"Kingston Vogue" - Winners Announced - Two Indians bag the coveted title

Kingston Technology, the independent world leader in memory products, today announced the winners of "Kingston Vogue" contest. The online contest which was conducted in the month of May 2010 received applications from hundreds of young aspiring people from all across the APAC region.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, September 3, 2010 /India PRwire/ -- Kingston Technology, the independent world leader in memory products, today announced the winners of "Kingston Vogue" contest. The online contest which was conducted in the month of May 2010 received applications from hundreds of young aspiring people from all across the APAC region. Since the contest started in May 2010, the website received more than 1 million page views and 700 submissions over APAC region! Out of fierce competition among 217 valid entries, the top 10 finalists were selected to enter the last round of the contest. Kingston interviewed each finalist to decide who will be their next spokesperson. "Kingston Vogue Contest" was Kingston's initiative on increasing its brand awareness and hunt for its new spokesperson to represent Kingston to the masses. The winners of the Million Dollar Look contest have now been disclosed and the coveted titles have been bagged by two Indians, Himanshu Gandhi and Vanya Mishra. Himanshu Gandhi is 18 years old, stands 6 feet and hails from Delhi. He is a fresh face in the glamorous modeling industry and currently pursuing Bachelor of Arts from Delhi University. He has done few shoots in modeling and loves watching movies, swimming and working out. He's a die hard sports fan and enjoys playing pool. His work profile includes shoots for Blue Oranze Garments, Homeshop 18, ibibo ihunk and ramp shows for local designers. On the other hand, Vanya Mishra is aged 18 years old and stands 5'.7". Vanya hails from Chandigarh and is currently a student at the PEC University of technology. This leggy lass enjoys reading, playing badminton, music and cricket. She aspires to one day represent India in the international fashion circuit. Prior to "Kingston Vogue" Vanya had participated in MTV teen Diva and Universal Teen Beauty pageant.

The winners of "Kingston Vogue" contest will receive professional modeling courses, attend trendy events and will be featured in all the Kingston advertisements in the APAC region.

"Kingston is not only noted for its high-quality products and top-rated after-sales service, but also for the creative marketing promotions and campaigns, which effectively and successfully increases the brand awareness," commented Scott Chen, Vice President, APAC Region, Kingston Technology. "'Kingston Vogue' was our initiative of the year, which leveraged the power of social media" he added further.

To discuss Kingston products, please visit www.kingston-blog.come . To try the game "Challenge Your Memory", please go to www.kingston-blog.com/challenge_your_memory/en/. To get the freshest information on Kingston, please go to http://twitter.com/KingstonFEPR. To know more about Kingston's inside stories, please join its Facebook Fan's page at: www.facebook.com/KingstonAPAC.

To find out if your Kingston product is genuine, Kingston also provides an online verification site: www.kingston.com/asia/verify. To try the game "Search for Genuine Kingston", please go to http://anti-counterfeit.kingston-blog.com. For the interesting animation: The Adventures of Rex, please visit: www.theadventuresofrex.com.

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DRAM:

Neoteric Informatique Limited, HCL Infosystems Limited, Compuage Infocom Limited,

Transtek Infoways Private Limited, Shree Pati Computers Private Limited,

Flash: HCL Infosystems Limited, Compuage Infocom Limited, Transtek Infoways Private Limited, Shree Pati Computers Private Limited, Sunrise Infosolutions Private Limited

Address: Kingston Technology, Liaison Office (India) , 808, Palm Spring Center, Above Croma, Link Road, Malad West, Mumbai - 400064

Phone number: 022 - 26592963, Email: sales_india@kingston.com, Website: www.kingston.com/india

Notes to Editor

About Kingston Technology Company, Inc.

Kingston Technology Company, Inc. is the world's largest independent manufacturer of memory products. Kingston designs, manufactures and distributes memory products for desktops, laptops, servers, printers, and Flash memory products for PDAs, mobile phones, digital cameras, and MP3 players. Through its global network of subsidiaries and affiliates, Kingston has manufacturing facilities in California, Taiwan, China, Malaysia and sales representatives in the United States, Taiwan, China, India, Australia, New Zealand, Vietnam, Europe, Russia, Turkey, and Latin America. For more information, please visitwww.kingston.com/india

Kingston and the Kingston logo are registered trademarks of Kingston Technology Corporation. All rights reserved. All other marks may be the property of their respective titleholders.

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