Esha Kode is the first ever Miss Teen India Worldwide. She is a social entrepreneur, mental health advocate, and an aspiring pediatric surgeon. Esha is also the co-founder of a nonprofit organization named Happy2Thrive, which focuses on raising mental health awareness and ending the mental health stigma. Esha hopes to serve as an inspiration for other young girls and motivate them to overcome societal norms and break the barriers.
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QUESTION 02
Describe yourself in three words
What is one of the things you would put on your bucket list? Visiting every single village in India has been on my bucket list for years! There is something so profound about India, particularly the rural areas, that always make me feel so liberated. I want to be able to travel to every single one of those villages and immerse myself in the culture, with the people, and lend a helping hand in whatever way I can.
Flawed,Self-aware, and an Adventurer. I believe we’re all flawed individuals and that is what makes us so unique. It’s high time we start learning and teaching others to embrace our flaws. I’m self-aware in the sense that I like to understand what my strengths, weaknesses, ambitions, interests, etc are. It helps me further improve myself, but also gives me a certain purpose to drive towards. I’m an adventurer as I like to take risks. This was something I tried learning during the pandemic because quarantining gave me so much time to introspect. I realized that we’re always caught up in what the world wants from us and life subsequently zooms by without our knowing. I want to change that for myself by taking bold, calculated risks so that I can experience everything that life offers.
QUESTION 03
Have you ever been jealous of your co contestant? I was never jealous because the atmosphere was never like that. We would all show up in sweats and tshirts, with drinks from Dunkin Donuts, and always looked so tired. We bonded over the simplest to the most drastic things. It was a room full of sisters who loved each other for who we were. In fact, there were many times, especially during the Worldwide pageant, where the other contestants from different countries would help ease my anxiety before going on-stage, give me life advice, or just walk around the hotel with me. It was a beautiful way to develop life-long and meaningful friendships.
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