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Richa Adhia
Born
Rachael Maria Adhia

(1988-05-01) 1 May 1988 (age 36)
Mwanza, Tanzania
EducationShaaban Robert Secondary School
Occupation(s)Model, Beauty therapist, Actress
SpouseHaninder Sachdeva
Beauty pageant titleholder
TitleMiss Tanzania 2007
Miss Earth Tanzania 2006
Major
competition(s)		Miss Tanzania

Rachael "Richa" Maria Adhia (born 1988) is a Tanzanian model and beauty pageant contestant who won Miss Earth Tanzania 2006 and Miss Tanzania 2007.[1] She is of Indian descent with family origins from Calangute, Goa.[2][3] She represented Tanzania in both Miss Earth 2006 in the Philippines and Miss World 2007 in China. So far, she remains the only Tanzanian beauty pageant contestant to have represented her country in both of the International contests. In 2010 she was also chosen to represent Tanzania at Miss India Worldwide pageant.

Miss Earth Tanzania 2006

Adhia won Miss Earth Tanzania 2006 and represented Tanzania in Miss Earth 2006 at the Philippines where she was initially counted among the strongest contestants from Africa, after being placed among Top 15 best swimsuit contestants. However, she was unable to make a cut into the semifinalists in the Final Show.

Miss Tanzania 2007

After completing her reign as Miss Earth Tanzania in 2006, Richa, went ahead to participate in other regional beauty contests and finally won Miss Kinondoni 2007, after which she was able to participate in Miss Tanzania 2007 contest which she eventually also won. There was a controversy over her win due to her race, as she was of Indian origin.[4] However, despite the mixed reactions, she went ahead to participate in Miss World 2007 contest in China the same year and became the first Asian ethnic contestant to represent an East African country in Miss World contest.

Miss India Worldwide 2010

On 6 March 2010, Richa was chosen to represent Tanzania in Miss India Worldwide 2010 contest for the first time, the contest was held in Durban, South Africa where she was placed among the Top Ten contestants and also won a TOP MODEL award.[5]

Acting

In addition to being a model and an event organizer, Richa has also acted in the following movies

Year Title
2009 Full Moon[6]
2012 Zamora[7]

Personal life

In 2018 she was married to Haninder Sachdeva, a British hotelier and entrepreneur.

References

  1. ^ "Showbiz Highlights—Miss TZ's side hustle", Saturday Nation, 5 December 2009, retrieved 3 April 2010
  2. ^ "Encounter with African Beauty Queen". Nile Journal. 14 August 2012.
  3. ^ "Miss Tanzania World: Richa Adhia talks about her Goan roots". Goanvoice.org.
  4. ^ "Richa Adhia's coronation draws mixed reactions". www.habaritanzania.com. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012.
  5. ^ "Lady Jay Dee: RICHA ADHIA DOES TANZANIA PROUD". ladyjaydee.blogspot.com. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011.
  6. ^ "Full Moon — Bongo Movie | Tanzania".
  7. ^ "— Bongo Movies".
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