{"id":31807,"date":"2023-07-12T07:00:29","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T01:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/?post_type=story&#038;p=31807"},"modified":"2024-12-27T17:15:55","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T11:45:55","slug":"manju-bangalore-is-miss-oregon-usa-2023","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/story\/cover-story\/manju-bangalore-is-miss-oregon-usa-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"From dreaming of space to shining on stage: Manju Bangalore is more than Miss Oregon USA 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong>(July 12, 2023) <\/strong>It was<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"none\">in her third attempt that twenty-five-year-old Manju Bangalore won Miss Oregon USA 2023 title becoming <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">the first South Asian woman to do so<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">. The persistent and multifaceted youngster<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> called the win, \u2018the cherry on top\u2019 because it gave her \u2018a bit more platform\u2019 to do the kind of work that she has been doing. Manju is a role model for young Brown girls in the US, not just as a pageant winner but as an aspiring astronaut, actor, model, activist, author and a non-profit founder who started Operation Period and Painting with Parkinson\u2019s.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The postgraduate student at the <a href=\"https:\/\/astronauticsinstitute.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Institute for Astronautical Sciences <\/a>in the US, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">will be proudly representing her state, Oregon in the upcoming 72nd Miss USA pageant, slated to take place in October in Nevada.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Whether it is the world of pageantry, academics, extracurricular activities or her career, Manju has displayed consistent excellence, occasionally pushing her own boundaries. Her motivations are not solely driven by the desire to enhance her resume but stems from an innate inner drive to fulfil her purpose \u2013 personal growth and to make a positive impact on the community.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_31812\" style=\"width: 699px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31812\" class=\"wp-image-31812 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Manju-Bangalore.jpg\" alt=\"Indian youth | Manju Bangalore | Global Indian\" width=\"689\" height=\"426\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Manju-Bangalore.jpg 689w, https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Manju-Bangalore-480x297.jpg 480w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 689px, 100vw\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 689px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 689\/426;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31812\" class=\"wp-image-31812 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Manju-Bangalore.jpg\" alt=\"Indian youth | Manju Bangalore | Global Indian\" width=\"689\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Manju-Bangalore.jpg 689w, https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Manju-Bangalore-480x297.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 689px, 100vw\" \/><\/noscript><p id=\"caption-attachment-31812\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Manju Bangalore being crowned as Miss Oregon USA<\/p><\/div>\n<h4 aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Bagging five NASA and one White House internship<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Before joining<\/span> t<span data-contrast=\"auto\">he International Institute for Astronautical Sciences, Manju graduated from the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uoregon.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Oregon<\/a> with a major in physics and minor in maths. An ambitious young woman who wanted a head start in her career, she was looking everywhere for internships. She ended up bagging not one or two but five NASA internships and one White house internship on science policy.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cOver the course of my five NASA internships, four of which were in the astronaut office, I contributed to propulsion research and helped design and build the cockpit displays of the Orion spacecraft,\u201d she said. Talking about her White House experience she remarked, \u201cOne of my favourite memories was staffing a Hidden Figures screening for First Lady Michelle Obama.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Finding inspiration in Kalpana Chawla\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">From the tender age of four, Manju aspired to become an astronaut. This dream had been sparked during a visit to the air and space museum in her locality. It was there that she had stumbled upon the remarkable story of Kalpana Chawla &#8211; the pioneering Indian woman who ventured into space. \u201cJ<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">ust seeing someone who looks like me doing this incredible thing made me feel like I could do it,\u201d she remarked. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Her strong work ethic and the trait of dedication and hard work comes from her parents, Phani and Geetha Bangalore, who migrated from South India and own and operate a seed-testing lab in Oregon<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_31813\" style=\"width: 446px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31813\" class=\"wp-image-31813 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Capture-2.jpg\" alt=\"Indian youth | Manju Bangalore | Global Indian\" width=\"436\" height=\"510\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 436px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 436\/510;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31813\" class=\"wp-image-31813 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Capture-2.jpg\" alt=\"Indian youth | Manju Bangalore | Global Indian\" width=\"436\" height=\"510\" \/><\/noscript><p id=\"caption-attachment-31813\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Manju Bangalore at t<span data-contrast=\"auto\">he International Institute for Astronautical Sciences<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">While she was pursuing <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">her undergraduate studies at the<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"none\">University of Oregon, she applied for hundreds of internships and \u2018got rejected by ninety-nine percent of them\u2019. Quite by chance she had come across NASA\u2019s portal during her search and had discovered that there was an entire portal of NASA focused on internship. Like other applications she went ahead with applying there too without any high hopes. But to her immense joy, she was selected by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/marshall\/home\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA Marshall Space Flight Cente<\/a>r in Huntsville, Alabama.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Later, her application to work at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/ostp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">White House Office of Science and Technology Policy<\/a> was accepted too. At the White House, she met astronaut Sunita Williams who guided her to land four more internships at NASA&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/johnson\/home\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Johnson Space Center<\/a>, in the astronaut office. \u201cI learnt quite a lot working on the cockpit displays of the spacecraft that will go back to the moon and then to Mars one day,\u201d she shared.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Fuelled by these experiences, Manju enrolled herself into the International Institute of Astronautical Sciences\u2019 postgraduate programme. \u201cThe school hasn\u2019t selected us by any means to go to space, but they are putting us through the training that\u2019s necessary to one day go to space,\u201d shared the happy youngster.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Operation Period and <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Painting with Parkinson\u2019s<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">When Manju was 17, she started Operation Period to address menstrual disparities that she saw around her. The seed for starting this venture germinated in her mind when she encountered a woman in a medical store who was desperately in need of menstrual products but could not purchase them due to lack of money.