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Manushi Chhillar

Manushi Chhillar
Beauty pageant titleholder
Born (1997-05-14) 14 May 1997 (age 20)
Education St. Thomas School, Delhi
Bhagat Phool Singh Government Medical College for Women, Sonepat, Haryana.
Occupation Model
Title(s) Femina Miss India World 2017
Femina Miss India Haryana 2017
Miss Photogenic
Major
competition(s)
Miss World 2017
(TBA)
Femina Miss India 2017
(Winner)

Manushi Chhillar (born 14 May 1997) is an Indian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned 54th Femina Miss India World 2017 by outgoing queen Femina Miss India World 2016 Priyadarshini Chatterjee at the finale event held in at Yash Raj Studios in Mumbai on Sunday 25 June 2017. She represented the state of Haryana as Miss India Haryana 2017 at Femina Miss India 2017 beauty pageant and competed with 29 contestants from other states and Delhi. She will represent India at Miss World 2017 pageant which will be held in November 2017 in China.

Chhillar is one of the very few Miss India winners who were medical students during their reign, like Yasmin Daji - Miss Universe 1966-3rd Runner Up, Reita Faria - Miss World 1966, Kalpana Pandit-dethroned Femina Miss India 1989, Lakshmi Pandit-dethroned Femina Miss India 2004 and Pooja Chitgopekar - Miss Earth - Air 2007. She considers Reita Faria - Miss World 1966 who was the first Indian and Asian to win the Miss World crown, as her role model. Her winning answer to the final question "The lesson that they would take back after spending a month with 30 contestants" in the final of Femina Miss India 2017 was "Throughout the journey I had a vision and with this came a belief, I can change the world.

Manushi born to doctor parents, is a medical student herself. Father, Dr. Mitra Basu Chhillar, is an M.D. in Medicine, and mother, Dr. Neelam Chhillar, is an M.D. in Biochemistry. She studied at St. Thomas School in Delhi and pursuing her M.B.B.S. course from Bhagat Phool Singh Government Medical College for Women in Sonepat, Haryana. She is a trained Kuchipudi dancer, has trained under legendary dancers Raja and Radha Reddy and Kaushalya Reddy and she has also been a part of National School of Drama.


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