From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Natasha Paracha
Natasha Paracha
Natasha Paracha Statements against Taliban
Born November 17, 1984 (1984-11-17) According to an interview with the Press Trust of India
Islamabad, Pakistan
(PTI),[6] Natasha Paracha took out a statement against
Other Paracha the Taliban infecting Pakistan.
names
" Pakistan is a "nation where we have been in-
Occupation Director of Renewable Energy Pakistan,
United Nations fected with these pests Taliban".
The deal reached by the banned Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-
Known for Being the 6th Miss Pakistan World Shariah Mohammedi and authorities to enforce Is-
Website lamic law "is not a solution for Pakistan and Pak-
istanis", she said.
www.natashaparacha.com
"If they have the Shariah law imposed in Swat
valley,[7] then it will spread to the whole of Pakis-
Natasha Paracha (Urdu: ,)نتاشا پراچہborn in Islamabad,
tan. Democracy means (being) under one law, not
Pakistan on 17 November 1984 won the Miss Pakistan
different laws in different provinces of Pakistan.
World 2008 pageant in Toronto, Ontario. (Urdu: دوشیزه دنیا
The government should never compromise with
)پاکستانpageant in 2008.[1] terrorists,[8]" Paracha said[9] in an email interview
with PTI.
Miss Pakistan World 2008 "We should never give in (and) instead make
sure that they are out of Pakistan[10]!" she
Natasha Paracha[2] from Islamabad, Pakistan and resid-
said.
ing in New York City, USA, has been crowned the new
Miss Pakistan World[3] in an annual beauty pageant
which, according to its founder, would enable Pakistani References
women "to stand up for change and progression" in a so- [1] ABC Goodmorning America:
ciety that frowns on such events on its soil.[4][5] http://abcnews.go.com/video/
Graduated from the University of California Berkeley playerIndex?id=6722511
in 2005 with honors in Political Science and Business. She [2] Msn News: http://lifestyle.in.msn.com/fashion/
is the founding member of the Pakistani Students Associ- article.aspx?cp-documentid=1429533
ation at UC Berkeley. Natasha Paracha is also the founder [3] ABC: http://abcnews.go.com/video/
of a non-profit called Vision of Development in which the playerIndex?id=6722511
goal is to reach out to the poverty stricken regions in [4] The Nation: http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-
Pakistan. Alongside her academic achievements, Natasha news-newspaper-daily-english-online/
is also the reigning Miss Pakistan World. She will compe- International/20-Dec-2008/Our-women-are-
te internationally representing the country of Pakistan. strong--Miss-Pakistan-World
At the sixth annual beauty pageant [1] in Toronto [2], [5] Yahoo News: http://in.movies.yahoo.com/news-
the gorgeous Paracha beat ten (10) Pakistani beauties to detail.html?news_id=26597
win the crown. [6] PTI: http://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite.nsf/0/
After her crowning, she said her goal over the next E2D65591998C39D1652575610034044F?OpenDocument
year is not only to represent Miss Pakistan World at sev- [7] Economic Times, India:
eral events and charities but also raise awareness that http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/
51 million Pakistanis do not have access to medical care. PoliticsNation/
Natasha got known to the world after making statements Kick_out_Taliban_nomads_Miss_Pakistan_World/
against the Taliban which the Pakistani government articleshow/4141745.cms
compromising with. During her reign, Natasha Paracha [8] Express Buzz, India: http://www.expressbuzz.com/
got involved with a lot of charities and spread the posi- edition/
tive image of Pakistan to the world. She was seen on ma- story.aspx?Title=Miss+Pakistan+World+lashes+out+at+Taliban&art
jor Television Stations in the USA, Canada, India and Pak- Vl8os=&SEO=Natasha%20Paracha,%20Miss%20Pakistan,%20Taliba
istan.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Natasha Paracha
Preceded by Miss Pakistan World Succeeded by
Mahleej Sarkari 2008 Ayesha Gilani
[9] The Hindu: http://www.hindu.com/holnus/ • Yahoo India - http://in.movies.yahoo.com/news-
001200902171605.htm detail/16191/San-Francisco-woman-Mrs-Pakistan-
[10] http://www.deccanherald.com/ World.html
DeccanHerald.com/Content/Feb172009/ • DNA - http://www.dnaindia.com/
foreign20090217119091.asp?section=updatenews report.asp?newsid=1215341 The Telegraph -
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1081220/jsp/
External links frontpage/story_10278137.jsp
• BBC Radio Interview with finalist contestant -
Additional information can be found at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/southyorkshire/content/
• Miss Pakistan World articles/2008/05/15/
• New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/ shawkat_st_people_feature.shtml
19/nyregion/19bigcity.html?em Persondata
• CNN Live - http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/
Name Paracha, Natasha
world/2008/12/14/
coren.intv.paracha.world.cnn?iref=videosearch Alternative names
• Times of India - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ Short description
articleshow/2957969.cms Yahoo India - Date of birth 17 November 1984
http://in.news.yahoo.com/139/20081222/874/twl-
founder-of-miss-pakistan-world-pagea.html Place of birth Islamabad, Pakistan
• MSN News - http://lifestyle.in.msn.com/fashion/ Date of death
article.aspx?cp-documentid=1429533 Place of death
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