Congratulations poured for Parvathy Omanakuttan for making "India proud" despite missing the Miss World 2008 crown by a whisker but the lanky Kerala beauty feels she was done in by the jury alleging that its decision to adjudge her only second best was "unfair".
"I have performed better than others in the personality and question-answer round. This is not just that. All those who watched it yesterday felt like that. I feel the jury's decision was unfair", Parvathy, who was adjudged the first runner up from among 108 contestants at the Miss World pageant in Johannesburg, told a local TV channel.
"I had confidence. I could do well. The question-round did not come as a challenge to me considering my background in literature," said Parvathy, from Changanassery in Kottayam Kerala.
There were mixed emotions at Parvathy's mother's home in Madapally village in Changanassery. Some relatives felt she deserved to win the title ahead of the Russian blonde Ksenya Sukhinova while others thought it was a proud moment for India for coming second position warding off competition from over 100 beauties from around the world.
Reita Faria (1966), Aishwarya Rai (1994), Diana Hayden (1997), Yukta Mookhey (1999) and Priyanka Chopra (2000) were the previous five Indian beauty queens who had won the coveted title.
