THE FOURTH time world women boxing gold medalist, MC Mary Kom from Manipur, 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! . 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 November 29 by out-punching Romania's Steluta Duta, her opponent in the title-bout, by a comprehensive 7-1 margin. Mary Kom hails from Kangathel, a small village in Churachandpur district of Manipur.
