Shree Saini

Shree Saini was born on January 6, 1996, in Punjab, India, and has lived in the United States since age 5.[5][6] During her childhood, Saini witnessed poverty and since then, advocates that everyone take upon themselves a social responsibility to give back.

For the first 12 years of her life, while growing up in Moses Lake, Washington,[7] Saini's heartbeat had an average of just 20 beats per minute.[8] Doctors told her she could never dance again but she persisted and practiced extra hours for years so she could dance again.[9][10]

Later in life Saini was involved in a major car crash in Moses Lake that resulted in her suffering from significant facial burns.[11][12] Saini was advised that her recovery would take a year, but she returned to her classes after just two weeks.

Saini has been a non-degree visiting student at Harvard, Yale, and Stanford University extension programs, later earning her undergrad at the University of Washington. She is a trained ballerina, and has been accepted to train at Joffrey Ballet.[13]

Saini, who was listed as both a resident of Seattle and Ellensburg, Washington, in 2020,[11][14][7] is the 2020 Miss Washington World and America's Beauty with a Purpose National Ambassador,[15] which is a preliminary competition to Miss World America and Miss World. In October 2019, Saini collapsed at the Miss World America preliminary.[5] In 2020, Saini was also a World Peace Messenger award recipient from Passion Vista.[16] On October 2, 2021, Shree Saini was appointed Miss World America 2021,[15] and crowned by Diana Hayden, Miss World 1997. Shree Saini would go on to represent the United States of America at Miss World 2021 in Puerto Rico.[17]

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