International Hair & Beauty Contest – OMC Asia Cup Open was organized from 17-18 May, where six awards were won by contestants from Rajasthan.

The team of 25 from India was lead by Ashok Paliwal and Sangeeta Chauhan. 9 members of the team won the awards. In total, 14 countries participatedin the contest.

Jai Parekh, Kota and Alisha Chauhan, Delhi won Bronze in Creative Styling. Lata Kanchandani, Mumbai won bronze in Fantasy Makeup. Swetasha Paliwal from Udaipur, Yogi Indulkar from Mumbai and Anil Sen from Udaipur won fourth place in Evening Hair Style. Pushkar Sen from Udaipur along with Kamlesh Sen from Udaipur and Milan Bhatia from Mumbai won fifth place in Classic Gents Hair Cut. Also, Fiza Khan from Jaipur won eighth position in Bridal Makeup.

Ashok Paliwal from Udaipur along with Sangeeta Chauhan and Vijay Bhardwaj were also selected as the three judges from India in contests by OMC. This is a big achievement as Indian camp was trying hard to get into selection panel from past few years.