Manasa Varanasi, an engineer from Telangana, was named winner of the VLCC Femina Miss India 2020 on Wednesday evening. Haryana’s Manika Sheokand was declared VLCC Femina Miss Grand India 2020, whilst Manya Singh was crowned runner-up of the pageant.
For Manya, the daughter of a rickshaw driver from Uttar Pradesh, the victory was additional sweet right after numerous sleepless nights and years of really hard work. Manya had earlier opened up about the struggles she faced on the road to accomplishment, saying that she hoped to inspire other people by making use of the platform offered by Miss India to speak about her journey.
“My blood, sweat, and tears have amalgamated into courage to pursue my dreams,” she mentioned in a post shared by the official Instagram deal with of Miss India back in December.
Manya, who was born in Kushinagar, mentioned in her post that she grew up in hard situations, spending nights devoid of meals or sleep and walking miles just to save a couple of rupees. She yearned for books and garments that had been not hand-me-downs, but luck, she says, was by no means in her favour.
Her parents mortgaged what ever tiny jewellery they had to spend Manya’s exam charge. “She believes that education is the strongest weapon one can have with themselves at all times,” Miss India mentioned about Manya Singh in a post shared final month.
“Doted on by her mother, she has won the Best Student award during her HSC. She has struggled a lot in life till date, from not being able to pay her school fees, not being able to afford books and being neglected by her classmates for being an auto driver’s daughter,” the post additional revealed.
In her post, Manya mentioned that she studied in the course of the day, washed dishes in the evening and worked at a contact centre at evening to get by. “I’ve walked hours to reach places so I could save the rickshaw fare,” she mentioned.
“I am here today at the VLCC Femina Miss India 2020 stage to uplift my father, my mother, and my young brother and to show the world that all is possible if you are committed to yourself and your dreams.”
The Miss India organisation thanked Manya for “sharing her story of struggle and hard work” and hailed her as an inspiration to other people.
The Miss India pageant is organised by Femina, a women’s magazine published by The Times Group. In an write-up published on India Times, the group introduced the 3 winners of the pageant. According to the write-up, Manya Singh is at present preparing for additional education in Management Studies.
After winning the Best Student award in 12th grade, she went to Thakur College for additional research.