Miss India Worldwide 2016

Date| October 8, 2017
Presenters| Manav Gohil, Anuradha Maharaj
Venue| Royal Albert’s Palace, Fords, New Jersey,  USA
Broadcaster| TV Asia
Winner| Karina Kohli
United States
Congeniality| Neha Gidwani
Sint Maarten
Photogenic| Unknown (Brittany Singh, Dethroned)

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Miss India Worldwide 2016 was the 25th edition of the Miss India Worldwide pageant, held on 8 October 2017. The event was held at Royal Albert’s Palace in New Jersey, United States.[1]

Stephanie Lohale of Oman crowned her successor Karina Kohli of the United States at the end of the event.[2]

The show was hosted by Indian actor Manav Gohil and Miss India Trinidad & Tobago, Anuradha Maharaj.

## Contents

* 1 Results
* 1.1 Special awards
* 2 Contestants
* 3 Crossovers
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Results[edit]

Final result  | Contestant

|

Miss India Worldwide 2016 |

* United States \- Karina Kohli

1st runner-up |

* South Africa \- Krsna Priya Dasa

2nd runner-up |

* Aruba \- Karishma Malhotra

Top 5 |

* France – Stephanie Madavane
* Sri Lanka \- Lankika Mathotaarachchi

Top 10 |

* Canada – Zooni Thusoo
* Guyana – Brittany Singh

### Special awards[edit]

Award  | Name  | Country

|
|

Miss Congeniality  | Neha Gidwani[3] |  Sint Maarten
Miss Photogenic  | Brittany Singh[4] |  Guyana
Miss Beautiful Skin  | Zooni Thusoo  |  Canada
Miss Beautiful Smile  | Alisha Nanden  |  Netherlands
Miss Bollywood Diva  | Lankika Mathotaarachchi  |  Sri Lanka

## Contestants[edit]

40 contestants competed for the title of Miss India Worldwide 2016.

* Aruba – Karishma Malhotra
* Australia – Sukhmani khaira
* Canada – Zooni Thusoo
* Fiji – Ashwani Maharaj
* France – Setphanie Madavane
* French Guiana – Mayeline Estevez
* Guadeloupe – Indirah Mekel
* Guyana – Brittany Singh
* India – Akila Narayanan
* Italy – Basanti Tak
* Kenya – Finali Galaiya
* Laos – Nassima Mohamed
* Martinique – Anne Sophie Herard
* Mauritius – Jaleela Hassennally
* Netherlands – Alisha Nanden
* New Zealand – Pooja Bhagath
* Scotland – Kamilah Afaq
* Sint Maarten – Neha Gidwani
* South Africa – Krsna Priya Dasa
* Sweden – Namita Arora
* Sri Lanka – Lankika Mathotaarachchi
* Switzerland – Veena Tanner
* Trinidad and Tobago – Martina Mahase
* United Arab Emirates – Sukanya Sudhakaran
* United Kingdom – Jamini Patel
* United States – Karina Kohli

## Crossovers[edit]

Contestants who previously competed or will compete at other beauty pageants:

* India – Akila Narayan has finished 1st runner-up at Miss India Teen New England 2015 and Miss Teen India USA 2015. She had completed at Miss India USA 2015 and Miss South India 2017.
* Kenya – Finali Galaiya, Miss India Wordwilde Kenya, won the title of Miss Attitude East Africa 2016 in Nairobi, Kenya.[5]
* Mauritius – Jaleela Hassennally, Miss India Worldwide Mauritius, has been conferred the title of Miss Humanity Hope 2016 by Cancer Association of Mauritius (CANMA).
* South Africa – Krsna Priya Dasa, Miss India South Africa, was previously Miss India South Africa KwaZulu-Natal 2015.
* Sweden – Namita Arora won the title of Miss India Europe 2014 in Barcelona, Spain.[6]
* United Arab Emirates – Sukanya Sudhakaran, Miss India UAE, won the award of Miss Photogenic at Miss Kerala 2014.[7]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Monica Gill From US is Miss India Worldwide 2014". NDTV. June 21, 2014. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
2. ^ "Indian American Madhu Valli is Miss India Worldwide 2017". The American Bazaar. October 10, 2017. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
3. ^ "Miss India St. Maarten". SXM TALKS. October 15, 2016. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
4. ^ Garnett, Tamica (October 13, 2016). "Brittany Singh in top 10 at Miss India Worldwide". Guyana Chronicle. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
5. ^ "Finali Galaiya wins two beauty crowns". oerb.org. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
6. ^ Jain, Ritesh (April 4, 2014). "Miss India Europe Interviews and Reviews". Pulse London. No. 3\. London. pp. 10–12. Retrieved January 2, 2018 - via Joomag.
7. ^ "Thrissur lass Gayatri crowned Miss Kerala". The Times Kuwait. September 4, 2014. Retrieved July 28, 2018.

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