Haryana, October 23: Haryana girl Nishtha Dudeja has made the country proud by winning the prestigious title of Miss Deaf Asia at the 18th edition of Miss and Mister Deaf World -Europe -Asia Beauty Pageant 2018 held at Prague, Czech Republic. She is the first Indian to win any title at the Miss Deaf World Pageant.
Check Manohar Lal Khattar’s Tweet congratulating Dudeja
Panipat Beti Nishtha Dudeja has proved that nothing can come in the way of achieving one's goals.
Congratulations on becoming the 1st Indian to win the #MissDeafAsia 2018 title held at Prague!— Manohar Lal (@mlkhattar) October 23, 2018
As quoted in a Daily Pioneer report, Nishtha Dudeja said, “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.”
https://twitter.com/Dudeja_Nishtha/status/1050659924601057280?s=19
Nishtha had earlier 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). 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 per cent market share globally.
