by, Farook Khan, Chairman

Miss India-South Africa Corporation

 

The Miss India-Worldwide Pageant has developed further into a grandiose platform of unity through culture over the few short years it has been in existence. 

It has become an event which is boundless and this has become a reality due to the foresight and vision of dedicated men and women who came to the United States of America to start a new life and to carry all that India has to and will continue to offer. 

At one time, the pageant was regarded as a beauty contest, it no longer suffers from this narrow reputation. It has fledged out to be a mass international movement which honors the perform­ing arts, develops finesse as a way of life and puts into communities a sense of compassion. 

Chairman Dharmatma Saran and his dedicated band of men and women have inspired people around the world to participate in a truly remarkable spectacle that enjoys the status of a truly bound­less Festival of good. 

They have people as far East as Hong Kong and as far south as South Africa and furthermore knitted the western world’s Indian community into a hard working group of people who have consid­erable expertise whether it be the arts, the sciences, economics, or lifestyle. 

What brings these contestants together? A network which aims to honor achievement, to celebrate our culture in many ways, among them, the ability to meet people, make friends, to respect and be respected, to continually strive to improve standards, and to live a life as close to the laws of nature. 

India has risen to greatness through various achievements notched up by her many children in the motherland and outside. The common denominator which unites us all is the ability to recognize and cherish decency. 

It is also on this platform that the India Festival Committee was established twenty-five years ago and it is on this foundation on which we must continue to build hallmarks which will keep us as a united people. 

The Miss India WorldwidE is such a hallmark, it is not just a beauty pageant. 

It is a celebration for all that we stand for--as a people.