Brides of Asia 2019

Anu Samra, the new face of Queensland

Anu Samra was born & raised in Punjab in Northern India.

Anu has loved the stage ever since childhood & has competed at state & national levels.
She’s taken her passion all the way in winning the Miss Punjaban in India & Mrs Punjaban Queensland followed up with winning the Mrs Punjaban Australia title 2017/2018.

Anu has modelled eversince her University days where she first modelled for local designers in India. 
Anu has been actively involved in various community events,photoshoots & fashion shows like Red carpet at Parliament house,Lakme fashion show,Brides of Asia,to name a few.
Anu has also been a panel judge at cultural events in Brisbane as well as a panel judge for Miss and Mrs Perth Punjaban 2018.

Anu today is a Gold Coast business woman who is a proud mother of a 12 year old son & with her husband owns a diverse array of businesses from retail to childcare.

Anu has a real “passion for fashion” and loves nothing more than displaying collections from innovative designers.

Anu believes….
The success of every woman should be the inspiration to another.
We should raise each other up.
Make sure you’re very courageous: be strong,
be extremely kind,and above all be humble.
(Serena Williams)

 Pallavi Seth talks about being an artist

Pallavi Seth is a professional freelance HMUA. After several years of doing makeup and hairstyling as a hobby for friends and family, Pallavi decided to turn her passion into her profession. She has completed her certification from Academy of Makeup, Brisbane and has also trained under renowned HMUAs like Martha Mok and Vidya Tikari. Pallavi specialises in bridal, glamour and special events makeup and has also done hair and makeup for several runway fashion shows, video shoots, photoshoots and theatre performances. In a short span of time her brand Makeovers by Pallavi Seth has built for itself a strong clientele and a name specially among the Asian community in Brisbane.

Her esteemed clientele includes names like Brides of Asia, Meraki Fashion Show, Ravishing Fashionistas, Mrs Australia Universal 2019 – Upma Kite , Mrs Ondia Global 2018 – Simran Gulati , Mrs India Global 2019 – Deepti Dialani, Ms Australia Galaxy 2019 – Leila Loi, Miss India Worldwide Runner up 2019 – Sindhu Jayaram and Miss India Australia International 2019 – Tazmeen Sahib to name a few.

Besides being a hair and makeup artist par excellence, Pallavi boasts of many other feathers in her cap which include fashion designing, fashion modelling and Bollywood dance fitness training and choreography to name a few.

Pallavi believes that makeup is a tool to enhance a woman’s natural beauty and she loves the fact that as a makeup artist she gets a chance to make her clients feel special and realise their unique beauty.

Couture Studio the luxury fashion house by Sadaf Rose Tariq

Couture Studio is a luxury fashion house in Sydney, defined by timeless sophistication, opulence and elegance. Focusing on exquisite aesthetics, extraordinary attention to design details, and pure fabrics, it brings a unique embodiment of glamour and style to Australia. Couture Studio specialises in evening wear and bridal couture by Sadaf Rose Tariq.
Started by Sadaf Rose, an architect turned fashion designer, in 2008, Couture Studio has become well known for its fashion forward designs and superb craftsmanship in all its outfits. Sadaf has an innate sense of style and a passion for creating unique designs. Working with high end designers in Lahore, Sadaf aims to challenge the status quo, and bring energy and vitality to the almost non-existent Pakistani designer retail market in Australia. She’s all set to raise the bar higher with each progressing year.

To date, Couture Studio has been a part of four fashion shows. The latest two, being Lakme Australia 2018, and Angels with Wings 2018. The collections presented on the runway, The Pastel Garden and Un Rêve Céleste, spoke volume about refinement and magnificence. Curated to compose impeccable looks, both were a couture heaven of silver and gold dusty visions. Of rich pearls, jewels and crystals.

This year, Couture Studio is again honoured to showcase its new bridal collection at Lakme Australia 2019 in Melbourne on the 25th May. And Brides of Asia at the Palazzo Versace Hotel, Gold Coast, in July. The collection will also entail majestic jewellery from the jewellery masters of Jaipur, a new venture by Couture Studio.

Prepared to be spellbound!

MEET Ash Kashyap  One of the finest Indian wedding photographers in Australia

Ash Kashyap is a commercial wedding photographer based in Brisbane and also one of the finest Indian wedding photographers in Australia. Ash operates as the director at Hallmark Photography, one of the premier wedding photography studios in Australia, specializing in luxury wedding photography and cinematic wedding films. Ash’s crew at Hallmark Photography comprises of a variety of professional photographers and videographers who work together as a team having expertise in different styles and equipment, including aerial drone and underwater photography. Ash covers weddings in and around Brisbane and Gold Coast and often travel to Sydney, Melbourne and even overseas. Ash believes that your wedding is one of the most important days in your life and with that in mind, this makes his job not only hugely important but a real honor. It’s something he pour’s his heart and soul in to. Therefore he only takes up a very limited number of bookings each year to ensure that he can put 100% perfection into each and every wedding. Have a look at his work at www.hallmarkphotography.com.au. Whether you’re getting married in Brisbane or anywhere in Australia or even on the other side of the world Ash would love to hear from you.