Sonam Choedon crowned Miss Tibet 2008 in Dharamsala, India

Sonam Choedon won the crown of Miss Tibet 2008 tonight at Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts in McLeodGanj, Dharamsala, India.The only other contestant, Jamyang Chentso, was the runner-up.Sonam Choedon was born in Lithang in Kham, eastern Tibet in 1990 is just 18 years of age. She is a student, has studied up to class 8 in Tibet. She can speak fluent Chinese, as well as Tibetan.

She came into exile in India in June 2008 in search of better opportunities for education. Her hobbies include dancing, reading and studying languages.In the future she would like to become a dance teacher and also work on languages. She would also like to use her life and strength to help others in need as people have done for her when she first arrived in India.
This new beauty queen, who speaks fluent Tibetan and Chinese, came into exile in India in June 2008 to seek “better opportunities to study”. She likes dancing, reading and studying languages and hopes to become a dance teacher someday.

Sonam edged out the only other contestant Jamyang Chentso, the 22-year old from Bir, Himachal Pradesh in India.

Chentso works as a receptionist in a country club in New Delhi and likes playing basketball, swimming and dancing. She believes “Miss Tibet symbolizes Tibet as a nation”.

The new Miss Tibet was presented 100,000 rupees and the runner-up with 50,000 rupees.

More than two thousand people watched the live show at Tipa and enjoyed the Miss Tibet 2008 pageant show.(Saransh Sehgal/Mcllo.com/India)