Manasa Varanasi
- Femina Miss India 2020
- Miss India World 2020
competition(s)
- Miss Telangana 2019 (Top 3)
- Miss Telangana 2020 (Winner)
- Femina Miss India 2020 (Winner)
- Miss World 2022 (Top 13)
Manasa Varanasi (born 21 March 1997) is an Indian advocate, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Femina Miss India 2020.[1] She represented India at Miss World 2022 in San Juan, Puerto Rico where she reached the top 13.
Early life and education
Manasa Varanasi was born in Hyderabad to Ravi Sankar and Shailaja.[2] She moved to Malaysia at a young age due to her father's work and attended the Global Indian International School and completed her grade 10 there. Later she returned to India, and completed her intermediate then studied computer science at the Vasavi College of Engineering in Hyderabad. After graduating with a computer science degree, she began work as a financial information exchange analyst at FactSet, in Hyderabad.[3] She won the Miss Fresher title in the first year of her college.[citation needed]
Pageantry
In 2020, she won Femina Miss India 2020, representing the state of Telangana, on 10 February 2021. She was crowned as Femina Miss India World 2020 by the outgoing titleholder Miss World 2019 second runner-up and Miss World Asia Suman Rao, at the Hyatt Regency, Mumbai. During the pageant's sub contest ceremony, she won the Miss Rampwalk award.[4] She represented India at Miss World 2021, on 16 March 2022 at Coca-Cola Music Hall, San Juan, Puerto Rico.[citation needed]
Advocacy
Varanasi advocated strengthening child protection laws in India for her beauty with a purpose project. She also spoken about, "We Can", an awareness campaign against sexual abuse of children.[5][6][7]
References
- ^ "Meet Manasa Varanasi, the 24-year old Miss India 2020 Winner From Telangana". makers.yahoo.com.
- ^ "My goal now is to bring home the Miss World crown: Manasa Varanasi - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ^ "Who is Manasa Varanasi, winner of Miss India 2020?". indianexpress.com. 11 February 2021.
- ^ "Telangana's Manasa Varanasi crowned VLCC Femina Miss India World 2020". thehindu.com. 11 February 2021.
- ^ "Campaign against child abuse launched". The Hindu. 5 September 2021.
- ^ "Manasa Varanasi supports campaign to protect children - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ^ "Femina Miss India World 2020 Manasa Varanasi On Her Dreams & Achievements". femina.in. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
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Preceded by | Femina Miss India 2020 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by Sanjana Vij | Femina Miss Telangana 2020 | Succeeded by |
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