Today we are going to share a very Inspiring Story of A Transgender who won the title of Miss Universe Diversity and becomes India's First international Trans Beauty Queen with Six International crowns after a long struggle in her life.
We would like to request everyone kindly read the entire story and try to feel the pain that Naaz Joshi suffered as Trans and what she wants to change in society for Trans and women.
Her Good Name is NAAZ JOSHI
◼ She left her home at 7 to avoid taunts from society for her feminine behavior.
◼ She faced raped by her cousin at age of 7 years
◼ She completed her MBA in marketing from the Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad after enrolling in the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) and completing her formal studies in fashion design.
◼ Joshi won the Miss World Diversity beauty pageant three times in a row.
◼ She is also India's first transgender cover model. She also happens to be the world's First Trans Sexual to win an international beauty pageant with cisgender women.
◼ Naaz Joshi won the title of Miss Universe Diversity 2020, making her India’s First International Trans Beauty Queen with Six International Crowns.
Please introduce yourself more?
My name is Naaz Joshi, I am India's first transgender international beauty queen, a trans rights activist, and a motivational speaker.
Kindly tell us about your Early Life.
As you know that I was born transgender to a multicultural family. My mother is a Muslim while my father is a Hindu. In spite of having a twin brother and another younger brother, I was always the odd one out.
"When I grew up a little, all the relatives told my parents to send me to the trans ( hijra) community. But they declined it and wanted me to study,” but my family does not want me to stay with them either, to avoid taunts from society for my feminine behavior. so they sent me away to an uncle in Mumbai.
I took up a job at a restaurant where I washed utensils and cleaned tables. All was well until a male cousin raped me when I was 11 years old.
"The sad part was that I had no idea what rape even meant. I got to know much later. All I remember is that I was brutally injured.”
By the time I realized it, it was too late to find a legal battle as evidence was lost with time.
In my life what I achieved or suffered will let you know in the next questions.
What challenges you face as a transgender and after being successful did your family accept you?
"In Early life when my family against sending me to (Hijra) transgender community or they sent me to Mumbai to avoid taunts from society for my feminine behavior, this was very painful for me to live without family and being raped by my cousin at an early age of 11, made me brutally injured my inner heart"
"I faced much discrimination by our society as transgender, I was unable to stay in even a Hotel where I was giving my own money but only due to having tag of transgender my booking got canceled and when I raised a complaint about that they denied any booking registration in records"
"In the same Industry I faced discrimination - A fresher usually earns ₹5,000 for a shoot and if you are a woman with experience in the fashion industry it can go up to ₹35,000 but a trans woman with years of experience still earns merely ₹12000. While the pay hike is 600% for women, the pay is generally only 140% more for trans women"
No, My family still has not accepted me after being successful.
As a Trans Activist, What will you do?
I want to teach Trans Community and remove every single thing which is spoiling the dignity of the trans community. And I want to raise my voice for the right of the trans community as well.
◼ I will teach, raise my voice, oppose them:-
● People consider transgender only an object to fulfill their sexual desire, I will teach trans to understand what is wrong and what is not acceptable in society and will be aware of them to keep away from these bad situations.
What would you say about discrimination against transgender in society?
Ahbab, I am much against those who discriminate because I have faced it a lot.
We all are born by God and this is not in our hands to change our Gender, Colour, Caste, and Religion. so why do we discriminate against any other person who is Black, who is from Bihar whose people call Bihari if from Nepal people call Nepali?
Why do we do this?
Why we are going against God's creation, why do we are hating God's Creation, why
Listen Ahbab, I was born in a very good family but I am transgender and I like to react like girls, love to wear Suits, Saadis, and everything whatever girls do. So these things I never learned from anyone, it is all about from birth. "People Should think before discriminating against anyone"
I know one thing only, If you have decided to do anything in your life so surely you will get one day but to achieve we will have to work hard and I follow the same, whatever situation I faced bad or worst I did not give up and keep walking ahead and now I cannot explain my happiness after achieving these great opportunities, awards, title, and more your love.
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