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Niharika Singh (Miss India Earth), Amrita Thapar (Miss India Universe) and Sindhura Gadde (Miss India World), at a Press conference in Mumbai on Thursday. --PTI
MUMBAI, MARCH 29. Miss India Universe, Amirta Thappar, has said she will champion the cause of animal welfare as the issue was close to her heart. Talking to reporters here last night, a day after she was crowned the Pond's Femina Miss India Universe, the 24-year-old Pune girl, the daughter of a defence personnel, said her mother was her role model as she had prepared her at every step. The fashion designer said animal welfare was the issue dear to her heart and she would like to work like former Union Minister and noted animal activist, Maneka Gandhi, in the field. Miss India World, Sindhura Gadde ,would focus on health-related issues because of her pharmacology and physiology background, while Miss India Earth, Niharika Singh, hailing from beautiful Uttaranchal, would focus on environmental issues. ``I have a sense of achievement. I am always a positive thinker. I took the training as a process of learning. I was sure that hardwork never goes waste,'' Ms Amrita said. Her life as the daughter of a defence personnel helped her to be flexible, outgoing and comfortable with others.'' She had not dreamt winning the Miss India contest but was following it. Her focus was on academics, the post-graduate diploma holder in fashion designing added. She said that she had now a lot of responsibilities and would try to live up to expectations of the reputation of the country. Twenty-year-old Sindhura Gadde, who has spent about 10 years in New Zealand, said she had said that she would like to develop a drug for cancer on Sunday as one her friends is dying of the disease. She felt sad for the friend. The answer was spontaneous and was not aimed at getting some points. She said she had returned to India and was an Indian citizen holding an Indian passport. The Vijayawada girl, who was anchoring programmes on television channel, said they were focussing on issues concerning those in the age group of 13 to 28 and the programme was known as ``flipside''. The channel was airing programmes for youth focussing on issues like economy. Niharika said environmental issues were close to her heart as she spent her childhood days in Dehra Dun. She said she would read books on issues which she was not aware of. She had recently read a book on Eunuch society. Subjects do not matter, she added.- UNI
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