Miss Rishikesh who refused to back down

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A day after being told her outfit was “against culture,” Muskan Sharma walked the same ramp — and won Miss Rishikesh 2025.

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00:00She's walking the ramp in Rishikesh, confident composed, at the same stage someone said she

00:08shouldn't be on.

00:09Just a day earlier, on October 3rd, 2025, a man had stormed into the Miss Rishikesh rehearsals.

00:15Raghavendra Bhatnagar, head of Rashtra Hindu Shakti Sangatana, angrily declared that the

00:19contestants' clothes were against Indian culture.

00:22He told them to stop, to go home.

00:24But Muskan Sharma didn't move.

00:26She asked him.

00:29That moment caught on video spread across social media within hours.

00:32And the internet couldn't keep calm.

00:34Hundreds applauded her composure, calling it courage in real time.

00:38The next day, the pageant went ahead.

00:39Same girls, same outfits, no apologies.

00:42And when it was over, Muskan Sharma was crowned Miss Rishikesh 2025.

00:47The crown was almost secondary.

00:48What matters was that she and the others with her refused to back down.

00:52They were told that dress was against our culture.

00:54This stood their ground and changed what culture looked like that day.

00:57They were told that dress was against our culture.

01:00They were told that dress was against our culture.

01:01No.

01:03They were told that dress was against our mouth andmaker was against по-

01:07No.

01:08It was a fire.

01:09The dress's face.

01:10Get out there.

01:12I used to wear the dress.

01:13No.

01:15You died.

01:15I used to wear the dress.

01:17I anderes washeaded.

01:18You lived to wear the dress신.

01:19Hey.

01:19You lived to wear the dress?

01:20You lived to every wedding dress.

01:22My husband's birthday.

01:22That directed dress it.

01:23He wasotes it.

01:24I lived to wear the dress like that dress.

01:26I Amaik.

01:26I messaged the dress with the dress codes.

01:27You went to dress it!

01:29I Hahaa 10eti View guys.

01:29You were told that dress for a chee longue.

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