This beauty queen from Chennai is a barrier breaker
Saarika Jagadeesh, a 16-year-old beauty queen from Chennai, is breaking barriers with her advocacy for the underprivileged and differently abled. Diagnosed with profound hearing loss as an infant, she has used her modeling career to support children with special needs. Saarika aims to inspire others to pursue their dreams, despite challenges, and plans to study law in the future.
- ▪Saarika Jagadeesh was diagnosed with bilateral profound hearing loss as an infant.
- ▪She founded the Global Raising Challengers Organisation to support special needs children.
- ▪Saarika has participated in various modeling events and aims to inspire others with disabilities.
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Miss Teen Tamil Nadu 2026 Saarika Jagadeesh’s answer in the question-and-answer round was in earnest, and no empty rhetoric. What she has done in the past points unerringly to that conclusion.Asked what she would invent to help the world and why, 16-year-old Saarika replied:“I would not invent. Instead, I would create opportunities for the underprivileged and the differently abled because I believe that true beauty lies in helping others. Through my initiative, the Global Raising Challengers Organisation I am doing that.”Saarika had been diagnosed with bilateral profound hearing loss as an infant, and the combination early intervention and modern technology has ensured that the world of sound was not shut out for her.After early intervention at Balavidyalaya, the school for young deaf…
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