When a winner becomes judge

one look at the tall, striking aditi gowitrikar and you know why she was chosen as gladrags supermodel and crowned the first mrs world. talking about what it''s like to be a judge at the grasim contest, aditi says it''s good to be on the other side for a change. "it was especially nice being the one asking the questions." having participated in and won contests, she says she knows exactly what a participant goes through at that clinching moment."i can empathise with them," she says. is there a difference between young men and women at these contests? "men do not show pressure or emotion in the greenroom," she says, "but otherwise, everyone goes through pretty much the same feelings." given that the grasim mr india contest is a personality contest, she saidshe based her judgement on the participants'' ability to answer her questions, how spontaneous they were, the confidence they exuded and, of course, their physique. "this is in keeping with the guidelines given to judges," adds aditi. she found the contestants all had different talents and abilities.some were good singers, some will make good models and some have the talent to become good actors. with the likes of dino morea, arjun ramphal and others shifting to movies there are opening in the modelling field. and these boys, says aditi, may find a place there. contests for miss world, mrs world and mr world -- will baby world be next? aditi says she is not for making children compete. "i would never put my daughter into something like that. i am someone who gives a lot of importance to education. also, these children tend to lose their innocence and become brattish," she says. aditi adds she found it tough to handle her studies and modelling so she would not impose such pressures on her daughter. "maybe some parents can handle it better," she says.