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MC(Mangte Chungneijang) Mary Kom: Pepsi MTV Youth Icon 2008!
New Delhi, December 23, 2008: The fourth time world women boxing gold medalist, MC(Mangte Chungneijang) Mary Kom (Read e-pao's profile
here ), has been voted as one of the 8 Pepsi MTV Youth Icons 2008. As a reward, Pepsi will feature Mary Kom on 1 million Pepsi My Cans!
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Out of the shortlisted 30 from 8000 probables, 8 of the nominees - MC Mary Kom, Rahul Mishra, Sarath Babu, Ankit Fadia, Mangesh Hadawale, Blaaze, Nitish Mishra and Ishita Khanna - were voted as the Pepsi MTV Youth Icons 2008. The Icons were voted through SMS and the voting system available on the Pepsi MTV Youth Icon 2008 website.
Mary Kom recently clinched her fourth gold medal in the AIBA World Championships held at Ningbo City in China on 29th November 2008 by out-punching Romania's Steluta Duta, her opponent in the title-bout, by a comprehensive 7-1 margin.
Mary Kom comes from Kangathel, a small village in Churachandpur district, Manipur.
** E-pao.net Promotion to vote for Mary on this icon here
** MTV YOuth Icon Award website here
Related Article/Gallery on Mary Kom
- Profile of MC Mary Kom
- Promotion to vote for Mary on this MTV Youth Icon
- World Champion Mary Kom triumphant return at Tulihal Airport :: 2008
- MC Mary Kom - Indian Real Heroes Award 2008
- Manipur welcomes Mary Kom & Sarita - World Champion :: 2006
- Felicitation of Mary Kom, World Champion & L. Sarita, Bronze Winner :: 2005
This announcement was provided by Lalremlien Neitham who contributes to e-pao.net regularly. The writer can be contacted at lalremlien(at)gmail(dot)com
This was webcasted on December 23rd 2008 .
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