The pageant held last week at Uadipur was a pit stop in her journey that began in the corporate world as an industrial engineer and culminated in a social entrepreneurship venture. The Mrs India Universe title comes a few months after Rumana was conferred with \u2018Iconic woman\u2019 award at the Women Economic Forum, New Delhi.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is serendipitous,\u201d laughs Rumana, reacting to her winning the title. She\u2019s the founder and managing director of Serendipity, a utility art installation centre that uses recycled articles. A casual browsing on Facebook led her to apply and get selected, which eventually got her the title.<\/p>\n
The proverbial \u2018beauty with brains\u2019 applies to me, says an unpretentious Rumana whose response to the question, \u2018the one thing that she would want to change about her past\u2019, won her the crown. Her reply, \u2018that she would wish to be born as her mother and embody all her virtues to pass it on her children\u2019, warmed audience\u2019 and judges\u2019 hearts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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