Manushi Chhillar Manushi Chhillar (born 14 May 1997) is an Indian model and the winner of the Manushi Chhillar Miss World 2017 pageant. She represented the state of Haryana at the Femina Miss India 2017 pageant, which she won. Chhillar is the sixth Indian woman to win the Miss World pageant. She was signed up as a brand ambassador for Malabar Gold and Diamonds, one of the world’s largest retail jewellery groups.[2] Chhillar was named as the "Times Most Desirable Woman of India 2017".[3] She was also featured in a television commercial forClub Factory.[4][5] Contents Early life and education Pageantry Miss World 2017 Reign as Miss World Chhillar in 2018 Awards Media Honours Born 14 May 1997 Rohtak, Haryana, See also India References External links Education St. Thomas' School Alma mater Bhagat Phool Singh Medical Early life and education College Sonipat Chhillar was born in Rohtak, Haryana to father, Dr. Mitra Basu Chhillar, who is a Occupation Model · beauty scientist at Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) while her pageant titleholder mother, Dr. Neelam Chhillar, is an associate professor and department head of Height 5 ft 7 in neurochemistry at the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences.[6][7] 2017">Goyal, Sandeep. "Blog: Chhillar studied at St. Thomas' School in New Delhi and was all India CBSE topper Why Manushi [8] in English subject in class 12. She cleared the All India Pre Medical Test and Chhillar's Miss [9] NEET exam in her first attempt and is pursuing a medical degree (MBBS) at the World Crown [10][11] Bhagat Phool Singh Medical College in Sonipat. She is a trained Kuchipudi should mean more dancer, and has trained under legendary dancers Raja and Radha Reddy and to us". Campaign. [12] Kaushalya Reddy. Chhillar has also attended theNational School of Drama. Archived from the original on 8 Pageantry December 2017. Retrieved Chhillar's journey in pageantry began with Fbb Campus Princess 2016 where she 8 December 2017. was crowned as one of the finalists from All India Institute of Medical Sciences </ref> during her college (Pulse) fest in December 2016.[1] Thereafter, she went on to win the title of fbb Femina Miss India Haryana in April 2017. Chhillar represented the Title Femina Miss state of Haryana in annual Femina Miss India competition and was crowned Femina Haryana 2017 Miss India 2017 in the finale held on 25 June 2017.[13] During the competition, Femina Miss India Chhillar was crowned Miss Photogenic,[14] and went on to win the competition as 2017 well, earning the right to represent India at the Miss World 2017 Miss World 2017 [15][16][17][18] competition. Beauty pageant titleholder Hair color Black Miss World 2017 Eye color Brown Chhillar represented India at Miss World 2017, where she became a semifinalist in Major Fbb Campus the Top Model, People's Choice, and Multimedia competitions, and was the winner competition(s) Princess 2016[1] of the Head-to-Head Challenge from Group Nine and co-winner of theBeauty with a (Winner) Purpose competition. She is fourth Beauty with a Purpose winner at Miss World Femina Miss from India. Chhillar's Beauty with a Purpose project was Project Shakti. The Haryana 2017 campaign's goal is to spread awareness about menstrual hygiene.[19] She visited (Winner) about 20 villages for the project and treated over 5,000 women.[20] Femina Miss India 2017 On 18 November 2017, Chhillar was crowned Miss World 2017 by outgoing (Winner) titleholder Miss World 2016 Stephanie Del Valle from Puerto Rico in the finals in Miss World 2017 Sanya, China. She became the sixth Indian woman to win the crown, and the first (Winner) since Priyanka Chopra won Miss World 2000.[21][22][23][24] Reign as Miss World As Miss World 2017, Chhillar returned to India on 26 November, where she was greeted by a large crowd.[25] A homecoming press conference was arranged for Chhillar at St Regis Hotel, Mumbai.[26] She was one of the celebrity speakers at the 2017 Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Hyderabad.[27] Chhillar was announced as the brand ambassador for Anaemia Free Haryana.[28] Her Beauty with a Purpose campaign, 'Project Shakti' was given government aid of ₹18 crore (approximately $2.8 million), ensuring free availability of sanitary napkins for all girls in the government schools of Haryana by Chief Minister of the state Manohar Lal Khattar.[29] She was honoured with the Special Achievement Award at the 2017 CNN-IBN Indian of the Year Awards for winning Miss World.[30] She was also India's top trending personality onGoogle search in 2017.[31] She received Proud Maker of India award at Six Sigma Healthcare Leadership Summit 2017 in New Delhi.[32] She was also guest speaker at the 10th C4IO byHewlett-Packard Enterprise at Pushkar.[33] She made a debut in 2018 edition of annual celebrity calendar by leading Indian fashion photographer Dabboo Ratnani.[34] She made an appearance in special show Super Nights With Padman to promote her Beauty with a purpose project on menstrual hygiene in association with Akshay Kumar's Pad Man (film).