ITANAGAR, Oct 16:Paklu Taipodia, woman body-builder and fitness athlete from Arunachal Pradesh won two trophies in the 9th Miss World Building and Fitness Physique held at Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia while representing India.
The trophies were awarded to Taipodia for coming in at 5th rank in the open category and at the same slot in the overall category, informed Raj Thakuri, her trainer-husband.
Hailing the achievement of Taipodia and informing that she was competing against contestants representing from 22 countries, Thakuri added that the outcome could have been better with stronger financial support to assist in her training sessions.
Notably, Paklu had also won in a similar competition held in South Korea earlier in August.