Sonali Ravindrakumar is a mom, corporate-professional-turned-beauty-queen, and living proof that motherhood is not where your story stops. She is a minimalist and follows a plant-based diet.

Grounded in spirituality, she believes that doing good to people is the same as serving God. From entering (and placing in!) a beauty pageant by accident, to taking karate classes alongside her boys, to chasing passions she once thought were “off limits”.

Sonali has made it her mission to model what it looks like to say yes to yourself, no matter the season of life. She took the crown for Mrs. Universe USA Classic 2025 and walked as a model for NYFW. She co-emceed last year’s Florida state pageant and was recently interviewed on NBC.