Kimberley student set on winning Miss Bollywood IPL South Africa

CINDY JORDAAN

Cindy's studying towards a teaching degree. “I'm not usually a follower of cricket but there are so many good looking Indian players, it's hard not to watch the IPL,” she confessed.
Her top DLF IPL team is the Chennai Super Kings and her favourite player is Graeme Smith.

Cindy believes her beauty and bubbly personality will serve her well during the competition in which she represents the Rajasthan Royals. The other contestants from Kimberley are Lorraine Odendaal and Le Riche Bezuidenhout, both were selected on Saturday.

NOTE TO EDITORS: Miss Bollywood IPL South Africa is a search for an IPL fan with star quality, someone that stands out in a crowd. The winner will receive R50 000 in cash, a business class trip to India and other prizes.

The search for a South African lady with the potential to take Bollywood by storm was announced in Cape Town at the start of the DLF IPL tournament, by IPL Chairman and Commissioner, Lalit Modi. “We're looking for someone who has the star quality to stand out in a crowd, probably without even trying that hard. It's that special, almost indefinable, quality that makes someone a star more than a beauty queen that we are looking for,” Modi said.

A total of 48 winners will be chosen from the crowds at all of the eight venues around the country that host IPL matches. Winners are shown on the big screen at every match during the second five-minute break and welcomed onto the performers' stage at the ground. Each DLF IPL match has a designated “home” team. The Miss Bollywood SA contestant selected during the game will be associated with the side that enjoys that status.

Miss Bollywood SA entrants will go forward into later phases of the competition which involve internet and SMS voting from the www.iplt20.com web site. Photographs taken at each match of the entrants are on www.iplt20.com