Femina Miss India World 2026 Sadhvi Sail said: ‘I used to chant chapters of Bhagavad Gita’

Femina Miss India World 2026 Sadhvi Saile’s win is a beautiful amalgamation of many different stories of those who saw potential in her. Sadhvi’s victory as Femina Miss India World 2026 is more than just a personal triumph—it’s a story woven by geography, identity, and the quiet strength of people who believed in her long before she stepped into the spotlight. Their journey from the sunny shores of Goa to the culturally rich city of Karwar reflects a life built on adjustment and purpose.

Sadhvi Sail’s story is not about attachment to any one place, but about experiences that have reshaped her identity.

Born in Goa, she grew up there for a while, then moved to Karnataka and the city of Karwar on the outskirts of Goa. In an exclusive interview with FPJ, she said, “When I came to the Miss India platform, I got the honor of representing my birthplace Goa, but my birthplace has also inspired me in many ways.”

In his childhood, he got the opportunity to study in a school where he was taught many life skills and mythological stories. “I was very imaginative since childhood,” she says. “I used to read 2-3 chapters of Bhagavad Gita. I was also taught the practice of meditation, due to which today I am a very calm person.”

Sadhvi, who studied Economics and International Relations, considers Dr Geeta Gopinath as her inspiration. The beauty queen says, “She has worked closely with the IMF and is the first female Chief Economist there. She is a black person and represents the Indian soil on such a large scale, and that’s what really inspires me.”

There was a time when Sadhvi’s lifestyle was not sustainable. At that time he was 10 kg overweight, and his friends motivated him to get fit. “That’s why I didn’t want to audition, but my friends came with me and sat for 6-8 hours of auditions. I failed the Miss Diva audition. But then I realized that instead of fitting into a prototype, it’s about feeling your best self.”

The credit for this goes to Sadhvi’s grandmother who inculcated the qualities of self-empowerment in the beauty queen since childhood. “My parents were busy when I was growing up, so I often spent a lot of time listening to my grandmother tell stories about her and my parents’ lives.”

“My grandmother raised four girls at a time when daughters were considered a burden. She did this with her simple skills like sewing and animal husbandry. She kept herself busy with whatever she could to make herself feel strong enough to feed her children,” she says.

According to Sadhvi, in today’s world, where we talk so much about education, it should also be known that education is not available to all. “It’s not true that if you don’t have a privileged education, you won’t be able to support your family. There are other ways to do that, and that’s by equipping yourself with skills that you can learn and do justice to. Women can use soft skills to support their families.”

“Instead of seeking new wisdom and new ways of dealing with problems, we can look to our forefathers and elders who have so much wisdom to share. That is the beauty of India. We are equally inspired by the past and the future.”