Suman Rao All Set to Represent India in Miss World 2019 Pageant, London: From Family to Hobbies, 5 Lesser-Known Things About Miss India World

Miss World India, Suman Rao is in London all to compete for the Miss World crown. The beauty who was crowned Femina Miss India 2019, will now represent India at Miss World 2019 pageant to be held in ExCeL London in the United Kingdom on 14 December 2019. Following the footsteps of the Indian beauties who have won Miss World crown in the past, right from Reita Faria Powell, Aishwarya Rai, Diana Hayden, Yukta Mookhey, Priyanka Chopra and after a break of 17 years Manushi Chillar, Suman Rao is participating in the pre-Miss world events. She has already competed in the head-to-head competition and beauty with a purpose segment. Miss India World 2019 Suman Rao: 5 Things About the Beauty Queen You Didn't Know Of! (Watch Video). 

While beautiful pictures of Suman Rao have already taken over social media, there are still some interesting things about the model that you do not know! Take a look at interesting facts about Suman Rao that you may not know about the Miss World India, Suman Rao:

The beauty belongs from Rajsamand, Rajasthan and the 20-year-old born was born on November 23, 1999.

Women empowerment is extremely important to her. She began Project Pragati' under Miss India's Beauty With A Purpose program.

Suman Rao Idolises her mother. She wrote on Instagram dedicating her Miss India crown to her mother, "I feel blessed to be parented by such a dynamic woman, who despite all odds she faced in our community, still supported me to choose my own path and follow my dream!"

During the Miss India pageant, Suman talked about gender inequality and the stereotypes that women face in the world. She said, "I come from a community where gender inequality and other stereotypes are still into existence, so when I saw two primary choices in front of me, to either accept the conditions those were in existence or to take the responsibility for changing the same, I chose the latter one."

She is a trained Kathak Dancer

Suman Rao is the student of Chartered Accountancy and an admirer of Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone. After winning Miss India she had said, "When it comes to gender discrimination, in any part of the world, the root cause is a mentality that needs to be changed. Once the mind is in the right direction, it reflects on society".

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