``What would you do to save the world?``: confessions of a could-have-been beauty queen
β Scribed by Ira Trivedi
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House India Private Limited; Penguin Books
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 119 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- New Delhi, New York, NY, India.
- ISBN
- 9353053498
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
RIYA HAS ALWAYS HAD A SECRET AMBITIONβWINNING THE COVETEI MISS INDIAN BEAUTY CROWNIt's Riya's chance to turn fantasy Into reality. The Miss Indian Beauty contest could well be her ticket to instant fame and success. After all, she's good-looking, Intelligent, confident and, most importantly, tallβhow difficult could it be? But Riya is in for a dose of reality, as she soon finds herself in the company of twenty-two gorgeous girls, under house arrest in a five-star hotel in Mumbai for a rigorous training session that will test them all to their limits.With each girl's eyes set on the crown, the mood is emotionally charged and the atmosphere intense, exhilarating, vicious and explosive all at once. What Would You Do to Save the World? is a delightfully entertaining first novel which reveals the dust behind the diamonds, the tears behind the plastic smiles, and dishes the dirt on what really goes on behind the scenes of a beauty pageant.
β¦ Subjects
India
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