Three girls from Odisha have brought laurels for the country and the State by winning titles at the Junior Model International beauty pageant in Dubai.
Lavanya Das won the title in teens group (between 13 years and 16 years) while Sribali Das, a Class-IV student of the Unit-8 DAV Public School, was announced as the first runners-up in Princess category at the beauty contest.
Besides, KR Santoshini was crowned as the second runners-up at the event held from October 14 to 19.
The three girls had represented India at the beauty contest following their selections at a national-level competition in Kerala. They had successfully qualified in all the rounds at the Odisha Junior Top Models competition held by the Odisha Fashion Villa in Bhubaneswar for participation in Kerala.