnataka Government proposed to establish 11 Textile Parks to give a boost to textile industry in the state. With the new policy of the state government to make the state again a textile hub, thae 66th All India Textile Conference at Bangalore is sure to help the industry and the industry in the country. Karnataka is hosting the All India Textile Conference after a gap of 40 years. We need support from all in the industry to make this Conference a grand success. We invite sponsors for various events. With the support of all of you, we would be able to organize a useful conference that can help expanding the sustainable limits of the Indian textile and garment industry and make them strong in the competitive global environment.

Learn more about Registration, Sponsorship Options, and many more at All India Textile Conference Organized By The Textile Association of India (Karnataka Unit)

Original News 66th All India Textile Conference for Global Textiles & Clothing Published on: Fibre2fashion

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