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Maria Thattil
Maria Thattil (born 1992 or 1993) is an Australian media personality, HR manager, beauty pageant titleholder, podcaster, author, and actor. She was crowned Miss Universe Australia 2020 and then represented Australia at Miss Universe 2020, where she was placed in the top 10.
Maria Thattil is an Indian Australian woman. She was born in 1992 or 1993 in Melbourne after her parents migrated from India to Australia in the 1980s or early 1990s. Her father is from Kerala and her mother from West Bengal.
She went to a private girls' school, and was bullied growing up, and thought that she would have to rid herself of her Indian identity in order to blend in as an Australian. As a teen, she took performing arts classes at Stage School Australia.
She has two degrees: a bachelor's degree in applied science, majoring in psychology, from RMIT and a Master of Management (Human Resources) from the University of Melbourne in 2017. She had intended to become a clinical psychologist, but halfway through the psychology honours program, felt that it was not right for her. After working in fashion retail for two years and enjoying managing a team, she had changed course to management. She did night classes till 9:45pm Mondays to Fridays, and worked retail every weekend for two years.
Thattil was nominated for a Harvard fellowship program, which she turned down after deciding that her focus would go wider than the business world.
After graduating, Thattil did a lot of contract work, including HR roles, until she won a corporate role as a "talent acquisition partner" at the Victoria State Government's North East Link Project.
Thattil was named Miss Universe Australia in October 2020, and was placed in the top 10 of the global competition as only the third woman of colour to represent Australia. She said that she had entered the competition partly "to redefine Australian beauty standards" in Australia, which were focused on tall white women (she is just 5'3"), and to defy bullies and trolls who had targeted her on social media. Upon winning the competition, she was only the third woman of colour to win in its nearly 70-year history. She was interviewed by media and it started conversations about racism, as well as barriers for women and young people.
She has had many appearances on Australian television, as a presenter, frequent commentator, and actor. She has appeared on Channel 9's Today Extra, and Talking Honey, Seven Network's The Morning Show, ABC's News Breakfast and India Now; and Network 10's Studio 10.
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Maria Thattil
Maria Thattil (born 1992 or 1993) is an Australian media personality, HR manager, beauty pageant titleholder, podcaster, author, and actor. She was crowned Miss Universe Australia 2020 and then represented Australia at Miss Universe 2020, where she was placed in the top 10.
Maria Thattil is an Indian Australian woman. She was born in 1992 or 1993 in Melbourne after her parents migrated from India to Australia in the 1980s or early 1990s. Her father is from Kerala and her mother from West Bengal.
She went to a private girls' school, and was bullied growing up, and thought that she would have to rid herself of her Indian identity in order to blend in as an Australian. As a teen, she took performing arts classes at Stage School Australia.
She has two degrees: a bachelor's degree in applied science, majoring in psychology, from RMIT and a Master of Management (Human Resources) from the University of Melbourne in 2017. She had intended to become a clinical psychologist, but halfway through the psychology honours program, felt that it was not right for her. After working in fashion retail for two years and enjoying managing a team, she had changed course to management. She did night classes till 9:45pm Mondays to Fridays, and worked retail every weekend for two years.
Thattil was nominated for a Harvard fellowship program, which she turned down after deciding that her focus would go wider than the business world.
After graduating, Thattil did a lot of contract work, including HR roles, until she won a corporate role as a "talent acquisition partner" at the Victoria State Government's North East Link Project.
Thattil was named Miss Universe Australia in October 2020, and was placed in the top 10 of the global competition as only the third woman of colour to represent Australia. She said that she had entered the competition partly "to redefine Australian beauty standards" in Australia, which were focused on tall white women (she is just 5'3"), and to defy bullies and trolls who had targeted her on social media. Upon winning the competition, she was only the third woman of colour to win in its nearly 70-year history. She was interviewed by media and it started conversations about racism, as well as barriers for women and young people.
She has had many appearances on Australian television, as a presenter, frequent commentator, and actor. She has appeared on Channel 9's Today Extra, and Talking Honey, Seven Network's The Morning Show, ABC's News Breakfast and India Now; and Network 10's Studio 10.