Indian model counsels Tanzania's women

26Jan 2022
Beatrice Philemon
The Guardian
Indian model counsels Tanzania's women

NAMRATA Shah, who was recently crowned Mrs. India World 2021, has called on women in Tanzania and across the world to be compassionate and committed to achieving their goals.

Namrata made the remarks at the Incredible Naari event that was held in Dar es Salaam last week to meet and greet the model, have an inspiring talk on personality grooming, as well as choose Ms. Incredible Naari 2022.

“You should weave yourself between responsibilities and dreams while making your path and your own unique identity in whatever field that you decide on, just go for it,'' she said.

The event involved a fashion show aiming at selecting Ms. Incredible Naari 2022, fun games, food, dance, and many surprises.

Geeta Kumar won Ms. Incredible Naari 2022, beating 60 women, who participated in the competition, to the crown.

The event was judged on extremely simple points which measure the contestants' overall performance, which include personality, confidence, beauty, personal style, and fashion sense.

The main focus was on the philosophy that every contestant should be self-empowered to take ownership of the Incredible Naari Journey preparation.

Namrata lauded the Incredible Naari contest's organizers, Jaya Chowdary and Lalitha Chauhan, for inviting her and bestowing her with the honour and their efforts to motivate women.

“You are giving women a platform to showcase their talent, helping them gain knowledge and allowing them to think and identify their true potential,'' she stated.

''The most important thing is this platform, Incredible Naari, gives women an opportunity to be natural and that’s what we need today, women supporting women and looking at the positives in each other,” she said.

''Genuine queens fix each other’s crowns and we are all queens here, cheers to Incredible Naari!''

She moreover lauded people that have supported her throughout her journey so far, which has seen her earn the prestigious doctorate title and the Mrs. India World crown.

She noted: ''I also thank my mother, Aarti Tolia, husband, Harsheel, daughter, Aaryavi Shah, and my mother-in-law, for being my pillars of support throughout my entire journey.''

''I believe nothing is impossible and striving to achieve the unachievable with vivid ideas and consistent efforts has made me stand before you.''

She disclosed: “I had never planned that I will do a doctorate after marriage and especially after having a baby, neither had I planned to participate in Mrs. India contest.''

''My journey was no cakewalk and it came with a lot of restless hours and sleepless nights while multitasking and juggling my family responsibilities and my dreams to make my unique identity on a global platform,” she said.

The Ms. Incredible Naari contest's organizer, Jaya Chowdary, said Incredible Naari is a social platform targeting to help women.

According to her, more than 1000 members around Dar es Salaam have joined the platform and are extremely happy to have become part of the group.

The Incredible Naari group has members all over the world, all ladies have joined and are enjoying womanhood and sharing their views and ideas on women empowerment and health.

Jaya noted: “We empower women entrepreneurs in terms of training, funds and last year we helped six Tanzanian designers to showcase their creative works on Indian apparels, Tanzanian models did ramp walk with these outfits and are enjoying the benefit now.''

''The group also empowers professionals and give consultations because we have doctors in our platform and we do live program to educate our members,” she said.

“Today we are celebrating Mrs. India World 2021, she is an incredible member, the competition was held in New Delhi last year and more than 100 contestants took part in it,” she said.

Elaborating on Incredible Naari, she said 'Naari', which means Women in Hindi, is a virtual platform on Facebook, it was created in May 2020, by Mrs. Jaya Chaudhary and Mrs. Lalita Mathur Chauhan that resides in Tanzania.

She pointed out that so far the group is made up of over 2500 members from more than 40 countries.

Jaya pointed out: ''The idea is to provide a safe platform for ladies to express themselves in any form in terms of thoughts, stories, jokes, dance, and other issues.''

She noted: “Here women are encouraged to show their creativity, appreciate others and, in the process, inspire others as well.''

''The group's motto is 'Inspire, Appreciate and Motivate ladies around us and spread positivity.''

“Our group, Incredible Naari, programs online platform for women empowerment, live programs for women's health and education,” she said.

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