The Story of Miss India 2020, Manasa Varanasi
An interview with Manasa’s family.
What if all your dreams come true?
What if you considered yourself a “commoner”, and one day you are shot to fame, and the world realizes that you are a star?
This is the story of Manasa Varanasi, 23, crowned VLCC Femina Miss India 2020 this February.
Her cousin Advait Valluri is a friend and lives across the street from me. Advait and Manasa grew up together and talked regularly right until the night before her winning.
I followed this thread to see what Advait and his wife Sivani Saraswatula had to say about their sister’s sensational rise to fame.
Everybody knows what happened to Aishwarya Rai and Priyanka Chopra in the years following their title as the most beautiful women in the world. But what happens in the days following the massive win? What did life look like before?
The big day
February 10, 2021.
Manasa’s family— her grandmother, mother, father, and sister were huddled at the TV watching her on her walk of fame.
Her mother was excited and terrified as she realized hers was no longer a “common” family.
