Nina Davuluri

It is a rock 'n' roller's dream to "sell out The Garden," but for a foreign politician to pack New York City's most famous sports and entertainment arena is another thing entirely.

Some 10,000 NRIs as also representatives from India, Canada and Britain are expected to attend the American Telugu Association's (ATA) 13th annual Conference and Youth Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Bollywood is dressing to impress America, host country of this year's IIFA Weekend

US First Lady Michelle Obama enquired from Indian-origin Miss America Nina Davuluri about the suspension of a high school student who had asked the beauty queen to be his prom night date.

Miss America is asking a Pennsylvania school district to reconsider the punishment of a high school senior who asked her to prom during the question-and-answer portion of an assembly.

A Pennsylvania high school student is in hot water for asking Miss America to prom during a question and answer session at school.

The first ever Indian-American Miss America 2014 Nina Davuluri with celebrated Indian-American chef Maneet Chauhan has been invited by the White House for its annual Easter Egg Roll Celebrations.

Eighteen-year-old Indian-American Emily Shah has won Miss New Jersey USA 2014 title, following in the footsteps of Nina Davuluri, who was crowned Miss America recently.

Miss America is evolving. And she's not going to look the same anymore."

So predicted Nina Davuluri during her quest to become the first Indian-American winner of the quintessential American beauty pageant. Then Davuluri backed it up by whirling through a Bollywood dance in a sari, baring her skin in a bikini, and championing the kind of diversity that made her milestone seem inevitable.

City-based relatives of Nina Davuluri, who today became the first Indian-origin contestant to win the Miss America pageant, said the newly-crowned beauty queen had not forgotten her roots and still liked Indian films.

The first Miss America pageant winner of Indian heritage was cheered by family members halfway around the world.

Miss New York Nina Davuluri is the new Miss America, but a barrage of racist tweets quickly greeted the crowning of the first winner of Indian descent.

Miss New York Nina Davuluri is the new Miss America, but a barrage of racist tweets quickly greeted the crowning of the first winner of Indian descent.

Twenty-four-year-old Nina Davuluri today became the first contestant of Indian heritage to win the Miss America pageant.

It is a rock 'n' roller's dream to "sell out The Garden," but for a foreign politician to pack New York City's most famous sports and entertainment arena is another thing entirely.

Some 10,000 NRIs as also representatives from India, Canada and Britain are expected to attend the American Telugu Association's (ATA) 13th annual Conference and Youth Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Bollywood is dressing to impress America, host country of this year's IIFA Weekend

US First Lady Michelle Obama enquired from Indian-origin Miss America Nina Davuluri about the suspension of a high school student who had asked the beauty queen to be his prom night date.

Miss America is asking a Pennsylvania school district to reconsider the punishment of a high school senior who asked her to prom during the question-and-answer portion of an assembly.

A Pennsylvania high school student is in hot water for asking Miss America to prom during a question and answer session at school.

The first ever Indian-American Miss America 2014 Nina Davuluri with celebrated Indian-American chef Maneet Chauhan has been invited by the White House for its annual Easter Egg Roll Celebrations.

Eighteen-year-old Indian-American Emily Shah has won Miss New Jersey USA 2014 title, following in the footsteps of Nina Davuluri, who was crowned Miss America recently.

Miss America is evolving. And she's not going to look the same anymore."

So predicted Nina Davuluri during her quest to become the first Indian-American winner of the quintessential American beauty pageant. Then Davuluri backed it up by whirling through a Bollywood dance in a sari, baring her skin in a bikini, and championing the kind of diversity that made her milestone seem inevitable.

City-based relatives of Nina Davuluri, who today became the first Indian-origin contestant to win the Miss America pageant, said the newly-crowned beauty queen had not forgotten her roots and still liked Indian films.

The first Miss America pageant winner of Indian heritage was cheered by family members halfway around the world.

Miss New York Nina Davuluri is the new Miss America, but a barrage of racist tweets quickly greeted the crowning of the first winner of Indian descent.

Miss New York Nina Davuluri is the new Miss America, but a barrage of racist tweets quickly greeted the crowning of the first winner of Indian descent.

Twenty-four-year-old Nina Davuluri today became the first contestant of Indian heritage to win the Miss America pageant.