In this inspiring episode on HT Smartcast, host Sarthak speaks with Mayuri Mittal, Founder & CEO of Miss and Mrs. Red Carpet Crown of India, about challenging India’s long-standing beauty norms and building one of the country’s most inclusive pageant platforms.

Mayuri shares how her pageant celebrates raw, real, and radiant women, shifting the focus from physical appearance to confidence, talent, courage, and personality. She opens up about creating space for acid attack survivors, vitiligo warriors, cancer survivors, specially-abled women, and professionals from all walks of life not as token representation, but as equals.

From questioning whether physical attractiveness defines confidence to sharing powerful real-life stories like that of a specially-abled participant performing before the President, this conversation is a reminder that beauty is not about perfection it’s about purpose.

Mayuri also leaves listeners with a strong message for women across India:
Don’t aim to just be a model become a role model.