# Tsering Chungtak > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tsering_Chungtak > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tsering_Chungtak.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsering_Chungtak > Source revision: 1311520738 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2016}} '''Tsering Chungtak''' (December 25, 1984 – July 21, 2016{{Cite web|url=http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=37854&t=1|title=Former Miss Tibet Tsering Chungtak passes away|last=Monlam|first=Tenzin|date=July 22, 2016|website=Phayul.com|publisher=|access-date=2016-07-26}}) was a [Tibetan](/source/Tibetan_people) model and beauty pageant titleholder who represented [Tibet](/source/Tibet) at the 2006 edition of the environmentally oriented beauty pageant [Miss Earth 2006](/source/Miss_Earth_2006). She was the first Tibetan woman to participate in any major international beauty contest.{{cite web|url=http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=14975&article=Heart-to-heart+with+Miss+Tibet+2006&t=1&c=5 |title=Heart-to-heart with Miss Tibet 2006 |publisher=phayul.com |date=December 6, 2006 |accessdate=January 3, 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.misstibet.com/history/2006/stories/20061206-miss_tibet_goes_global.html |title=Miss Tibet goes global | Miss Tibet History 2006 |publisher=Misstibet.com |date=December 6, 2006 |accessdate=January 3, 2012}} Tsering pursued her undergraduate studies from Hindu College, [University of Delhi](/source/University_of_Delhi) and was pursuing her PhD degree in Sociology from [Jawaharlal Nehru University](/source/Jawaharlal_Nehru_University). She was working as a research scholar with Ayur Gyan Nyas, an organisation creating curriculum on secular ethics for students from class one to twelve.{{cn|date=May 2025}} ==Miss Tibet 2006 pageant== Chungtak, a student of sociology in Hindu college, University of Delhi was crowned [Miss Tibet](/source/Miss_Tibet) in 2006 at a contest in the northern Indian town of [Dharamsala](/source/Dharamsala%2C_Himachal_Pradesh), home to a majority of Tibetan exiles and the seat of the [14th Dalai Lama](/source/14th_Dalai_Lama).{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=3958947 |title=ABC News: Tibetan Quits Pageant Over China Title |publisher=Abcnews.go.com |date=December 30, 2011 |accessdate=January 3, 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080227232102/https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=3958947|archivedate=February 27, 2008}} Born in [Shillong](/source/Shillong), she was an alumna of the lower-Tibetan Community Village School. She also took the title of Miss Photogenic after securing 1740 votes of the total 3909 votes cast in the online public poll; held in the [Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts](/source/Tibetan_Institute_of_Performing_Arts) (TIPA), the finale of the Miss Tibet 2006 contest drew a large crowd of local Tibetan youth. She received a scholarship cheque of 100,000 Indian rupees.{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20061017/himachal.htm#1 |title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India – Himachal Pradesh |work=The Tribune |location=India |accessdate=January 3, 2012}} ==Miss Earth 2006 participation== Chungtak competed as one of the 90 contestants in the environmentally-oriented [Miss Earth 2006](/source/Miss_Earth_2006) beauty pageant.{{cite web|url=http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=14652&t=1&c=1 |title=Miss Tibet participates in Miss Earth |publisher=phayul.com |accessdate=January 3, 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.whereincity.com/news/5/11274 |title=Miss Tibet goes global! |publisher=Whereincity.com |date=December 10, 2006 |accessdate=January 3, 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.misstibet.com/history/2006/stories/20061112-miss_tibet_participates_miss_earth.html |title=Miss Tibet participates in Miss Earth | Miss Tibet History 2006 |publisher=Misstibet.com |date=November 12, 2006 |accessdate=January 3, 2012}} Aside from her environmental advocacy, she used her platform to say that "Tibet is not a part of China" and "there is no freedom in Tibet". She also advocated for the boundaries of acceptable social etiquette towards modernity, in a traditionally conservative [Tibetan culture](/source/Tibetan_culture), where most grown women wear ankle-length dresses. Nonetheless, her participation in the pageant received an approval from the Dalai Lama.