\u00a0 Not only did Manju generously pay for her needs but came out of the store with the determination to do something about women like the one she met in the store.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_31818\" style=\"width: 434px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31818\" class=\"wp-image-31818 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Operation-Period.jpg\" alt=\"Indian youth | Manju Bangalore | Global Indian\" width=\"424\" height=\"526\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Operation-Period.jpg 355w, https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Operation-Period-241x300.jpg 241w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 424px) 100vw, 424px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 424px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 424\/526;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31818\" class=\"wp-image-31818 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Operation-Period.jpg\" alt=\"Indian youth | Manju Bangalore | Global Indian\" width=\"424\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Operation-Period.jpg 355w, https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Operation-Period-241x300.jpg 241w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 424px) 100vw, 424px\" \/><\/noscript><p id=\"caption-attachment-31818\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Manju Bangalore<\/p><\/div>\n<p aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Through Operation Period, the youngster has made a significant impact, distributing over 300,000 menstrual products worldwide and organizing events to raise awareness about menstrual health education.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p aria-level=\"1\"><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">She also runs a second non-profit, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parkinsonseurope.org\/latest\/news\/the-story-of-us-non-profit-organisation-painting-with-parkinsons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Painting with Parkinson\u2019s<\/a>, to help bring meaning through art to people like her father, who suffers from the disease. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">The non-profit provides free painting kits and organises free painting classes to people affected by PD. \u201cI believe that art has the power to heal, and everyone is an artist and should let that light shine,\u201d she remarked.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">From science and service to the world of pageantry<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The multifaceted youngster has been participating in pageants since she was in her teens. The Oregon resident had made a couple of unsuccessful attempts in the Oregon Teen USA competition, but she remained determined. In 2017 she had managed to get successful in the local pageant, Miss Benton County USA. When she entered her twenties and could no longer participate in the Oregon teen pageant, she set herself on the Oregon Miss USA competition. It took her three attempts to finally win the crown. Overjoyed with the fruit of her persistence she shared, \u201cThe months that have followed after winning have been the best months of my life.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_31814\" style=\"width: 454px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31814\" class=\"wp-image-31814 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/stem.jpg\" alt=\"Indian youth | Manju Bangalore | Global Indian\" width=\"444\" height=\"506\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 444px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 444\/506;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31814\" class=\"wp-image-31814 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/stem.jpg\" alt=\"Indian youth | Manju Bangalore | Global Indian\" width=\"444\" height=\"506\" \/><\/noscript><p id=\"caption-attachment-31814\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Manju Bangalore at an event<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Multiple experiences on the pageant stage have given the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Global Indian<\/em><\/a> a unique perspective on what it takes to be a winner. \u201cA beauty pageant obviously has a component of outward appearance, but also in those seemingly beauty-oriented competitions, they are still looking at how poised you are, how confident on stage you are,\u201d she said adding, \u201cI was by no means the tiniest person on stage; I am curvier, and none of that was held against me.\u201d In fact, Manju thinks it helped her. \u201cIt showed that I am confident in my body and who I am. It has helped me develop a thick skin, to face and filter out the detractors.\u201d\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Indian-origin American <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">embraces and beholds her looks, her identity and her culture with utmost pride.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Wearing many hats<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Manju has a knack for acting since her school days. Her stint in modelling and the world of pageantry led her to some good acting projects. She has guest starred on\u202ftwo television shows &#8211; <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Black is King, Depot <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">and\u202f<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Animal Kingdom<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\"> and is hopeful for more work on this front in future. Working in<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<i>Black is King <\/i>was particularly special because she got an opportunity to work with Beyonc\u00e9, the American singer and songwriter. Recently Manju turned an author with her debut children&#8217;s book, <em>You can be all the things you want to be.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_31815\" style=\"width: 467px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31815\" class=\"wp-image-31815 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Book.jpg\" alt=\"Indian youth | Manju Bangalore | Global Indian\" width=\"457\" height=\"470\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 457px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 457\/470;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31815\" class=\"wp-image-31815 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Book.jpg\" alt=\"Indian youth | Manju Bangalore | Global Indian\" width=\"457\" height=\"470\" \/><\/noscript><p id=\"caption-attachment-31815\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Manju Bangalore with her debut book<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Born to immigrant parents, growing up Manju realised that the world is not an equal place. Instead of being bogged down by racism that she and her family faced, the youngster grew up with the sense of responsibility towards people who are looked down upon for being different. Manju is also a supporter of black and transgender rights and goes out of her way to support these causes. She looks at the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Miss Oregon USA 2023 title to be a good platform to work on these issues.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Follow Manju Bangalore on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/astronautmanju\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/manjubangalore\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(July 12, 2023) It was in her third attempt that twenty-five-year-old Manju Bangalore won Miss Oregon USA 2023 title becoming the first South Asian woman to do so. The persistent and multifaceted youngster called the win, \u2018the cherry on top\u2019 because it gave her \u2018a bit more platform\u2019 to do the kind of work that she has been doing. Manju is a role model for young Brown girls in the US, not just as a pageant winner but as an aspiring astronaut, actor, model, activist, author and a non-profit founder who started Operation Period and Painting with Parkinson\u2019s.\u00a0 The postgraduate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":31816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","story-category":[215,2252],"story-tag":[6276,6289,928,6287,4481,6288,1200,1068,4444,4436,4435,4438,4887,4483,4440,4442,4482,5226,693,6274,6278,6275,6277,6292,158,6279,6282,6284,139,6285,6290,6286,4520,6281,4437,4439,6280,6283,6291],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Manju Bangalore: Miss Oregon USA 2023<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Multifaceted Manju Bangalore won Miss Oregon USA 2023 title becoming the first South Asian woman to do so.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, 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