Miss World Karolina Bielawska on visiting Kashmir, Indian food, and her never-ending love for travel

“It’s my first time in India. There’s always a reason to come back, and we’ll be back very soon. However, this country is treating me so well, and every time I’m able to discover something new,” added Karolina.

The international beauty pageant winner’s visit comes ahead of the 71st edition of the Miss World 2023 to be held in India in December this year.

With palpable excitement, the 24-year-old shared, “I couldn’t be more excited seriously. You have such a beautiful country, and it was my dream to come to India. Oh, in fact, it was also a dream of my mom. She kept talking about how beautiful and colourful this country is. She always wants us to visit, and I’m so happy to take her here for this month and to bring 140 nations to India to see different parts, to see Mumbai, Delhi, Goa, wherever we go. So, to be honest, I cannot wait to see more, because your country has so much to offer that I’m really looking forward to it.”

 

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The beauty pageant winner also expressed her excitement to wear a sari. “Fashion is a way to express yourself. I love fashion for its diversity wherever we go. I always try to wear some different outfits. I love sari. I cannot wait to drape a sari. You will definitely see me in it one day,” Karolina said.

Talking about her childhood dream of travelling the world, Karolina opened up about her fondness for meeting new people. “My biggest dream was to travel the world, because, since I was very little, my mother has taken me to various places across the world, and I loved it so much because there is nothing better to me than meeting new people. So, I always wanted to have a job where I would be able to travel, so I couldn’t pick a better one to be honest, to become this Miss World. It is a dream come through. It’s a huge blessing, and I never take it for grabs. I was younger also. I always wanted to see as much as possible and learn as much as possible, so, being able to have different experiences in every country we go (is a blessing). It’s it’s something very unusual,” said Karolina.

Calling herself a person who loves spices, Karolina shared that food in India is “very different than what we have in Poland“. “But I love spices, and you have so much flavour in your kitchen. This is something that makes it really unusual and neat for me. I absolutely fell in love with chicken tikka masala and also love butter chicken. I love your naan bread. They’re good with everything. I need to be really careful during this month, or Miss World will put on too much (laughs). You have so much here, and in every region of India, you have some little different tastes. I love trying and exploring new cuisine, so I cannot wait to try more,” said Karolina.

Karolina Bielawska tried a pheran in Kashmir (Source: Karolina Bielawska/Instagram Stories)

Further sharing about a day in her life, Karolina candidly admitted that there is no one typical day in her life. “I’m always the last one to know what I’m doing. I wake up, and I try to find out what’s next. And even today I was surprised with everything. However, that’s the exciting part. To be honest, every day we do something special, and every day is completely different. One time you have press interviews. Once we are doing video web for a purpose, we meet wonderful children, wonderful people doing great work, supporting them learning about what they do other times we do and travel. There’s something different and new. That’s why I love my job. Every day is very exciting,” said Karolina.

On how her parents feel about her global fame and how have they adapted, Miss World 2021 expressed that she is extremely grateful to her parents who have always encouraged her to follow her passion. “I think they are very proud, and they are so supportive. Without them, I would never be here. They raised me in a way that I’m able to do what I do because they gave me values that stay with me forever. They taught me how to treat people with respect. And look at every single person in the world with the same amount of love and kindness, and I’m so grateful for them in my life, wherever I’m you know, abroad, and I travel a lot, and sometimes you do feel lonely because you’re in the hotel rooms every time you’re changing time zones, those who get tired and so many things are happening around you. So when you can call them and say how much you love them or what you’ve been doing, they are always waiting for your phone. They’re always making sure I landed safely. I’m very happy for them to share this experience with me.”

Miss World is currently in India (Source: Miss World/Instagram)

Talking about home, ever wondered what a Miss World does when she is not on the job? “Usually when I’m not working, and when I’m at home my favourite thing to do is to meet up with my friends. I have a couple of my girlfriends with whom I always have fun. I like to spend it in an active way. I love biking. I love boxing. I always visit my trainer and try to keep up with my training and my physical health as well. I like movies. I usually watch it with my mom. Do a little bit of social life too,” said Karolina.

Given that many young girls and women look up to her and her confidence, Karolina asserted that it is truly a big responsibility. “Just before our interview there was a girl on Instagram who wrote me that she’s looking up to me, and she’s from India. She’s so happy I’m here, and to me it’s a big responsibility because I don’t want to portray a picture like I’m just perfect looking, just doing some nice photos and travelling the world. That’s of course, Miss World has a soul to it. And the reason why I’m here is really beautiful purpose because beauty is very fleeting, but we stand for the values that will never go out of fashion, which are respect, kindness, support, and service. And I see Miss World platform as a platform for leadership,” said Karolina.

Concluding, she mentioned, “The main rule is that people do what they see. So we try to give them something perceivable, and I always try to show them that it is so easy to do something else for somebody. We will not change the world altogether but even a little change can be helpful right now. Sometimes it just takes so little to do that. And it’s always worth trying.”

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