Newly crowned Miss India 2017 Manushi Chhillar is dedicatedly moving towards representing her country on international platform. The 20 year old beauty is studying medicine and her mission is to spread awareness about menstrual hygiene through her initiative, Project Shakti.
“The poor menstrual management in our country and across the world has always bothered me as a person ... That’s one cause that I will take forward with me,” said Chhillar. “I feel it is a very basic factor that is inculcated in every woman. I started a project called Project Shakti and through that I educated women about menstrual hygiene as that’s one cause I really feel for,” she added.
Modeling was never her first choice as Manushi comes from a family where people believe in education and no one really steps out into the entertainment industry. “I am the first one from my family and friends to step into the world,” said Chhillary, who belongs to a family of doctors. Even I am pursuing medicine myself and my sister is an advocate. My younger brother is still studying in school,” said Chhillar.
The beauty believes that she is blessed as she never had to sit her parents down to tell them what she wants. With dancing, singing, poetry writing and painting as her favourite interests, Chhillar believes in just one motto, “The sky is the limit. We are limitless and so are our dreams, we must never doubt ourselves.”
Talking about her inspiration in life, she said she is motivated by Miss World 1966 Reita Faria. “She is not only the first Indian to represent the country in Miss World, but also won it. The best part about her is that she followed her passion. The moment she was done with her duties as Miss World, she went into education as she was passionate about becoming a doctor,” she said.
Manushi’s current focus is only to bring Miss World crown, a title that no Indian has won after 2000, when Priyanka Chopra was crowned.
