Mary Kom
File picture shows India's boxer MC Mary Kom punching a bag during a training session in PuneReuters

Olympic bronze medallist Mary Kom will walk the ramp for actress Shabana Azmi's Mijwan Welfare Society (MWS) on September 3.

"Mary Kom to walk the ramp for Mijwan Sonnets in Fabric on Sep 3. She is such a role model and our Mijwan school girls are over the moon," tweeted Shabana.

The show will be held at the Grand Hyatt in Mumbai where the 29-year-old boxer will be among other celebrities who have agreed to support a noble cause. MNS is an NGO that works for the empowerment of girl children in rural India and will hold the "Mijwan Sonnets In Fabric" for the third consecutive year.

Deepika Padukone, Karan Johar and Imran Khan will wear clothes made by the NGO's girls at the event, which also be attended by Amy Jackson, Arjun Kapoor, Chiraag Paswan, Chitrangada Singh, Dia Mirza, Imtiaz Ali, Kalki Koechlin, Kunal Kapoor, Malaika Arora Khan, Neha Dhupia, Parineeti Chopra, Prateik, Rohit Roy, Rohit Shetty, Sameera Reddy, Shahana Goswami, Shahzanne Padamsee and Yuvraj Singh according to a report by IANS.