Participants at the talent hunt organised at SK Memorial Hall in Patna on Sunday. Picture by Jai Prakash

Patna, Aug. 8: Pallavi Jha, a school passout from Nawada, dreams to make it big in the world of fashion. For Pallavi, and many more young girls like her, the talent hunt recently organised at SK Memorial Hall was a first big platform where they got a chance to impress the audience with their style and confidence.

“I have always dreamt of winning beauty titles and become a supermodel,” said Pallavi. Other modelling hopefuls from Muzaffarpur, Patna and other cities harboured similar aspirations.

Although these young aspirants still have a long way to go to make it to national and international ramps, they are a confident and focused lot.

Though amateurs, these young girls are in mood to compromise on their dreams and are set to put their best foot forward to achieve it.

Chandini Kumari, from Nalanda, is also looking for a bright future in fashion. She said: “Earlier, we never had any platform where we could showcase our talents. It is good that this profession (modelling) is gaining respect of the people and is not considered something bad. For us, talent hunt shows are a big things and go a long way in building our self-confidence.”

Chandini has already set her goals. A confident girl, strong and hungry for success, she aspires to become Miss Universe.

Manmeet Singh, the director of Albela Event and Marketing, is the man responsible for providing girls like Pallavi and Chandini a platform by organising model hunts every year and giving them chance to work in local commercials and serials.

On his reasons to organise such events, Singh said: “I believe that these young and aspiring models have the zeal to make it big. The only thing that they lack is the proper channel through which they can reach the right place. If the girls are directly taken to the big cities, they won’t be able to perform. My idea is to first make them confident by giving them a chance to walk at events organised in the state and then take them to metros where they can achieve fame and success.”

Singh added: “These girls come from villages and for them, performing in a city like Patna is a big thing. As far as their grooming is concerned we are working on that but the girls are confident about performing front of an audience. I think it must be appreciated that at least these youngsters are thinking about modelling.”

On the hiccups in the field of modelling, Singh said: “The girls lack the basics of modelling as they don’t have much exposure. Lack of infrastructure is another reason. I promise an institute for budding models, dancers and actors by September after which there will be no stopping the talented youngsters of the state.”