The contest was open to women from all ethnicities as organisers wanted it to be as diverse as possible.

It follows the success of Liza Lazarus, a Welsh beauty who scooped the Miss Universe UK title last year, and then found herself on screen with the Salman Khan-starrer 'Veer'.

'The winner will get all the help and support I can offer to make sure they get every chance to make a name for themselves in Bollywood. It will be an exciting experience for them and one that they will not forget,' said Choudhury.

The finalists are: Kiran Myarr (Coventry), Natasha Khan (Middlesex), Amandeep Sahota (W. Yorkshire), Stacey Fox (Essex), Saher Ahmed (Birmingham), Tanita Wahid (Birmingham), Kirsty Lo (Kidderminster), Natasha Mistry (Bedfordshire), Samera Bilal (W. Yorkshire), Nisha Mavani (London), Ashley Mckeever (Lancashire), Kinjala Kansara (Warwickshire), Simran Chadha (Manchester), Saffiya Khan (W. Sussex) and Reena Patel (London).