Chennai girl chosen 'Peace emissary' of world

Chennai, Nov 18 (UNI) India's Deepika Vasudevan, who won the fourth place and the prestigous Ms Talent award at the World Miss University pageant 2006, has been chosen as a 'Peace emissary' of the world.

According to a press release from VIBA, the offical franchise for the pageant, the event is being held since 1986 to commemorate the UN designated 'Year of Peace', under the aegis of the Internatonal Association of University Presidents.

Deepika, who hails from Chennai, has also been chosen as the 'Goodwill Ambassador' of International Vaccine Institute, to promote global humanitarian efforts all over the world.

The pageant was held at Jeju Island in South Korea, in which there were contestants from 42 countries.

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