Bringing laurels for the State, Pratima Sahu, a homemaker of Rourkela, won the ‘Mrs India 2021’ title at a national beauty pageant held recently at Nagpur in Maharashtra.
Pratima bagged the title after impressing jury members comprising personalities from modeling and film industry with her wit and beauty during the four rounds of the beauty competition organised by IBWA.In the first phase, the selection was done online in December. Thirty married women were selected for the final round of the competition. “I owe my success to my parents and my family, school principal, colleagues and my friends , who have supported wholeheartedly,” said Pratima. “ I have strong faith on God and look forward to do good in life.” she added.
Pratima is working as a teacher at the Ispat English Medium School and a news anchor. She is also founder-chairperson of an NGO ‘Neelam Foundation’.Her husband, Prasant Kumar Behera is working as a General Manager at the Rourkela Steel Plant. Her daughter, Adisha Amrit is a Standard-V student of the St.Joseph Convent school here. Significantly, a Kalyani Das, another woman of the city, has won the 2nd runners-up title in this beauty contest.