Miss Nagaland 2012, Imlibenla Wati was conferred with the Northeast’s women leaders award at the Northeast Leadership Award on February 28 at Vivanta, Guwahati.
Wati was awarded for being a pioneer in the field of pageantry, for representing North East and India as a whole and the State of Nagaland in particular in the international platform. The awarded was presented by the CMO Asia and World Women’s Congress, a recognition after almost a decade.
Imlibenla Wati began competing in beauty pageants at a young age, she was the runner-up at Miss Mokokchung pageant in 2012. Her first significant success came when she was crowned Miss Nagaland as part of the annual Hornbill Festival in 2012. She was only 17 years old at the time and there has been no looking back for her since then.
She has helped bring attention to the Northeast and Nagaland, and that has definitely helped Nagaland’s profile on the national stage. She was crowned first runner-up at Miss India Elite, 2015. After which she was honored by the Big Break Entertainment to participate in the Miss Asia Pacific to represent India at Miss Super Talent World and was also officially declared as Miss Asia Pacific Super Talent India 2016 (formerly known as Miss Asia Pacific). She also represented India in the international pageant Miss Pan Continental in Phillipines.