Miss Universe India 2024

Miss Universe India 2024 was the inaugural edition of the Miss Universe India pageant, held at the Zee Studios in Jaipur, India, on September 22, 2024. The pageant is held under the Glamanand Group, with Nikhil Anand as the National Director.

Miss Universe India 2024
Date	22 September 2024
Presenters	Lance Raymundo Ngô Ngọc Gia Hân
Venue	Zee Studios, Jaipur, India
Broadcaster	Zee TV
Entrants	51
Placements	20
Withdrawals	Jammu and Kashmir Telangana
Winner	Rhea Singha Gujarat
Congeniality	Saanvi Sharma Uttar Pradesh
Best National Costume	Chhavi Verg New Jersey Danube Kangjam Manipur
Photogenic	Kajal Choudhary Bihar

At the end of the event, Rhea Singha was crowned as Miss Universe India 2024 by Urvashi Rautela, Miss Universe India 2015. She will represent India at the Miss Universe 2024 to be held in Mexico on November 16, 2024.

The Miss Universe India 2024 pageant was held from September 9th to 22nd, with the grand finale took place in Zee Studios, Jaipur, Rajasthan. Filipino actor and model, Lance Raymundo and Ngô Ngọc Gia Hân, winner of Miss Teen International 2022 hosted the coronation ceremony, which was aired live on the official YouTube channel of Miss Universe.

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant	International Placement
Miss Universe India 2024	MUI. #36 – Rhea Singha	Top 30 – Miss Universe 2024
1st Runner-Up	MUI. #34 – Pranjal Priya
2nd Runner-Up	MUI. #16 – Chhavi Verg
3rd Runner-Up	MUI. #47 – Sushmita Roy
4th Runner-Up	MUI. #39 – Ruopfüzhano Whiso
Top 10	MUI. #06 – Anjum Malik MUI. #10 – Archana Bhavsar MUI. #17 – Daisy Khound MUI. #28 – Mrunmayee Taare ∆ MUI. #32 – Ojasvi Sharma
Top 20	MUI. #05 – Angel Bhathal MUI. #07 – Anubha Vashist Chaudhary MUI. #14 – Chandana Jayaram MUI. #27 – Manika Vishwakarma MUI. #33 – Prakshi Goel MUI. #37 – Roneihpuii § MUI. #41 – Saanvi Sharma MUI. #42 – Sanjana Vij MUI. #49 – Tejaswini Shrivastava MUI. #51 – Wachi Pareek

§ – Voted into the Top 20 by winning Miss Popular Award
∆ – Winner of Beauty with a Purpose Award

Special Awards

Award	Contestant
Beauty with a Purpose	MUI. #28 – Mrunmayee Taare
Best in Evening Gown	MUI. #07 – Anubha Vashist Chaudhary
Best in Personal Interview	MUI. #38 – Roosh Sindhu
Best in Swimsuit	MUI. #34 – Pranjal Priya
Best National Costume (Judges Choice)	MUI. #16 – Chhavi Verg
Best National Costume (People's Choice)	MUI. #18 – Danube Kangjam
Best State Director	Hemamalini Rajinikanth – Tamil Nadu
Miss Beautiful Skin	MUI. #38 – Roosh Sindhu
Miss Congeniality	MUI. #41 – Saanvi Sharma
Miss Fashion Icon	MUI. #22 – Kanak Agnihotri
Miss Photogenic	MUI. #21 – Kajal Choudhary
Miss Popular	MUI. #37 – Roneihpuii
MyGlamm Miss Glamorous	MUI. #36 – Rhea Singha

Head-to-Head Challenge

The contestants were officially assigned to their grouping via Miss Universe India social media handles on 18 September 2024.

  Winner of the Head-to-Head Challenge.

