Bhubaneswar, Oct. 21 -- Three girls from Odisha brought laurel for the country as well as state by winning titles at Junior Model International beauty pageant in Dubai.

While Lavanya Das won the title in teens group (between 13 years and 16 years), Sribali Das, the Class 4 student of Unit-8 DAV Public School, was announced the first runners-up in Princess category at the beauty contest.

Similarly, K R Santoshini was crowned as the second runners-up at Junior Model International held between October 14 and 19.

The three little girls had represented India at the beauty contest in Dubai following their selections at a national level competition in Kerala. They had successfully qualified all the rounds at Odisha Junior Top Models competiti...