Miss World 2017 Manushi Chhillar along with her predecessor Miss World 2016 Stephanie Del Valle joined hands with the Variety Children’s Telethon from 3rd March 2018 to 4th March 2018 held at Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center, Iowa.
The annual telethon raised 3,757,820 USD which will go towards helping underprivileged, at-risk and special needs children throughout the state. Since the inception of the Telethon in 1975, Variety has raised more than $100 million to support the children of Iowa.
The Miss World queens were in The United States with the Beauty with a Purpose tour in its final leg. Joining the noble cause, both the beauty queens took to their official Instagram accounts to keep their followers updated as well as spread awareness regarding the same.
Manushi Chhillar presented alongside Hacksaw Duggan at the Variety Telethon. Other prominent personalities present at the gala were - Alfreda Burke, Scott Smith, Rodrick Dixon, Julia Morley, Jason Cook, Emma Samms, Denise Shipler, Cody Leppo among others.
Also present at the fundraiser were Miss Iowa USA 2018 Jenny Valliere and Miss Iowa Teen USA 2018 Isabella Russell.
Megan Grandgeorge, spokeswoman for the Des Moines-based charity, says this is the 44th year for the telethon and it will feature a host of stars who are flying in from all over the world. “Some names you might know include WWE wrestling star Jim ‘Hacksaw’ Duggan. We have David Anthony Higgins who’s a Des Moines native and an array of talented band members and cast members and it all goes to help Iowa children.”
She also pointed out, “We have five programs but our biggest program is our grant program in which we grant out money to between 70 and 100 different children’s organizations each year.”