Manushi Chhillar, who recently won the title of Miss India World 2017, dreams of having an impact on the world. She will be representing India at Miss World 2017, scheduled to be held later in this year.

Even as a child, she wanted to excel in both the fields, modeling as well as medicine. And now that she has the platform - she was crowned as the 54th Femina Miss India World 2017, she hopes to take full advantage of it to spread awareness about social issues.

"Growing up," she says, "I was a very philosophical child. I always wanted to leave an impact on the world, and a positive influence over others." That intrinsic quality made her follow her parents' footsteps and pursue the field of medicine.

She also has another dream, to make it big in the field of modeling. Chhillar never had to tell her parents about her twin dream though. She says, "They already knew it. They've been very supportive and have treated it like their dream."

Chhillar began to use her position of fame during the course of the beauty pageant itself. For her 'Beauty with a Purpose' project for Miss World 2017, she decided to spread awareness about menstrual hygiene through her initiative 'Project Shakti'.

"Apart from menstrual management," says Chhillar, "I would also like to contribute to malnutrition and water scarcity. I spoke to the honourable chief minister of Haryana, MrManoharLalKhattar about the project too. I am planning on reaching out to more people and provide them with a system to manage menstruation."

As for her experience at the beauty pageant, Chhillar seems to have had a great one and now she is all set to compete at Miss World 2017.