India, Nov. 17 -- Miss India winner Manika Vishwakarma has been impressing everyone with her grace and style both on and off stage at the ongoing Miss Universe competition in Thailand. While her sartorial choices so far have been impressive, one cannot ignore her intelligence and elegance, which are on full display during interview rounds.

On November 16, during a 'chain reaction question session', Manika was asked by the interviewer an interesting question: "In the 1994 Miss Universe finale, Miss Sushmita Sen from India was asked, 'What for you is the essence of being a woman?' That is my question for you." Let's find out what Manika said.

Before sharing her thoughts on what the essence of being a woman is, Manika first recalled Sushmi...