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           shree saini wins first runner-up title




                                        at miss World 2021





          The beauty queen hails from Ludhiana, Punjab. Her family moved to Washington DC when she was

                        just 5. Her life has not been a bed of roses as she suffered quite a lot health wise



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           ndian-American Shree Saini from the United
           States  has  bagged  the  first  runner-up  title  at
        IMiss World 2021, followed by Olivia Yace from
        Cote  d’Ivoire  as  the  second  runner-up.  Karolina
        Bielawska from Poland won the title of internation-
        al beauty pageant.
            The pageant took place on March 16 (March
        17 IST) in San Juan, Puerto Rico, after it was de-  ca headquarters in Los Angeles.
        layed in 2020 due to COVID-19.                   In her statement after winning Shree Saini
            A facial burns survivor, Shree Saini is also the
        Miss World Beauty With A Purpose (BWAP) am-  had said, “I am happy and quite nervous. I can’t
                                                     express my feelings (in words). All the credit goes
        bassador, as described in her Instagram bio.  to  my  parents, especially my  mother because  of
            Ahead of the Miss World event, she took to Ins-
        tagram and shared a photo from her childhood. With   whose support I am here. Thank you Miss World
                                                     America for this honor.”
        a crown on her head, the photo showed her dressed   At Miss World 2021, Femina Miss India World
        up as Miss World. “Miss World Started! When I was   2020  Manasa  Varanasi  represented  India  at  the
        just 6, I dressed up as Miss World, because I saw   Miss World 2021. She reached the Top 13 contes-
        Miss World as a Superhero. A woman who serves   tants but could not make it to the Top 6 finalists.
        with  her  loving  heart,”  she  wrote  in  the  caption.  The newly crowned Miss World is preceded by
            In October 2021, Shree Saini became the first
        Indian-American to win Miss World America.   Miss World 2019 Toni-Ann Singh from Jamaica.
                                                         India  last  bagged  the  crown  in  2017,  repre-
            Shree Saini hails from Ludhiana, Punjab. Her
        family moved to Washington DC when she was   sented by model-actor Manushi Chhillar.
        just 5. Her life has not been a bed of roses as she
        suffered quite a lot health wise. She has had a per-
        manent pacemaker since she was 12, and was diag-
        nosed with a rare heart condition. Due to this, she
        underwent an open-heart surgery and a pacemak-
        er was inserted, according to a report published by
        Better India.
            She also met with a fatal accident that left her
        with facial burns. But she did not let anything hold
        her back and emerged stronger.
            Having faced so many challenges, she got the
        purpose of her life. In an interview, she once said
        that it was her childhood dream to become Miss
        World and she wants to inspire others.
            “I hope my story of overcoming FACIAL
        BURNS and HEART DEFECT, can encourage
        people to overcome their daily challenges,” she
        wrote in an Instagram post ahead of the Miss
        World event.
            Earlier,  Shree  Saini  became  the  first  Indi-
        an-American to win the crown of Miss World
        America 2021. Diana Hayden crowned Shree Saini
        at the event, which was held at Miss World Ameri-


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