Miss India Pooja Chopra Injured, Out Of Miss World Contest

Miss India from Pune Pooja Chopra has twisted her ankle while running downstairs in heels and the doctor has advised her three weeks bed rest with a cast. This means, Miss India will not take part in the Miss World contest in Johannesburg on December 12.

Writes Pooja on Twitter:  “ Unfortunately twisted my ankle while running downstairs in heels , doc says 3weeeks bed rest with a cast and no participation !! its 3am right now and my tears have dried . Mom and nani are here too but that dosnt take away from the fact that now m on bed and need a wheel chair for 3weeks to recover.Ive told the doc i will walk on the miss world stage in 2days !

”IF ITS WITH A CAST ON , SO BE IT !! heavy pain killers and a strong brave heart should help me to stand without support in 2days..Dont know what to feel , but yes i feel miserable n just want to believe it is all a bad dream n that i am soon going to wake up and everything will be normal again , but the fact is i am on bed wit a cast on my left leg , weeping , writing my blog , cursing my luck n dunno who to blame! I always look at the brighter aspect of everything , but trust me theres nothing than having a broken foot 2days before a competition like miss world! GOOODDD WHY DID YOU DO THIS? WHY ME? WHY NOWWWWWW???

”What will i do now?? i dunno! will the doctor and miss world org allow me to still participate ?? i dunno! never in the history of a beauty pageant a contestant would have ever walked on the stage with a cast! will it happen?? can it haPpen?? m clueless feel .....(just cant explain the degree of misery and helplessness ) i experience right now..What will i answer to the 1.2 billion ppl when i get back who have their hopes pinned on me! Can there be anything worst than this ?? i doubt !! INDIA is injured , she might have to withdraw thats what everyones sayin.. mom feels i cant risk my limb. sorry i know i am precious for you but ive lived to be on this stage , may be they don let me progress further so that i don walk more, its ok! even to just be on that stage for 10seconds might give me a huge sense of satisfaction and to proove i am unstoppable i will walk , and with a smile ! weeping inside in pain and agony but ill walk , india will walk in a cast but india will compete!”

Unlike most beauty queens that one imagines to have lived lives of comfort and luxury, Pooja Chopra has experienced life in its stark hues right from a tender age. Practically disowned by her philandering father, she was raised by a single mother who struggled to make ends meet.

However, Pooja emerged to be a bright all-rounder throughout her school and college years and has been a rage on the modeling circuit for a while now with a host of TV commercials under her belt.

Once she was asked what she would have been if not a beauty queen, pat comes the reply, "An IAS officer, most definitely. I have deeply admired Kiran Bedi right through my childhood," she had then said.

Asked about the perception about India among people of the world, she had said, "They are very curious about Bollywood, our dances, Indian food, etc.  Aishwarya Rai is particularily remembered, even today almost 15 years after her victory, as the most successful Miss World ever. So I have big shoes to fill indeed." 

Meanwhile 111 gorgeous beauties from across the world prepare themselves for the Miss World 2009 pageant. It will be telecast on Zee Café at 8 pm IST on December 12.