India’s 12-year-long dry run at the Miss World continued with Vanya Mishra losing out in the finals of the 2012 beauty pageant here Saturday.
The 20-year-old Chandigarh girl entered the top seven of the Miss World competition, being held in Dongsheng Fitness Center Stadium here, but lost to the Chinese contestant.
She impressed the judges with her confident manner and wit. When asked in the final round that given a choice, would she create a thousand jobs or feed a thousand children every day she replied, without a second thought, “Little children are innocent and anybody’s heart will melt. I will also try to give them education so that they can feed themselves and their family too.”
At the Miss World 2012, held at Ordos, China, Vanya Mishra won the ‘Miss World Beauty with a Purpose’ and ‘Miss Multimedia’ subtitles and made it to the top 7 finalists. Her work, especially with the charity ‘Muktangan’ gave her extra points.
In the end, all the pressure came down to the 30 seconds that the contestants had to impress the judges. A simple question was posed for all: ‘Why should you wear the crown?’ Here’s what Miss India 2012 Vanya Mishra had to say: “I believe that the next Miss World should be a woman with a kind heart and humility, who wherever she goes, makes people feel that she is their own. Somebody who carries simple values in this complex world, somebody who believes in herself. And this is what I believe I am.”