Shruti Hegde, from Karnataka, became India's first Miss Universal Petite winner. Imagine doing a 36-hour shift in a hospital and then turning up willingly the next day to chip away the imperfections to become a beauty queen? That is what Shruti Hegde, a doctor and a beauty queen from Hubli, Karnataka, has been doing since 2018. This Kannadiga's hard work has paid off though.
A little over a month ago, on June 10, Shruti Hegde became India's first Miss Universal Petite, a pageant that was started in 2009 to give opportunity to shorter women, who found themselves often dwarfed by the amazonian standards when it comes to height. The pageantry is held in Tampa, Florida in the United States of America, every year. “It was not easy for sure.
I realised that being a doctor is a lot more work than I initially thought. Yes, it becomes too much at times. But I don't think I will be choosing one over the other.
Instead, I want to find a balance between both,” said Hegde to PTI. When she took the pageantry route, Hegde said she never gave much thought to winning. “I am always wanting to do new things, and I guess it is almost every small-town girl's dream – to be a beauty queen.
So, I thought I'll just give it a try. It helped that I had a mother who is keener than me that I should do what I want to do,” said Hegde. That is how Hedge found herself signing up for Miss Dharwad contest in 2018.
But when she won the contest, things took a serious turn. “During the course of the c.