Group	Delegate 1	Delegate 2	Delegate 3
1	Kopal Mandloi	Manika Suthar	Shivali Patel
2	Guneet Kaur Saini	Rhea Singha	Shatakshi Kiran
3	Avani Kakekochhi	Lakshita Thilagaraj	Saanvi Sharma
4	Amelia Reddy	Chayanika Debnath	Saachi Gurav
5	Khushi Verma	Rashalika Sabharwal	Tanu Shree
6	Anamika Borah	Daisy Khound	Janvi Soni
7	Bhuvaneshwari Vishwanath	Sanjana Vij	Thupten Lhamu
8	Anjum Malik	Chhavi Verg	Sushmita Roy
9	Archana Bhavsar	Navya Singh	Roosh Sindhu
10	Aishwarya Pansare	Niharika Sood	Prakshi Goyal
11	Ananya Saxena	Angel Bhathal	Anubha Vashisth
12	Aqsa Varghese	Kajal Choudhary	Mrunmayee Tare
13	Kanak Agnihotri	Ruopfüzhano Whiso	Tejaswini Shrivastava
14	Ojasvi Sharma	Roneihpuii	Sonia Pradhan
15	Bahun Nongrum	Chandana Jayaram	Wachi Pareek
16	Anushka Dutta	Larissa D'Souza	Pranjal Priya
17	Danube Kangjam	Namitha Marimuthu	Shaine Soni

Best Rampwalk

Result	Name
Winner	Pranjal Priya
Top 5	Anamika Borah Daisy Khound Ojasvi Sharma Wachi Pareek

Best in Speech

Result	Name
Winner	Saanvi Sharma
Top 5	Angel Bhathal Daisy Khound Manika Suthar Saachi Gurav

Best in Talent

Result	Name
Winner	TBA
Top 5	Avani Kakekochhi Chayanika Debnath Chhavi Verg Navya Singh Tejaswini Shrivastava

Background

Schedule

The Miss Universe India organization officially unveiled the competition schedule for the Miss Universe India 2024 pageant on September 1, 2024 via its official social media handles. The event will commence on September 9 and culminate in a grand finale on September 22. The National Costume and Preliminary rounds are slated for 20 September 2024.

Selection of participants

In early May, National Director Nikhil Anand announced on social media that contestants would be selected from each Indian state. Prominent figures from the business world and many beauty queens acquired franchises for various states.

Applications for contestants at the Miss Universe state level subsequently opened. Each state will independently conduct auditions, grooming sessions, styling sessions, training, and finalize their representative. The pageant announced that all women aged 18 and above will be eligible to compete. This reflected the Miss Universe organisation's changes to their eligibility criteria. Once all state representatives are announced, they will compete for the title of Miss Universe India at the grand finale, expected to be held in October 2024. Contestants from all Indian states and an Indian representative from the UAE will compete in the pageant.

A final round of auditions for Miss Universe Delhi 2024 was held in New Delhi on August 17th. The event was open to all girls who had missed the online registration or failed to win their respective state competitions. Spot registrations were also accepted between 10 AM and 12 PM IST. The contestants underwent multiple rounds of interviews, with participants who had achieved runner-up or finalist titles at state-level pageants being particularly encouraged to audition. At the end of the day, Sanjana Vij was crowned Miss Universe Delhi 2024. Notably, she had previously been the first runner-up at the Miss Universe Telangana 2024 pageant. Additionally, the event marked the official announcement of Miss Universe India representatives for the states of Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha, and Tripura. Several contestants were chosen as wildcard entries to advance to the national finals.

Replacements

• Jammu and Kashmir: Priyanka Pandita, the former Miss Universe Jammu and Kashmir 2024, stepped down from her title due to work commitments. Aishwarya Pansare was subsequently crowned the new Miss Universe Jammu and Kashmir 2024.
• Odisha: Allegations of favoritism marred the Miss Universe Odisha finale. Following an investigation into the questionable crowning of the original winner, the organization revoked her title and suspended the state's license. Janvi Soni was ultimately declared the rightful Miss Universe Odisha at the national audition on 17 August 2024.
• Haryana: A pre-existing agency contract prevented Amishi Kaushik, the original Miss Universe Haryana 2024, from participating in the national pageant. As a result, the first runner-up, Prakshi Goyal, was selected to represent Haryana.

