Arooj Bokhari was appointed the new Miss Earth Pakistan 2020 recently and will be representing Pakistan at Miss Earth 2020 stage. Pakistan last competed at Miss Earth in 2017 and will be returning to Miss Earth stage with Arooj Bokhari. She is very excited and feels honoured to be a part of Miss Earth family.
Hailing from Lahore, Arooj is 24-years-old and is studying in Kensington, United Kingdom. She is a legally qualified barrister as well as a human rights activist. She describes herself as the exalted, strong, and confident woman. Born to an engineer father and medical professional mother, Arooj understood the importance of education and voicing of one’s opinion from a very young age. She believed that if one must live a better life, they must educate themselves in order to work towards the life they desire.
Arooj is not new to pageantry as she has previously competed in Miss World University 2019 in Jeju, South Korea. She wants to represent Pakistan at Miss Earth 2020 stage and want to work towards reducing the carbon footprint. She mentioned that she is an avid gardener and plant flowers that clean the air as well encourage bees. She also talks about the conscious of sustainability in all facets in her life, from shopping to recycling. She urges everyone to follow these easy steps to start one’s journey to combating global warming.
The diva is also a firm believer in educating young girls and it is a cause that is very passionate about and she has worked with the Edhi foundation and volunteered at pop up schools to teach under privileged children. She is determined that the single most important factor in achieving one’s dreams and especially for women is to allow them to be independent and, to be true to oneself and go for your dreams. She supports the platform of Malala Yousafzia and campaigns against modern day slavery and spearheaded a campaign to United Nations to seek justice for such a victim. She explained that she is the international Membership Representative at Amnesty International, where she represents human rights activists globally.
For Arooj, her role model is her mother who has devoted her whole life to care and raise Arooj and her family and instilled in the ethic to work hard for our dreams. The diva explains that her mother has been her biggest supporter and motivation to keep working hard and she was the one who pushed her towards beauty pageants. She mentioned, “I owe my success to the lessons she taught me as a child, tirelessly caring and loving us all.” The diva also added that her father has been one of the constant support in her life as well as career who would always cheer her up and keep motivating her for doing good in life.
Arooj is working hard to be in her top shape physically, as well as have the correct headset going into the competition. She believes that one should “Overcome your fears and go for your dreams, you cannot become what you do not dream!” She wants to be someone that makes her country proud and Miss Earth 2020 stage is that platform. With her positive attitude towards marking her own standing in the beauty pageant world and doing something for the environment, Arooj Bokhari can emerge as a strong contender for the title of Miss Earth 2020. She has already started to prepare herself for the virtual coronation ceremony of Miss Earth 2020 which is scheduled to be held between 21st September to 29th November 2020.
Congratulations to the queen!