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Miss world aMErica

my title is a victory of diversity:

Shree Saini

Thank you, God for blessing me with the service job of Miss World America 2021.

I With your affectionate sup-
feel so endlessly grateful to is a win for our diverse Ameri- with a complete heart block, I
everyone who has held my ca, for every race, for everyone. have a pacemaker in my heart port, I invite you all to be a part
hand, encouraged me, cor- I am honored to represent that to keep me alive.
rected me and guided me on Inclusivity that America has. I got my heart surgery at of my journey.
Shree Saini has been a vis-
my life journey. I want to share my life sto- age 12 and I will be having a iting student at Harvard Uni-
I am a heart patient with a ry and message that with hard heart surgery soon. It’s a win versity, Yale School of Drama,
complete heart block, I am a work and endless kindness we for hard work. I’ve worked so and Stanford University, later
facial burns survivor and with can create a loving world. life-threatening hard for this earning her bachelor’s degree
your blessings, I have over- It’s not always easy to talk moment. I have lovingly and from University of Washington.
come many other problems in about my deepest pains but I with great humility served over She studied Non-Profit Man-
my life. will talk so that I can help and 100 nonprofits focusing on agement at Harvard Univer-
I’m now your first Amer- strengthen others. I’ve dealt “Heart and Emotional Health”. sity, Performing Arts at Yale
ican of Indian origin and first with 2 major life-threatening Grateful for the Miss World School of Drama, and Social
Asian to become Miss World events in my life. Each time I organization for planting the Entrepreneurship at Stanford
America. Because of the his- have tried to convert my pain seed of service in my heart University and Journalism at
toric nature of my crowning, I into purpose. Few years ago, I when I was very young. I was University of Washington.
believe this is a collective win. suffered from facial burns due just 6 years, when I dressed up She is a trained ballerina,
It’s not just my win. It’s a win to a car accident. as “miss world” in my school and has been accepted to train
for our inclusive “America”, It I am also a heart patient event. at Joffrey Ballet.

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