Nirmala Kelwani (centre), 43, smiles after winning Miss Wheelchair India, the country’s first wheelchair beauty pageant, in Mumbai, yesterday. A total of 16 women participated in the contest, which the organisers hope will open doors for differently abled women in modelling, film and television.

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