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Miss India Worldwide 2015

Miss India Worldwide 2015 was the 24th edition of the Miss India Worldwide pageant, held on 5 September 2015. The event was held at Lalit Hotel in Mumbai, India.

Miss India Worldwide 2015
DateSeptember 05, 2015
PresentersKaran Tacker
VenueLalit Hotel, Mumbai, India
BroadcasterEmirates Vision
Entrants32
WinnerStephanie Lohale
 Oman
CongenialitySoesoe Mustafa
 Netherlands
PhotogenicPriyanka Sebastian
 Sri Lanka
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Monica Gill of the United States crowned her successor Stephanie Lohale of Oman at the end of the event.[1]

Results edit

Final result Contestant
Miss India Worldwide 2015
  •   Oman – Stephanie Lohale
1st Runner-up
  •   India – Apeksha Porwell
2nd Runner-up
Top 5

Special awards edit

Award Name Country
Miss Congeniality Soesoe Mustafa   Netherlands
Miss Talented Jyotsna Arora   Qatar
Miss Photogenic Priyanka Sebastian   Sri Lanka
Miss Social Media Dipti Bhudrani   Sint Maarten
Miss Beautiful Smile Nandini Kochar   Botswana
Miss Beautiful Skin Lieve Blanckaert   Guyana
Miss Catwalk Apeksha Porwal   India
Miss Beautiful Eyes Kareen Seepersaud   French Guiana
Miss Chairman's Professional Veena Gurbani   Jamaica
Miss Bollywood Diva Grace Walia   Indonesia

Contestants edit

32 contestants competed for the title of Miss India Worldwide 2015.

Country/Territory Candidate Age Hometown
  Australia Nibedita Pal[2] 22 Brisbane
  Bahrain Ritu Pamnani 24 Dubai
  Botswana Nandini Kochar 17 Gaborone
  Canada Samantha Rodrigues[3] 20 Toronto
  Fiji Monisha Gounder[4] 17 Auckland
  France Chanda Rughoo
  French Guiana Kareen Seepersaud[5] 18 Cayenne
  Guadeloupe Trycia Ramaye[6] Grande-Terre
  Guyana Lieve Blanckaert[7] 17 Georgetown
  India Apeksha Porwal[8] 18 Mulund
  Indonesia Grace Walia[9] 17 Jakarta
  Italy Natasha Jabul[10] 20 Bari
  Jamaica Veena Gurbani 26 Michigan
  Kenya Aliza Rajan[11] 24 Nairobi
  Kuwait Sharola Prasad 22 Dubai
  Malaysia Mogansundari Mahalingam
  Martinique Nirmala Marimoutou[12] 17 Fort-de-France
  Mauritius Lovna Peeharry[13] 23 Rose-Belle
  Netherlands Soesoe Mustafa[14] 26 Delft
  New Zealand Advaita Shetty[4] 20 Auckland
  Oman Stephanie Lohale[15] 19 Muscat
  Qatar Jyotsna Arora[16] 23 Dubai
  Russia Ashita Munjely Moscow
  Singapore Durga Naidu Singapore
  Sint Maarten Dipti Budhrani[17] 17 Cay Hill
  South Africa Shivani Govender[18] 22 Johannesburg
  Sri Lanka Priyanka Sebastian
  Sweden Sanaya Singh[19] 24 Gävle
   Switzerland Kanika Jain Zürich
  Trinidad and Tobago Melissa Hanoman
  United Arab Emirates Nivetha Pethuraj[20] 23 Dubai
  United Kingdom Nandini Patel[21] London
  USA Pranathy Gangaraju[22] 19 Duluth

Judges edit

The Miss India Worldwide 2015 final judges were:

Contestant notes edit

  • Natasha Jabul, has Mauritian origins on her parents' side.[10]
  • Samantha Rodrigues, is born in Guyana.[3]

Crossovers edit

Contestants who previously competed at other national and international beauty pageants:

  •   Bahrain – Ritu Pamnani placed top 5 at Miss India United Arab Emirates 2015.
  •   India – Apeksha Porwal represented India at Miss Teen International 2009 in Chicago.[23] She was Femina Miss India Delhi 2015 but she unplaced at Femina Miss India 2015.[8] She has finished 2st runner-up at Miss Diva 2017.[24]
  •   Jamaica – Veena Gurbani was Miss South Asia USA 2014 and Miss India Global 2017.[25]
  •   New Zealand – Advaita Shetty had competed at Miss Teen International New Zealand 2014 and placed 3rd runner-up. She has finished 1st runner-up at Miss India Worldwide New Zealand 2014.
  •   Russia- Dr. Ashita Munjely was Miss Himachal Face of The Year 2015. She was also crowned as Miss Himachal Runner up and Miss Himachal- Miss Style Diva 2015. She had also won Miss Tiara. She also won Miss SGMU 2018.

References edit

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  20. ^ Bull, Alexandra (April 14, 2015). "Dubai's Nivetha Pethuraj to Represent UAE in Miss India Worldwide". Emirates Woman. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
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