THE TIBET MIRROR

Meet Tenzin Dolma, Miss Tibet 2007

2007-10-23T18:44:44+08:00

MCLEOD GANJ, India, 20 October 2007 — She is striking, confident and ambitious. She is the new Miss Tibet 2007. She is Tenzin Dolma.

"I am no more an individual self. The Miss Tibet title carries huge responsibility. People put lots of hope on Miss Tibet," says an elated Dolma

"I am representing my country in general and Tibetan women in particular. I have a huge responsibility now. I have to live up to the hope that people place on me, and prove my worth for the title."

Dolma stands at 172 cms. Her other vital statistics are: 79-59-89 cms. She likes music, fashion and travelling.

Although she was born in Mainpat Tibetan Settlement in Chattisgarh, central India, in 1986, but she has Amdo ancestry. Her family moved to Mcleod Ganj when she was five. She lived there until she completed her schooling from TCV schools, attending upper Dharamshala until class 10 and finishing +2 from TCV Gopalpur in 2004. She studied in the Arts stream.

Currently she is in Delhi to pursue her higher studies, doing BA through correspondence.

Dolma worked as a consultant in a call centre before participating in the pageant. She also works as a part-time model with a few modelling agencies in Delhi.

She aspires to be a super-model, through which she wants to tell the world that Tibetan women are also capable in fashion and designing.

She has a younger brother, who is studying at upper TCV School in Dharamshala.

As Miss Tibet 2007, she will be leaving for the Philippines in a few days to represent Tibet in the Miss Earth pageant.

President Bush applauds as the Dalai Lama arrives for the Congressional Gold Medal ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington.

2007-10-23T18:27:51+08:00

Congress honored the spiritual leader of Tibet despite vocal objections from China, which has controlled the Dalai Lama's homeland since 1959. In his address, the Dalai Lama repeated his call for automony, not separation from China. President Bush, who has met with the Dalai Lama privately, becomes the first sitting president to meet publicly with the religious leader, and also called for China to meet with the Dalai Lama and respect "religious freedom" in that country. (Evan Vucci/ AP Photo)

USA Dalai Lama in Washington, DC

2007-10-23T18:25:35+08:00

Performers stand in their costumes as they wait for the Dalai Lama to speak in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2007. Earlier in the day, the Dalai Lama received the Congressional Gold Medal in a ceremony inside the Capitol rotunda.