(November 26, New Delhi, Sri Lanka Guardian) Among the 112 Miss World contestants is a special candidate who has already worked for 10 years as a community worker, since the age of 13: She is Miss Sri Lanka 2009, Gamya Wijayadasa.Miss World organisers say that among the projects she has helped are:- A Laser Vision Eyesight Project, to restore sight of people suffering from cataracts; and - A welfare appeal which raised goods to help people displaced by war in northern Sri Lanka in the final stages of the country’s 3-decade-long war.
In a statement, Gamya Wijayadasa said: "I’ve achieved things I thought were impossible... Having a purpose to my being has been a way of life for me even before I knew what beauty was.
"Education has been the biggest source of power behind me...
"Every child in this world deserves a right to an education. Not only does it give them the opportunity of a better life but it will also give them the focus and the discipline to reach beyond the life that was carved out for them from birth by poverty, oppression and discrimination." -Sri Lanka Guardian
Pageant Coach Ritika Ramtri of The Tiara helped Pooja win ' Beauty with a Purpose' at Miss World 2009
Ritika and pageant aspirants from her school ‘The Tiara’ also helped Pooja with her cause ‘Save a Girl Child’. They put up several street plays all over the city. Her charity work for Nanhi Kali was also given an impetus by Pageant Coach Ritika Ramtri who brainstormed with Pooja to come up with several ways of generating funds.
Pageant Coach Ritika Ramtri who has trained several Femina Miss India, Gladrags Megamodel, and Haywards 5000 Mr. India, Grasim Mr. India, Gladrags Manhunt and Gladrags Megamodel winners. She is also the trainer of Miss Kerala 2008, MTV Scooty Teen Diva and was the Country Head for Miss Intercontinental 2008. Ritika coaches people for both national and international pageants.
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