Kiki Hakansson, first Miss World, passes away at 95
Kiki made history in 1951 as the first Miss World, crowning the inaugural pageant in London. She became a pioneering figure in global beauty contests.
Beauty may be subjective but what remains universally true is that ‘what is beautiful within is beautiful throughout. With this belief, Empress Universe has initiated a first-of-its-kind beauty pageant in India.
The pageant is an international initiative of change and empowerment for married, single and petite women from all walks of life and geographies and attracting contestants from USA, UK, South Africa, Canada, Sri Lanka, Australia and other countries.
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The pageant has five categories including Empress Universe, Elegance, Grace, Ms, and Petite. The contestants can apply via web-based audition from anywhere in the world. With registrations still open, the pageant has already received 7000 online registrations, of which nearly 2000 are not Indian nationals.
Shelly Maheshwari Gupta, founder, ‘conceptualizer’, says,“Empress Universe 2018 is a platform which not only focuses on external beauty but also promotes the inner beauty. ‘To be an Empress you need to be a good human first’ – this is the core Moto of the pageant. With its core purpose of helping the community, the platform intends to identify various social causes and put efforts for bringing a positive impact in the world.”
‘Empress Universe 2018’ will have its grand finale in Goa in December this year. Renowned international panelists and jury will evaluate the registered online participants for different titles at city, state and country levels. Every country winners from all five categories along with the 3 runners-up in each will compete for the main title of ‘Empress Universe 2018’.
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