Hyderabad, May 11 -- Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Saturday inaugurated the "72nd Miss World-2025" beauty pageant at a grand and glittering opening ceremony in Hyderabad.

Though escalating war-like situation on the India-Pakistan borders for the last two days cast a shadow on the event initially, the Miss World organisers heaved a sigh of relief with both countries calling for ceasefire of hostilities in the evening.

The chief minister, who was absent in the initial hours of the inaugural programme held at GMC Balayogi stadium due to the tense atmosphere all over the nation, joined the celebrations late in the evening.

Revanth Reddy, along with Miss World CEO Julia Morley, officially inaugurated the event. In a moving ges...