Tete-a-Tete with Ms. Naaz Joshi, India's first Transgender International Beauty Queen

Tete-a-Tete with Ms. Naaz Joshi, India's first Transgender International Beauty Queen

How will you Introduce Yourself to the world? 
I am a woman who was born in a wrong body, I am India's first international TRANS beauty queen, yet suffering because of my gender. If I was not born in the right gender, what fault is mine ?

Tell our readers about your achievements till today.
I am India's first trans model,  I am India's first international TRANS beauty queen, I am India's first trans cover model, I am India's first international cover model from trans community. I am the brand ambassador for it company TRITAN SOLUTIONS PVT LTD, brand ambassador of a srilanka based NGO To be changed, that's working for environment conservation. I am good will ambassador for a grooming academy AGS, I have won many beauty pageant titles like MISS UNIVERSE DIVERSITY 2020
MS EMPRESS EARTH 2021
MISS WORLD DIVERSITY 2017-2020 
MISS REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL BEAUTY AMBASSADOR 
MISS UNITED NATIONS AMBASSADOR 

Tell us about your motivation to choose this journey
My only motivation was to bring my community into mainstream community. I wanted equal respect and opportunities to trans women.

What was your initial challenges in choosing this journey  
Discrimination,  lack of opportunities,  rejections, my facial features that didn't look like a woman. Sadly people in India accept trans women who look like women and lack of money.

Where do you want to see yourself in next 5 years ? 
I want to be counted among achievers from India, I want to mainstream trans community, in 5 years from now I want to be in Indian National Congress and serving my nation. 

Please share your learning for our learners
NEVER GIVE UP and give equal respect to everyone irrespective of their race, cast, gender, color, creed, body shape and sizes.
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