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Entertainment Report

Grooming session of the beauty contest 'Style Icon' was held recently. Viewers will get opportunity to watch the beauty contest on air. The first show of the contest was aired on ATN Bangla on January 2. The show will be aired on ATN Bangla twice a week - on Fridays at 8:00pm and on Mondays at 8:45 pm.

Primary selection round of the beauty contest started from November 25, 2008 where 16 judges selected 200 contestants from more than 20,000 applicants. Of the 200, 26 were selected for the grooming session, which was conducted at the Fantasy Kingdom theme park. Film director Chashi Nazrul Islam, beauty expert Kaniz Almas, fashion designer Shahrukh Shahid and artiste Fahmida Nabi among others were the judges of this session. Twenty contestants were selected from this round who are now going through another grooming round in Chittagong. This session includes physical exercise, choreography, ramp, beautification, basic walk, regular lecture, discussion, lifestyle training and more. Five competitors will be eliminated from here and the top ten will be selected from the rest. These 10 contestants will then participate in the 'Gala Round.'

Style Icon is jointly organised by ATN Bangla, Ittefaq group and Concord group. Koushik Hossain Tapash is the creative director and Mukaddem Babu is the producer of the show.