City woman crowned Mrs India Exquisite
Tribune News Service
Jammu, November 15
A Jammu woman, Meenu Mahajan, has been crowned Mrs India Exquisite for the year 2016-17 in a national annual event organised at New Delhi on November 10.
Meenu Mahajan, daughter of Vinod Gupta and wife of Varun Mahajan of Trikuta Nagar, has brought laurels to the state by winning the crown and now she will be representing India in the USA for the title of Mrs International Exquisite.
Meenu became the first-ever Jammu-based woman who has won this title.
Meenu, who was born and brought up in Jammu city, has done her schooling from Tiny Tots School and later completed her graduation from Government College for Women, Gandhi Nagar, and then did her postgraduation in two subjects, sociology and urban planning.
Meenu was also awarded Ms Beautiful Skin in the India Exquisite pageant and she said she was the only contestant in this event who was a fresher in the field and never got any professional training.
“I was very much health and beauty conscious and also interested to move towards modeling field since my college days,” said 5.5 inches-tall Meenu and added that her family did not allow her to do modeling then. But she continued with her motto and finally, through internet, she got a chance and applied as a contestant for this title. After crossing five long rounds, she made Jammu proud by winning the title.