Manushi Chhillar brings Miss World 2017 crown to India after 17 years.

Mumbai: Seventeen years ago, Priyanka Chopra was crowned the Miss World and the beautiful woman has made a name for herself in Bollywood and Hollywood. A medical student from Haryana, Manushi Chhillar, is the new Miss World 2017. Elbowing aside beauties from over 108 nations, Manushi was crowned the new Miss World in the Sanya City Arena in China. Miss World 2016 winner Puerto Rico’s Stephanie Del Valle passed on the coveted crown to the new title holder, Manushi Chhillar from India.

 

Past beauty queens have gone on to succeed in B-town. Here’s a list of names that won international pageants and proceeded to carve a place for themselves in Bollywood: Sushmita Sen (Miss Universe 1994), Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (Miss World 1994), Diana Hayden (Miss World 1997), Lara Dutta (Miss Universe 2000), Priyanka Chopra (Miss World 2000), and Dia Mirza (Miss Asia Pacific 2000).

 

Femina Miss India official twitter handle shared picture of Miss World 2017 Manushi Chhillar with her parents and captioned it, “Definitely the most awaited pic! @ManushiChhillar with her parents. #MissWorld2017”.

 

Manushi Chhillar also took a moment to thank everyone for all the love and support. She tweeted, “Thank you, everyone, for your constant love, support at prayers! @feminamissindia @MissWorldLtd #MissWorld2017 This one’s for #India”

The 20-year-old medical student from Haryana Manushi Chhillar had won Femina Miss India World 2017 in May this year. The announcment was made on the pageant’s official Twitter handle.

“The winner of Miss World 2017 is Miss India Manushi Chhillar,” the tweet said.

Manushi Chhillar had made it to the top 5 along with contestants from England, France, Kenya and Mexico.

 

The first and the second runners-up were Miss England Stephanie Hill and Miss Mexico Andrea Meza.

The coveted title was last won by Priyanka Chopra for India in 2000, a year after Yukta Mookhey had made the country proud.

 

In 1997, Diana Hayden had bagged the Miss World title, while Aishwarya Rai had the honours in 1994. Reita Faria was the first Indian to win the Miss World crown in the 1966.