As the daughter of a farmer and a homemaker, Miss India World 2023 Nandini Gupta says she never let her background come in the way of her childhood dream of participating in a beauty pageant.
Nandini was announced the winner on Saturday night in Imphal, Manipur, where she beat out competition from 29 other contestants.
The newly-crowned Miss India World said she lived a simple life in Kota, Rajasthan, before moving to Mumbai to study business management.
“Your background doesn’t matter, it is who you become. No matter where you come from, life is a journey… That’s why I polished myself in such a way that it made me determined and ambitious.”
Gupta remembers being mesmerised by former Miss World Aishwarya Rai Bachchan at a young age.
“Coming from a small town, I had big dreams and today people have opened up their heart to me… Miss India is not only a platform that brings you closer to your dreams, it also gives you a voice, because people start to follow you,” she said.
The idea behind studying business management was to groom herself as an entrepreneur, Gupta added