The 10 Most Beautiful Women in Dallas
How We Picked the Finalists:
We solicited nominations through www.dmagazine.com, plus we threw in our own candidates. After looking through hundreds of nominations, and interviewing dozens of women, D Magazine editors narrowed the pool down to 20 semifinalists.
Video From the Interview
Purvi Patel
Age: 36
Occupation: Attorney
Occupation: Attorney
Why She's a Semifinalist: Purvi Patel’s the whole package: brains (she’s an attorney), beauty (obviously), heart (she’s on the board of Big Thought) and she’s a tad bit silly (in the movie of her life, she’d be played by Tina Fey’s Liz Lemon from 30 Rock). Patel’s artistic, too. She works in trademark law to protect creative work, takes advantage of the expanding Arts District when she can, and spends lunch breaks shopping the Design District. (If she wasn’t a lawyer, she says she’d work in home design.) She even sits on the Board of Governors for the Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s education subcommittee. The Dallas dining scene has her attention, too, and she includes Fearings, Shinsei, and Good 2 Go Taco on her list of favorite restaurants.
Fun Fact: “I’m Madonna’s biggest fan,” Patel says. “Whenever she’s on tour, I go to three or four of her concerts and I make it into mini vacations.”
Fun Fact: “I’m Madonna’s biggest fan,” Patel says. “Whenever she’s on tour, I go to three or four of her concerts and I make it into mini vacations.”