My focus is on breast cancer: Miss India runner-up

Miss India 2015 First runner-up Aafreen Rachel Vaz said her future social endeavour would be to create awareness on breast cancer.

Briefing reporters, in Mangaluru on Monday, during her first visit to Mangaluru after she was crowned at the beauty pageant.

She said her own organisation EDBF (Early Detection for a Better Future), which is to work towards creating awareness among women on self check-up for breast cancer, will be in the limelight within a month.

After she hopefully wins the international crown, she will auction her outfits and the funds will go to the organisation. She has decided to work with rural people for the cause.
Aged 25, Aafreen is presently pursuing her third year MBBS at AJ Institute of Medical Science, Mangaluru.

Born and brought up in Mumbai, she completed her Bachelor of Science from the University of Otago in New Zealand. She has also completed one year Radiation Therapy from the University of Otago and has also been awarded a scholarship from the Royal Society of Breast Cancer.

Aafreen did not forget to add that she will be accepting film offers coming on the way, though she is not keen on pursuing film career at the moment as her prime focus will be the international crown.

She is looking forward for the international pageant and bringing crown home. Later, she will engage herself with her EDBF movement and the studies. With her social endeavours, she may lag behind her batch mates, but she will not leave her studies incomplete.

She said she admires Sushmitha Sen, for her passion towards girl child movement. Sushmitha  is a definition for a woman of substance, Vaz said. She said people, especially women of Mangaluru are naturally polished.