00:01I feel on top of the world. This has been a dream from such a young age, and I'm sure
00:05it's the dream of many, many girls.
00:07But being able to sit here with the crown, I believe it's the effort of so many, not just me,
00:12and I carry each one of them with me.
00:21It was a long journey, for sure. It was one that tested me. It was one that pushed me to
00:26my furthest limits.
00:27One that taught me the power of determination and the courage to rise back after falling.
00:33I remember feeling like everything was over when I couldn't win for India at Miss Teen International,
00:38but God really showed me that there's a whole new life waiting for me with this crown,
00:43to be able to represent India on the biggest platform in the entire universe.
00:53My biggest challenge was honestly even before I stepped into the competition,
00:57and that was to pull myself out of the darkness again, to pull myself up after falling.
01:03And that lesson has truly changed my life. The ability to stand up once you've fallen, dust yourself off,
01:09and say that you are capable of so much more. Convincing myself of that and convincing the world of that
01:14as well
01:14is the most powerful achievement I believe that I've achieved.
01:24India, I think, has showed the rest of the world what resilience means like, what courage means.
01:29And being the world's largest democracy, we've shown what that means, what the government for the people means.
01:35We've raised our voices against what we've seen as injustice, and that is so incredibly powerful
01:41that we've finally recognized the power of our generation, the power of our voices,
01:46and that we're carrying that forward towards creating a better India for tomorrow.
01:51And I'm so incredibly proud of the India that we've created.
01:57If your dream is to be Miss Universe India, my biggest advice to you is to not fear to dream
02:03as big as you want.
02:05One of my favorite quotes is that the only limitation that you have in your life is the size of
02:10your imagination
02:10and the scope of your dreams. The only limitation that you have is the one that you set on yourself.
02:16The rest of the world trusts you, believes in you, but you need to do that first before anyone else.