{{cite web|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1017/p07s02-wosc.html |title=There she is, Miss Tibet |publisher=csmonitor.com |date=October 17, 2006 |accessdate=January 3, 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.xeni.net/trek/2006/11/miss-tibet-crowned-headed-for-miss.html |title=xeni.net/trek: Miss Tibet crowned, headed for Miss Earth pageant |publisher=Xeni.net |date=November 15, 2006 |accessdate=January 3, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080131121530/http://www.xeni.net/trek/2006/11/miss-tibet-crowned-headed-for-miss.html |archivedate=January 31, 2008 |df=mdy-all }} She made more headlines in December 2007 when she withdrew her participation in the Miss Tourism contest, a minor international beauty pageant held in [Malaysia](/source/Malaysia), after organizers reacted to pressure from Beijing and asked her to add "China" to her "Miss Tibet" title by wearing a sash labeled "Miss Tibet-China".[http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/06/tibet.beautypageant.ap/ Tibetan beauty quits pageant – CNN.com] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226213000/http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/06/tibet.beautypageant.ap/ |date=February 26, 2008 }}{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7129296.stm |title=Asia-Pacific | China 'forced Miss Tibet to quit' |publisher=BBC News |date=December 5, 2007 |access-date=January 3, 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2007/12/06/rao.miss.tibet.china.cnn |title=Video – Breaking News Videos from |publisher=CNN |date=July 16, 2010 |accessdate=January 3, 2012}}[http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007Dec05/0,4670,TibetBeautyPageant,00.html FOXNews.com – Tibetan Quits Pageant Over China Title – International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080112115236/http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007Dec05/0,4670,TibetBeautyPageant,00.html |date=January 12, 2008 }} ==Tibetan Olympics== Tsering led a run with Tibetans who live in [Taiwan](/source/Taiwan), at [Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall](/source/Chiang_Kai-shek_Memorial_Hall), Sunday, February 24, 2008, in [Taipei](/source/Taipei), as part of the torch relay for the Tibetan Olympics to be held in Dharamsala, India, the seat of the Tibetan government in exile, on May 15, 2008. The relay for a sports event organized by Tibetans in exile to counter the [Beijing Olympics](/source/2008_Summer_Olympics) arrived on Taiwan Sunday on the third leg of a 10-city tour.{{cite web|url=http://foto.rompres.ro/index.php?i=2245901 |title=Rompres Foto |publisher=Foto.rompres.ro |accessdate=January 3, 2012}} The photo of Tsering Chungtak taken by [Associated Press](/source/Associated_Press) in Taiwan was the "pick of the day" of ''XPRESS Newspaper'', sister paper of [Gulf News](/source/Gulf_News), which is based in the [United Arab Emirates](/source/United_Arab_Emirates); the newspaper looks daily for the best photos from around the globe.{{cite web|url=http://www.xpress4me.com/photos/gallery.jsp?article=/channels/xpress4me_com/photos/insight/20005982.html&index=2 |title=Xpress: null |publisher=Xpress4me.com |accessdate=January 3, 2012}} == Death == Chungtak died on July 21, 2016, in [Majnu-ka-tilla](/source/Majnu-ka-tilla) of [cardiac arrest](/source/cardiac_arrest). She was 31.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tibetsun.com/news/2016/07/22/former-miss-tibet-tsering-chungtak-passes-away|title=Former Miss Tibet Tsering Chungtak passes away|last=Staff|date=22 July 2016|website=www.tibetsun.com|publisher=Tibet Sun|access-date=2016-07-26|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20160723220212/https://www.tibetsun.com/news/2016/07/22/former-miss-tibet-tsering-chungtak-passes-away|archivedate=July 23, 2016|df=mdy-all}} == References == {{reflist|colwidth=30em}} {{Miss Earth 2006 delegates}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Chungtak, Tsering}} Category:1984 births Category:2016 deaths Category:Miss Earth 2006 contestants Category:Tibetan people Category:Hindu College, Delhi alumni Category:Jawaharlal Nehru University alumni Category:People from Meghalaya Category:Female models from Delhi Category:Tibetan diaspora in India --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Tsering Chungtak](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsering_Chungtak) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsering_Chungtak?action=history)). 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