BEAUTY WITH A STRONG PURPOSE

Accounts manager Neerja Wadhwa Dhanrajhani has been crowned Mrs India International in Thailand recently

Accounts manager for a firm and mother of a nine-year-old, Neerja Wadhwa Dhanrajhani, has just been crowned Mrs India International, 2017. The 43-year-old competed against 20 other contestants for the spot in Thailand, and is all set to represent the country in the next event taking place in Moscow. Neerja admits that she was always ambitious. “I was one of the four women heading a BPO in the country when I started working. Though I was extremely career oriented, the glamour world always appealed to me,” shares Neerja who went on a sabbatical once her daughter was born.

From being the key accounts manager at Practo to being crowned Mrs India — how did it happen. “A friend told me that I have a good sense of fashion, so I decided to give this a try,” says the fashionista who credits her family for their support. “I was working four hours before my flight took off to Thailand. When I got there, I saw that others had hired choreographers to train them. I had done nothing and was quite intimidated but decided to put my best foot forward,” she smiles. For Neerja, it’s all about breaking the glass ceiling. “A lot of women believe that once they have a child and take a sabbatical, there is no more career for them. But age shouldn’t be a constraint or stop us from doing anything we want,” she says adamantly.

A friend told me that I have a good sense of fashion, so I decided to give this a try