Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will soon meet Femina Miss India runner-up Manya Singh and athlete Priyanka Goswami, who have made not just their parents but also the state proud.
On one hand, while Manya, who hails from UP’s Kushinagar, battled all odds to win the runner-up position at Miss India 2020 pageant, on the other, Meerut’s Priyanka made her parents and the countrymen proud by creating a national record in women’s 20 km race walking event consequently clinching a berth at the Tokyo Olympics this year.
Both Manya and Priyanka have made their families and the state of Uttar Pradesh extremely proud by realising their dreams and working hard to make them come true.
After facing extreme poverty throughout her childhood, at the young age of 14, Singh boarded a train from her village in Uttar Pradesh and left for Mumbai to follow her dreams. Singh posted on her Instagram that she comes from a patriarchal family where “I was told that women are lesser than men.”
Her parents have struggled to make ends meet but have always supported her dreams. Her family resides in the Kandivali area of Mumbai. Manya’s father Omprakash Singh is an auto driver and her mother Manorama Singh is a hair designer in a beauty parlour in Bandra Area.
Priyanka on the other hand was a junior clerk in Indian Railways and her success story had humble beginnings too. In one of her interviews, she revealed that the only reason she started participating in athletic events was to get a sports bag that winners would get as a prize.
Surjitt Sahani