Withdrawals

• Miss Universe Telangana 2024, Niharika Sood, announced her withdrawal from the competition on September 20th due to contractual obligations.
• Miss Universe Jammu and Kashmir 2024, Aishwarya Pansare, withdrew from the competition on the day before the finals, citing undisclosed reasons.

Selection Committee

Coronation Day

• Nikhil Anand – National director of Miss Universe India
• Nguyễn Như Quỳnh – CEO of Miss Tourism World Vietnam
• Rajiv K Shrivastava – Founder of Act Now Organisation
• Rian Fernandez Atelier – Filipino fashion designer
• Urvashi Rautela – Actress and Miss Universe India 2015

Preliminary Competition

• Nikhil Anand – National director of Miss Universe India
• Simran Sharma – Miss Grand India 2020
• Sophiya Singh – Miss Asia Pacific International India 2024

Contestants

The Miss Universe India 2024 pageant features 51 contestants: 31 state representatives, 14 wildcard entries, and 6 NRI delegates.

No.	Delegate	Age	Height	State/Territory/Country	Audition Category	Ref.
1	Aishwarya Pansare			Jammu and Kashmir	State
2	Amelia Reddy	23	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)	North Carolina	NRI
3	Anamika Borah	22	163 cm (5 ft 4 in)	Assam	State
4	Ananya Saxena	23	177 cm (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Uttarakhand	State
5	Angel Bhathal	38	165 cm (5 ft 5 in)	Toronto	NRI
6	Anjum Malik	27	163 cm (5 ft 4 in)	Goa	State
7	Anubha Vashist Chaudhary	27	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)	Delhi	Wildcard
8	Anushka Dutta	22	177 cm (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Himachal Pradesh	State
9	Aqsa Varghese	24	162 cm (5 ft 4 in)	Kerala	State
10	Archana Bhavsar	23	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)	Mumbai	Wildcard
11	Avani Kakekochhi Bhat	24	169 cm (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)	Karnataka	State
12	Bahun Nongrum	26	171 cm (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Meghalaya	State
13	Bhuvaneshwari Vishwanath	25	165 cm (5 ft 5 in)	Coimbatore	Wildcard
14	Chandana Jayaram	24	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)	Andhra Pradesh	State
15	Chayanika Debnath	29	160 cm (5 ft 3 in)	Tripura	State
16	Chhavi Verg	27	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)	New Jersey	NRI
17	Daisy Khound	23	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)	Assam	Wildcard
18	Danube Kangjam	24	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)	Manipur	State
19	Guneet Kaur Saini	25	174 cm (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Punjab	State
20	Janvi Soni	23	164 cm (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)	Odisha	State
21	Kajal Choudhary	22	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)	Bihar	State
22	Kanak Agnihotri	25	165 cm (5 ft 5 in)	Uttar Pradesh	State
23	Khushi Verma	18	172 cm (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	New Delhi	Wildcard
24	Kopal Mandloi	25	165 cm (5 ft 5 in)	Madhya Pradesh	State
25	Lakshitha Thilagaraj	20	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)	Tamil Nadu	State
26	Larissa Dsouza	24	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)	United Arab Emirates	NRI
27	Manika Vishwakarma	21	171 cm (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Rajasthan	State
28	Mrunmayee Taare	23	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)	Thane	Wildcard
29	Namitha Marimuthu	35	182 cm (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)	Chennai	Wildcard
30	Navya Singh	34	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)	Katihar	Wildcard
31	Niharika Sood	27	167 cm (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)	Telangana	State
32	Ojasvi Sharma	27	167 cm (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)	Delhi	Wildcard
33	Prakshi Goel	23	174 cm (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Haryana	State
34	Pranjal Priya	19	179 cm (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)	Maharashtra	State
35	Rashalika Sabharwal	29	171 cm (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Mumbai	Wildcard
36	Rhea Singha	19	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)	Ahmedabad	Wildcard
37	Roneihpuii	23	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)	Mizoram	State
38	Roosh Sindhu	24	171 cm (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Gujarat	State
39	Ruopfüzhano Whiso	25	171 cm (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Nagaland	State
40	Saachi Gurav	22	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)	Manchester	NRI
41	Saanvi Sharma	22	163 cm (5 ft 4 in)	Uttar Pradesh	State
42	Sanjana Vij	29	167 cm (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)	Delhi	State
43	Shaine Soni	37	179 cm (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)	Delhi	Wildcard
44	Shatakshi Kiran	23	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)	Jharkhand	State
45	Shivali Patel	27	171 cm (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Raleigh	NRI
46	Sonia Pradhan	20	165 cm (5 ft 5 in)	Sikkim	State
47	Sushmita Roy	29	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)	West Bengal	State
48	Tanu Shree	26	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)	Bihar	Wildcard
49	Tejaswini Shrivastava	22	167 cm (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)	Nagpur	Wildcard
50	Thupten Lhamu	23	165 cm (5 ft 5 in)	Arunachal Pradesh	State
51	Wachi Pareek	22	166 cm (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)	Chhattisgarh	State

