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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

OUR BUREAU

Puerto Rico
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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