Indian model and actress Shamita Shristi Sharma will represent India at the Mrs Universe Climate Change pageant, an international event in Singapore next year.
Representatives from more than 168 countries will be part of the event highlighting the impact of climate change and global warming.
Before the international pageant next year, country-wise and continent-wise pageants will be held. Mrs India Climate Change and Mrs Asia Climate Change are scheduled to be held in December this year.
Sharma, 35, has had hundreds of print shoots and regional films to her credit in the last decade. She currently lives in Mumbai and was shortlisted from more than 200 participants nationwide after several rounds of eliminations, reported India West.
While speaking to media persons in Mumbai after her selection, Sharma said: “Climate extremes, such as droughts, floods, unseasonal rain, and extreme temperatures, can lead to crop losses and threaten the livelihoods of agricultural producers and the food security of communities worldwide. Depending on the crop and ecosystem, weeds, pests, mosquitoes and fungi can also thrive under warmer temperatures, wetter climates, and increased CO2 levels, and climate change will likely increase weeds and pests, thus threatening our very existence. It is very imperative that we take global warming very seriously and this pageant is not just a beauty event, but a worldwide movement to aggressively respond to climate change with urgent and immediate remedial measures.”
