Parul Shah


Parul Quitola Shah is an Indian-Filipino model and beauty pageant titleholder who represented her province of Pangasinan and was crowned Binibining Pilipinas Tourism 2014 at the Binibining Pilipinas 2014 pageant held on March 30, 2014 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City, Philippines. Parul was awarded with co-winners: Mary Jean Lastimosa, Mary Anne Bianca Guidotti, Yvethe Marie Santiago, and Kris Tiffany Janson. In 2015, she was appointed as Binibining Pilipinas Grand International 2015.

Personal life

Shah was born in Dubai and graduated from the University of the Cordilleras with a BS in Nursing. She is fluent in English, Tagalog, Pangasinense, Hindi, and Arabic. She is the second of four siblings.

Pageantry

She competed at the Binibining Pilipinas 2013 pageant and was chosen as one of the 15 semi-finalists. She decided to once again compete in Binibining Pilipinas and entered the 2014 edition on 30 March 2014, where she was crowned Binibining Pilipinas Tourism 2014 by the outgoing titleholder Binibining Pilipinas Tourism 2013, Joanna Cindy Miranda. However she could not compete in the said pageant as the pageant never happened. Parul Shah was handpicked to represent the Philippines at Miss Grand International 2015, where she placed 3rd Runner-up.
Shah represented the Mountain Province during the Turismo Pilipina 2008 pageant.

Post Pageantry

In 2016, Shah won the fifth season of The Amazing Race Asia with Maggie Wilson.