Newly crowned Miss India Anukreethy Vas wants to help transgender community

The newly crowned Miss India 2018 Anukreethy Vas who won the hearts of all has now announced her support towards the transgender community -- as she wants to work for their betterment.

As stories of discrimination against the third gender keep making news, 19-year-old beauty queen intends to "brighten the lives of transgenders" as while India's 2 million transgender people have recently been accorded basic civil rights, most still face discrimination from a young age.

This happened after a landmark judgement was passed in 2014 by the Supreme Court that ruled transgender people had equal rights under the law, and granted legal status to the third gender. They were given the right to marry and inherit property, and became eligible for quotas in jobs and educational institutions.

Vas has been associated with an NGO that works for the education of transgenders.