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Bhubaneswar: Model and dancer Shrutiksha Nayak, 20, who has been preparing to make it to the finals of Miss India contest scheduled for June 19, was crowned Femina Miss India Orissa 2018 title at a glittering ceremony in Kolkata March 22. Nayak tweeted Tuesday to mark the World Environment Day that the Earth’s safety is dependent on the nature. “We think environment is a heritage and a legacy and nature is worthy of worship. The future, my friends, will be either green or nothing at all. Let’s remind ourselves of our inherent connection with nature and have the highest empathy for our environment,” says the tweet. Ahead of the Miss India Odisha final
Shrutiksha has prepared a video of Odisha in association with Cox and Kings Miss Getaway Goddess Odisha. In the video, she says Odisha is the only state in eastern India that has an initial ‘O’ which is a sacred syllable for ‘Om’. She has also showed glimpses of rich heritage of Odisha, its high cultural ethos and values, festivals, world class ancient architecture and broad beaches, its blessed Jagannath Temple, Asia’s biggest lake Chilika which is a birds’ Paradise that attracts tourist and birds, world longest earth dam at Hirakud among others. The video was part of a task assigned to Miss India contestants who create a short video showcasing their state as a perfect holiday destination highlighting its culture, people, food and tourist attractions. The video which gets the maximum number of views and likes on YouTube will be adjudged the winner who will also bag a prize of Rs 1 lakh. The contest concludes June 14, 2018 midnight.
Shrutiskha’s video has received 82,839 views and two thousand ‘likes’ so far. Shrutiksha is a fitness model who is pursuing a degree in Mass Media from KIIT University. Aishwarya Jena and Priya Kansagara were the other two finalists from Odisha along with Shrutiksha. Shrutiksha was under the tutelage of actor and model Pooja Chopra (Femina Miss India-2009), the celebrity mentor for east zone. Danseuse Mandakini Jena who had trained Shrutiksha said, “She has all the qualities to be the winner. She has the grace of a dancer and confidence of a professional model which will help her in a great way”.
