Shree Saini (activist)

Shree Saini was born on 6 January 1995 in Punjab, India.[4][6] For the first 12 years of her life Saini’s heartbeat had an average of just 20 beats per minute.[7] Doctors told her she could never dance again but she persisted and practiced extra hours for years so she could dance again.[8][9]

Later in life Saini was involved in a major car accident that resulted in her suffering from significant facial burns.[10][11]

To advocate for mental health, Shree officially started her non-profit organisation shreesaini.org at age 15.[12] She has written thousands of articles on emotional well-being and given over hundreds of speeches. Being a heart patient, she volunteers her time and works with American Heart Association.[13] According to her, these two incidents have led her to dedicate much of her time to talking publicly about heart health and emotional health.[10]

Shree studied non-profit management at Harvard University, studied acting at Yale School of Drama, and studied Social Entrepreneurship at Stanford University and Journalism at University of Washington.[14] She is a trained ballerina, and has been accepted to train at Joffrey Ballet.[15][16]

Saini is the current Miss Washington World, which is a preliminary competition to Miss World America and Miss World. In October 2019, Saini collapsed at the Miss World America preliminary.[4] In 2020 she was a ‘World Peace Messenger’ award recipient from Passion Vista.[17]

Miss World

Miss World America 2019 On 12 October 2019, Shree Saini won the following special awards:[18]

• Beauty with a Purpose Winner
• People’s Choice Winner
• Top Influencers Winner
• Entrepreneurs Challenge Winner
• Talent 1st Runner Up
• Top Model 1st Runner Up

• Shree Saini's Website