Beauty pageant titleholder | |
Native name | Bengali: প্ৰিয়দৰ্শিনী চট্টোপাধ্যায় Assamese: প্ৰিয়দৰ্শিনী চেটাৰ্জী |
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Born |
Dhubri, Assam, India |
4 September 1995
Residence | Guwahati, India |
Education |
Hindu College, University of Delhi New Delhi, India |
Occupation | Model |
Title(s) |
Femina Miss India World 2016 Femina Miss India Delhi 2016 |
Major competition(s) |
Miss World 2016 (Top 20) Femina Miss India 2016 (Winner) (Centro Miss Rampwalk) (Miss Perfect Body - 1st RU) Femina Miss India Delhi 2016 (Winner) (Miss Perfect Body) (Miss Rampwalk) (Miss Talent) |
Priyadarshini Chatterjee (September 4, 1995) is an Indian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Femina Miss India World in 2016. She represented India at the Miss World 2016 pageant. She is the first to represent India at Miss World from a northeast Indian state.
Priyadarshini was born as a premature baby and as her chances of survival were less, she had to undergo many surgeries. She was born in Dhubri in a Bengali family and was brought up in Guwahati city in the state of Assam. At the age of 9, she was hospitalized on the account of severe abdominal pain. It was diagnosed and she had a major tumor in her intestine and she had to undergo surgery. If the operation had been delayed, she wouldn't have survived. She completed her schooling in Maria's Public School in Guwahati and moved to New Delhi to pursue higher studies. She is currently pursuing her bachelor's degree from Hindu College, University of Delhi.
While pursuing education in New Delhi, She started a career in modeling. She has done many modeling assignments by working as a freelance model. In 2016 she won the title of Femina Miss Delhi, which gave her a direct entry to participate in Femina Miss India 2016, where she won the title of Femina Miss India World 2016. During her reign as Miss India, she was hospitalized on the account of anemia.
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