Here's why 3 north-eastern beauty queens representing India at international pageants is a big deal
Priyadarshini Chatterjee, Imlibenla Wati and Rewati Chetri will represent India on a global level this year.
Beauty queens Priyadarshini Chatterjee, Imlibenla Wati and Rewati Chetri are all set to represent India at three different international pageants this year.
But what's so different about them? All three of them hail from the North-Eastern states of the country.
The three beauty queens are all set to embark a journey to win three different international coveted crowns where they will represent India.
This is the very first time in the history of Indian beauty pageants that three divas from Assam and Nagaland will represent India.
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While Priyadarshini Chatterjee and Rewati Chetri are from Assam, Imlibenla Wati hails from Nagaland.
Priyadarshini Chatterjee, who won the Miss India World this year will represent the country at Miss World 2016.
"Having got the chance to represent North East India in a premier pageant like Miss India World, my next wish will be to represent India and make my country proud and project my native place, my region. No other commitments now," the girl from Assam told PTI.
Imlibenla Wati who bagged the Miss India Asia Pacific crown will battle it out at Miss Asia Pacific World in China. "I'm humbled and extremely optimistic. Things are changing for the north eastern states," Wati told ScoopWhoop news.
Whereas, Rewati Chetri, winner of Miss International India and former Miss Nagaland 2013, will represent India at the Miss World Beauty International scheduled to be held in South Korea.
Here's wishing the three ladies all the good luck in the world!