Miss India Worldwide 2018 Shree Saini, an Indian American college student and Miss/Mrs India Worldwide Founder & Chairman Dharmatma Saran were honoured at the second annual Global Beauty Awards that were held at the Snoqualmie Casino in Seattle, Washington.
While Shree Saini was awarded the Best Titleholder award, Dharmatma Saran was presented the Director/Producer Award at the ceremony where Miss US 2018 Sarah Rose Summers was the emcee.
The citation for Saini, who was picked out of 15 nominees, read, “As Miss India Worldwide, Shree Saini has spoken at hundreds of events in over 70 cities, 11 states and five countries, all while being a full-time college student. She has collaborated with governor, the secretary of state, college presidents, mayors and dozens of nonprofits and her work has been published in over 500 newspapers.”
Saini, in her acceptance speech, thanked her parents and Saran for their continued support. The citation for Saran, who is a pioneer in starting Indian beauty pageants in the United States, read, “He provides exceptional opportunities to his winners, many of whom have gone to become Bollywood celebrities and the who’s who of the Indian community worldwide.”
Saran thanked Global Beauty Awards producers Maureen Francisco and David Van Maren for the honour.