Nishtha Dudeja from Haryana Wins Miss Deaf Asia Crown

Nishtha Dudeja from Haryana won the Miss Deaf Asia 2018 title at an international pageant held in Prague.

Nishtha Dudeja from Haryana has shown that disability cannot come in the way of success. She won the Miss Deaf Asia 2018 title at an international pageant held in Prague.

Nishtha, faced tough competition from contestants from China, Thailand, Taiwan, Israel, Czech Republic, Belarus, Mexico, South Africa, and other countries at the 18th edition of Miss and Mister Deaf World -Europe -Asia Beauty Pageant 2018 held recently at Prague, Czech Republic.

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‘Is disability an obstacle to success? Nishtha Dudeja who hails from Haryana is the first Indian to win any title at the Miss Deaf World Pageant. She proved that disability could not come in the way of success.’
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The beauty from Haryana's industrial city of Panipat, around 85 km from New Delhi, who was born deaf did not think of herself being differently-abled and chose to take her chance in the field of beauty.

"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," Nishtha, who has returned to India now, said.

The 23-year-old Panipat girl is a commerce graduate from Venkateshwara College, Delhi University, and presently pursuing MA in economics from Mithibai College, University of Mumbai. Before this title, Nishtha had also won the Miss Deaf India title on February 26 this year in Jaipur.

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She is the brand ambassador for Sivantos India Pvt Ltd. (Formerly Siemens hearing Instruments Pvt Ltd.), the world's leading brand of hearing aids, having about a 25 percent market share globally.

Nishtha was always a bright student from her school days, who was always keen on learning something new in life. Seeing her interest in extra-curricular activities, her mother sent her to learn judo at the age of seven. Nishtha did judo for about five years, participated in various tournaments up to international level and won medals.

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The beauty queen is also an accomplished tennis player and has played many AITA, ITF and Asian tour tennis tournaments. 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).

Ved Prakash Dudeja, the father of Nishtha and Chief Engineer in the Northern Railways, gave the credit of his daughter's success to his wife who has worked hard for Nishtha's success.

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Nishtha's mother, Punam Dudeja, who is a homemaker, said: "We were heartbroken when we came to know that our child will not be able to hear lifelong but we did everything to make our daughter's life a successful one."

Another Haryana girl Manushi Chillar was crowned Miss World in November last year.

Source-IANS