[35] She graced the covers of Cosmopolitan (magazine) India mag February 2018 edition[36], Grazia India, March 2018 edition[37], L'Officiel India April 2018 edition[38] and an Indonesian lifestyle magazineHighEnd [39] After her homecoming ceremony, Chhillar's first visit was to London along Chhillar's first press conference as Miss World, at the St Regis Hotel, Mumbai. with Julia Morley, the Chairman and CEO of Miss World.[40] They joined the royal honouring ceremony of Marsha Rae Ratcliff OBE, the Past Master of The Worshipful Company of Carmen. The ceremony took place at the historic landmark of Trinity House directly opposite to the Tower of London.[41] Chhillar met and interacted with Caroline Ratcliff, the mother-in-law of Marsha Rae Ratcliff.[42] At the ceremony, Chhillar also met Princess Michael of Kent, a member of the British Royal Family.[42] During her stay in the United Kingdom, Chhillar visited the Warner Bros. Harry Potter Studio in Leavesden, where all the eight movies of the Harry Potter film series was filmed.[43] Chhillar returned to India and attended the launch event of Audi Q5 cars held in Delhi.[44] Later, she reached the Bennett University in Greater Noida and interacted with its faculty. In a session organised by the University, she answered the questions put forward by the students.[45] She also joined them in a game ofbadminton and basketball.[46] In February 2018, she started the first leg of her Beauty With A Purpose tour with Miss World 2017 continental winners - Magline Jeruto (Africa), Ha Eun Kim (Asia), Annie Evans (Oceania), Stephanie Hill (Europe), Solange Sinclair (Caribbean), Andrea Meza (Americas) and Miss World 2016 Stephanie Del Valle at the 1st global edition of 'Feminine Hygiene Awareness' campaign in Hyderabad in collaboration with Government of Telangana.[47] They continued the campaign at Kolkata, where Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry hosted a special adda session on Feminine Hygiene in association with Miss World Beauty With a Purpose world tour team.[48] They visited "New Light" NGO in slum area of Kolkata and also learnt to make low cost biodegradable sanitary pads at the Jute Industries Research Association.[49] The team further worked on spreading awareness about menstruation and ensuring the availability of sanitary pads in rural areas.[50] They joined hands with Aakar Innovations, an NGO that works on the same issue, to create more low cost, biodegradable sanitary napkins.[51] She also visited Mumbai’s Dharavi slum area for 'Save the Girl Child' event.[52] Manushi, along with the Miss World team, also met Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu, the Vice-President of India, and Sushma Swaraj, Minister of External Affairs, to discuss her beauty with a purpose project.[53] She visited Indian cities Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai and Delhi for her 42-day beauty with a purpose tour. Chhillar then reached Hong Kong city[54] and was later invited by China Central Television to star in the biggest live event Chinese New Year's Gala at China. The Miss World team landed in Indonesia in continuation with the humanitarian tour.[55] During her stay in Indonesia, Manushi visited The Golden Bridge, a Beauty with a Purpose project which was completed by Miss Indonesia 2014, Maria Rahajeng, participated in humanitarian activities and also crowned Miss Indonesia 2018, the representative of Indonesia forMiss World 2018.[56] After this, Chhillar along with the Miss World team landed in the British Virgin Islands. They met the governor of British Virgin Islands and worked to raise funds for the beauty with the purpose project of Miss British Virgin Islands 2017, Helina Hewlet.[57] They were physically involved in the cleaning campaign of Eslyn Henley Richiez School, the only school for differently abled children in British Virgin Islands territory which was destroyed byHurricane Maria and raised money for its restoration.[58] Her next stop was the USA, where she was a presenter and a performer for a 16 hour TV show, 44th Variety Children's Charity Telethon held at Iowa and aired on ABC and raised $3.76 million in association with Variety Telethon team for the annual fundraiser which donates its proceeds to underprivileged children.[59] She was felicitated at South Asian Women Empowerment gala held on International Women's Day in New York along with other women achievers[60] and also joined as a presenter for "South Asian Empowerment Awards".[61] The first part of her beauty with a purpose tour ended with her United States visit.[62] After returning to India, she was one of the guest speakers atThe Economic Times Women's Forum 2018.[63] In April 2018, she was announced as the brand ambassador for one of the world’s largest retail jewellery groups Malabar Gold and Diamonds[64] She was also featured in a television commercial for Malabar Gold and Diamonds beside the Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor.[65] Manushi reached Brazil in continuation of her humanitarian tour.