Haryana girl Nishtha Dudeja has brought laurels for the state and the country by winning Miss Deaf Asia 2018 title at the 18th edition of Miss and Mister Deaf World -Europe -Asia Beauty Pageant 2018 held at Prague, Czech Republic, recently.
Dudeja is the first Indian to have won any title at Miss Deaf World Pageant. She faced very tough competition from the contestants of China, Thailand, Taiwan, Israel, Czech Republic, Belarus, Mexico, South Africa, etc.
The 23-year old, who was born deaf did not think of herself being differently abled and chose to take her fate in her own hands and today she has made Haryana proud again after the famous Sakshi Malik and Manushi Chillar.
“I want to thank my parents for their consistent support who were always there to help me. Now I want to help the deprived people even at the cost of my comfort. I believe that the differently abled people don’t need pity. They only deserve equal opportunities to prove themselves,” said Nishtha Dudeja.
The Panipat girl is a commerce graduate from Venketeshwar College, Delhi University and presently pursuing M.A in economics from Mithibai College, University of Mumbai.
Earlier, Nishtha had also participated in Deaflympics 2013 (held in Sofia, Bulgaria), World Deaf Tennis Championship 2015 (held in Nottingham, UK) and Deaflympics 2017 (held in Samsun, Turkey).