Crossovers

Contestants who previously competed in other national and international beauty pageants with their respective placements.

National Pageants

Femina Miss India (Miss World India)

• FMI Nagaland 2018: Ruopfüzhano Whiso
• FMI Telangana 2019: Sanjana Vij (Runner-up)
• FMI West Bengal 2019: Sushmita Roy
• FMI Tripura 2020: Chayanika Debnath
• FMI Bihar 2022: Kajal Choudhary
• FMI New Delhi 2022: Prakshi Goel
• FMI Bihar 2023: Tanu Shree
• FMI Odisha 2023: Janvi Soni

Miss Diva (Miss Universe India)

• 2020: Rashalika Sabharwal
• 2021: Ojasvi Sharma
• 2023: Archana Bhavsar
• 2023: Daisy Khound (Top 7)

Miss Divine Beauty (Miss Earth India)

• 2019: Ananya Saxena
• 2021: Kanak Agnihotri (Top 15)
• 2023: Tejaswini Shrivastava (1st Runner-up)

Miss Transqueen India (Miss International Queen India)

• 2021: Shaine Soni (Winner)
• 2022: Namitha Marimuthu (Winner)

Miss Grand India (Miss Grand International India)

• 2024: Guneetinder Kaur
• 2024: Kopal Mandloi

Miss USA (Miss Universe USA)

• 2017: Chhavi Verg (1st Runner-up)

Miss Supranational USA

• 2021: Shivali Patel (Winner)

Miss World America

• 2016: Shivali Patel (1st Runner-up)
• 2018: Shivali Patel (2nd Runner-up)

Miss World Canada

• 2010: Angel Bhathal (Top 12)

Miss Earth Canada

• 2012: Angel Bhathal (2nd Runner-Up)

Miss Universe Canada

• 2013: Angel Bhathal (Top 20)

Miss Swimsuit USA International Canada

• 2022: Angel Bhathal (Winner)

International Pageants

Miss Teen Universe

• 2022: Wachi Pareek (2nd Runner-up)
• 2023: Rhea Singha (Top 6)

Miss Global

• 2019: Angel Bhathal (Top 10)
• 2021: Larissa Dsouza

Miss Supranational

• 2021: Shivali Patel (Represented United States)

Miss International Queen

• 2022: Namitha Marimuthu (Top 11)

Dr. World

• 2021: Angel Bhathal (Winner)

Miss Multiverse

• 2021: Angel Bhathal (6th Runner-Up)

Miss Cappaddoccia

• 2022: Angel Bhathal (Winner)

Miss Swimsuit USA International

• 2024: Angel Bhathal (2nd Runner-Up)
• 2025: Angel Bhathal (Winner)

Miss Teen Earth

• 2023: Rhea Singha (Winner)

External links

Official website