Answers that won beauty Pageant crown

Every woman who went for the beauty pageant contest have impressed everyone with their poise, wit, intelligence and eloquence. One of the best parts about the contest are the speeches that leave us feeling empowered. Women speaking words of wisdom that inspires a lot of other women out there is something that makes the contest even more special. While every question before the final round in the question and answer segment is a test of their intelligence, eloquence, and wit, every contest winner gave answers to questions with immense sensitivity and gracefulness that these answers have become an inspiration for people around the world.

1. Sushmita Sen, India

She was asked why she described India as the country where ‘love is a sense of life,’ here’s how she replied,

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“Well India is a country that everybody knows it has multinational people, as in people with different languages, people with different religions and we have about 168 languages and people all live together and there is to quite an extent a lot of peace which is very difficult with so many religions staying together and that is why I said love is a sense of life in India.”

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2. Zozibini Tunzi, South Africa

She was asked what we should be teaching young girls today and her answer made her win the contest,

“I think the most important thing we should be teaching young girls, today is leadership. It is something which has been lacking in young girls and women for a very long time and not because we don’t want to, but because of what society has labelled women to be. I think we are the most powerful beings on the earth, and that we should be given every opportunity. And that is what we should be teaching young girls, to take up space. Nothing is as important as taking up space in society and cementing yourself.”

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3. Aishwarya Rai, India

She was asked ‘What qualities should Miss World 1994 embody?’ and she gave the most most impressive answer,

“The Miss Worlds that we have had up to date have been proof enough that they have had compassion. Compassion for the underprivileged, not only the people who have status and stature. Who can look beyond the barriers that man has set up for ourselves, of nationality, colour, we have to look beyond that and that will make a true Miss World. A true person, a real person.”

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4. Vanessa Ponce, Mexico

Vanessa was asked how she would use her influence to help the world. Here’s what she answered,

“I will use my position just the way I’ve been doing for the past three years. Being an example. We all can be an example of good in the world, we all have to care, we all have to love, we all have to be kind. It doesn’t cost a thing, and helping is not that hard, you just really need the will to make a change…..there’s always someone that will need what you have to offer. So, help anyone you can, guys”

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5. Toni-Ann Singh, Jamaica

Miss Singh was asked ‘Why should you win? What’s special about you?’ She gave one if the most empowering answers that everyone loved,

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“I think I represent something special, a generation of women that are pushing forward to change the world. I wouldn’t say I’m different from any other women on this stage, but I will say that my passion for women and pouring into them and making sure they have the same opportunities that I have had is something that sets me apart.”

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6. Diana Hayden, India

Diana was asked  ‘Why do you want to become Miss World?’ And this is what she said,

“I draw inspiration from a famous writer and poet, William Butler Yeats, who once wrote – ‘With Dreams Begin Responsibility.'”

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7. Manushi Chhillar, India

Manushi Chillar was asked ‘Which profession should receive the highest salary in the world?’ Her answer won everyone’s heart,

“Since I am very close to my mother, a mother deserves the highest respect. And when you talk about salary… I don’t think it’s just about cash but I feel it’s the love and respect that you give to someone. And I think my mom has always been the biggest inspiration in my life and all mothers they just sacrifice so much for their kids so the profession which deserves the highest salary, the highest respect and love should be of a mother.”

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8. Yukta Mookhey, India

Yukta was asked what advice she had for her parents, as their daughter,

“I would tell my parents that in the values that you’ve taught me, I’ll still stand by you no matter what and hope that we can set an example for the rest of the world to see what family values and ethics are all about.”

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9. Natalie Glevoba, Canada

Natalie was asked ‘What the biggest challenge in her life was?’ And she gave a really positive answer that made her win the crown,

“The biggest challenge in my life is always trying to stay positive. I consider myself the kind of person who always looks at the glass half full instead of half empty and even though sometimes in difficult times, it’s hard to look at it this way, I always try to maintain a positive outlook on life”

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10. Mpule Gwelagope, Botswana

In the question and answer segment Mpule was asked what a contestant should do if she falls pregnant while running for Miss Universe, Mpule Gwelagope said this,

“Personally, I think Miss Universe is a symbol of a woman who celebrates her femininity and I believe if she got pregnant, you should not end the title. But, I believe that as a woman she should celebrate her femininity.”

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11. Lara Dutta, India

Lara Dutta was asked what her views were on the protests taking place at that time, ones that were claiming that beauty pageants are disrespectful towards women. And here’s what she said to win the contest,

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“I think pageants like the Miss Universe pageant give us young women a platform to foray in the fields that we want to and forge ahead, be it entrepreneurship, be it the armed force, be it politics. It gives us a platform to voice our choices and opinions and makes us strong, independent that we are today.”

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12. Dayana Mendoza, Venezuela

Dayana Mendoza was asked who had life easier, men or women. She had this witty response to the question,

“God made us share and have differences, but big differences? I don’t think so. The difference is that men think that the faster way to go to a point is to go straight, and women know that the faster way to go to a point is to go the curves and fix every curl.”

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13. Brook Mahealani Lee, USA

Brook was asked what she would do if there were no rules in life, for one day only, what outrageous thing would she do?

“I would eat everything in the world, I would eat everything twice.”

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