THE BRAVE HEART DENTIST – DR. RAJLAKSHMI S J – Wheelchair doesn’t Stop her from being Doctor and a Beauty Queen
The Story of a brave heart dentist - who faced all the odds to emerge as a success in her career and life. Read and get motivated. This post will be seeing one such story and it so happens that the protagonist of this real life story happens to be a dentist. The name of that brave doctor is Dr. Rajalakshmi S J
In this post, we are reading the inspiring story of a lady dentist Dr. Rajalakshmi S J. The previous slides mentioned that she is a very successful practicing orthodontist, beauty contest winner, and woman right’s activist. But what makes her unique and different from others and how she prepared for the tough beauty contests? You will find that in this slide.
The Beauty Contest
Dr. Rajalakshmi always had the interest to explore fashion industry. She was passionate about fashion designing and wanted to be a model. Her aspirations to become a model took her to the national platform of Miss Wheelchair, where over 250 contestants from all over India participated.
“I went through the website and prepared a three-minute video. I got a call from them by August that I had been selected and started preparing for it. I worked out in the gym and also started a formal diet.”
For the contest, she designed her clothes and fashion accessories. The competition was judged by famous personalities including film director Nagesh Kukunoor. “He told me that he did not doubt who would win the first prize as I had rocked all the rounds,” Rajalakshmi smiles.
It was perhaps her response to one question that left the audience and judges spellbound.
Judges asked her, whose life would you want to re-live, given an opportunity.
“My own life,” said Rajalakshmi. “I would have corrected my mistakes that I did as a normal person and done more to improve the situation of the disabled in the country,”
Dr. Rajalakshmi S J won the 2014 Miss Wheelchair India – 2014
Every contestant on that podium is a winner.
But Dr. Rajalakshmi being from the dental fraternity makes it unique for the Dental Community.
Her Determination
Rajalakshmi mentioned that through the contest, she felt as though she was representing lakhs of people who are disabled.
“I am what I am today because of a life-threatening accident. I am blessed to lead two lives, one of a normal person and the other of a disabled, in one lifetime itself.”
says Dr. Rajalakshmi S J.
Because she believes that had it not been for her disability, she would not have known the challenges faced by a disabled person.
She continues her firm resolve and regularly undergoes physiotherapy sessions. She realizes that there is no full proof cure for her, but she is determined to make a successful career and life.
Due to her sheer courage and determination, today, Dr. Rajalakshmi is independent and back to her dental practice. We will look at her prolific dental practice in the last slide.
This win at the beauty contest in the year 2014 gave Dr. Rajalakshmi a huge morale boost. It made her very happy. But more than that she realized it to be the perfect way for advocating equal opportunities for the disabled in India. Home is where the heart is, and she feels it’s her responsibility to be in India to work for a better cause.
With that direction in mind, she started preparing for the beauty pageants at a world level. To prepare herself for this tough task, she traveled many countries and also within India to gain much valuable experience.
“I love driving my customised hand driven car & have mapped various road trips across my state,” says Rajalakshmi.
