Imlibenla Wati
Eastern Mirror Nagaland
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Imojen I Jamir
Yupangnenla Longkumer
Childhood
Born 1995
Even as a little girl, Aben wasn’t a dainty, girly person. She had problems with wearing skirt to school. She refused to go to school with skirts. And whenever any boy in her class taunted her, she never sat in a corner and cried but stood for herself and for sure a clenched fist swinging in action. She fought with almost all the boys in her high school.
Hailing from the erstwhile “land of fashion and music”; presently and officially tagged as the “land of pioneers”, Mokokchung, Imlibenla from Changki Village spent her boisterous teens full of activities- footballs, drums, bikes, kick-boxing and other pastimes that would normally be related to a highly energetic guy
She is a sportswoman (plays football; does kick boxing and goes to gym too.) in the field, and a keen drummer. She was a rock-n-roll teenager.
During her high school, she was very much active in school academic activities. To name a few, she represented Nagaland in National Level Science Exhibition while she was in class 9 and she was awarded student of the year when she was in the 12th standard.
Beauty queen at 17
However, in 2012 when she won the Miss Nagaland crown, things started to change bit by bit in her life. Eventually, she started to love the newly found interest in glitz and glamour fashion world.
Aben, as she is commonly known, was the youngest title holder of Miss Nagaland who was crowned in the year 2012 at the age of 17. She held the title of the first runners up of Miss Mokokchung the same year. She was the subtitle winner of Miss Perfect 10 in both Miss Mokokchung and Miss Nagaland. Aben also won the Readers’ Choice in Miss Nagaland in 2012.
Studies resume
Besides her modelling career, she joined as a BA LLB (H) law student of NEF Law College in Guwahati.
Prasantt Ghosh, one of the judges for the North East region and a well-known fashion designer and choreographer in the North East, has high marks for Aben and considers her highly talented. He affirms she is doing very well in the training and has high hopes for her. Ghosh opines that some personalities from Nagaland has made remarkable strides in the world of fashion and glamour at the national level and encourages other talented Nagas to venture out of the state as bigger and better opportunity awaits for those that dare and endeavor.
Politics
Shortly after her 2012 Miss Nagalnd crown, debates on the involvement of Aben in elections were highly discussed in some circle. When queried regarding her participation in the election and other rumours thereof, this is what she had to reply-
“The fact of the matter lies in me supporting a campaign during the last election which I felt was right then. My question is now- “Could our rights be curbed as to impose or throw certain selfish values that we are deemed a no brainer”? All I did was exercise my rights… When you see a candidate enthusiastic about helping with a zealous approach and a charismatic personality, of course, I would want to support and vote for him. For me, it’s either black or white. Being diplomatic here only implies dirty politics. I wonder if our rights have gone obsolete as clearly laid by our constitution. It still amazes me how the picture continues yet… “.
Break down?
A year or two after her Miss Nagaland crown of 2012, when her modelling career started zooming up, there were rumours that she was on the edge of breaking down. IW responded ‘Rumours are meant to break us. I get to hear different story every day, that at times is hilarious, but at the end of the day, it’s just a rumour.’
Miss India Elite contest, 2015
Imlibenla Wati was selected from over 890 contestants from the North East to represent the region in the Ru-Ba-Ru Miss India Elite contest, 2015. Besides her, two contestants from Assam, Nandita and Beauty Begam were chosen to participate in the national contest to be held at Delhi in the first week of October 2015 under the theme “Let’s make female foeticide a history”. Imlibenla stated that it was quite a shocking and a happy moment to win an entry into the Miss India Elite..
Miss World Beauty India 2015
Her focus then concentrated on the Miss India Elite contest. Three winners of Ru-Ba-Ru Miss India Elite contest, 2015 were to enter the Super models of the world contests where participants compete from 80 countries around the world.
Nagaland girl Imlibenla Wati was crowned Miss World Beauty India 2015 after winning the first-runner up title of Rubaru Miss India Elite. Wati, who is also former Miss Nagaland 2013, will now represent India at the Miss World Beauty International to be held in South Korea.
The event was held in Lavanya, Delhi, where Wati was declared the first-runner up among 25 finalists.
After winning the Miss World Beauty India contest, Imlibenla made a mark even in the international beauty pageant, Miss Pan Continental being one of the finalists (top 9) and sub title winner of tourism and humanity, making India and Nagaland proud.
See also
Miss Nagaland, on which page there are more biographical details and photographs of Imlibenla.
