Manushi Chhillar

About Manushi Chhillar

Title Femina Miss India 2017
Miss World 2017

Is an Indian actress, model and the winner of Miss World 2017 pageant. She represented her state of Haryana at the Femina Miss India 2017 pageant and won the title of Femina Miss India World 2017 and then went on to become the sixth contestant from India to be crowned Miss World after 17 years. Chhillar made her acting debut with the role of Sanyogita in the historical drama Samrat Prithviraj (2022), and has since appeared in The Great Indian Family (2023)and the science fiction action Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (2024) Chhillar is fluent in Hindi and English, apart from her mother tongue, Haryanvi. She is a trained Kuchipudi dancer, and had acquired her training under Raja and Radha Reddy.

Femina Miss India
Main article: Femina Miss India 2017
Chhillar ventured into pageantry with Fashion Big Bazaar sponsored Campus Princess 2016, where she was crowned as one of the finalists from All India Institute of Medical Sciences in December 2016. It was conducted by the Miss India Organization.[20] Thereafter, she went on to win the title of Femina Miss India Haryana in April 2017. Chhillar represented the state of Haryana in the annual Femina Miss India contest.[21] During the competition, Chhillar was crowned Miss Photogenic.

Miss World 2017

Chhillar (center) together with Miss World Indonesia 2017-Achintya Holte Nilsen (left) and Miss World 2016-Stephanie Del Valle (right) visiting National Museum of Indonesia on 21 February 2018.[28]
Chhillar represented India at Miss World 2017, where she became a finalist in the Top Model, People's Choice, and Multimedia competitions, and was the winner of the Head-to-Head Challenge from Group Nine and co-winner of the Beauty with a Purpose competition.[29] She is India's fourth Beauty with a Purpose winner at Miss World and the first woman to win Miss World and Beauty with a Purpose jointly. Chhillar's Beauty with a Purpose project was titled Project Shakti. The campaign's goal is to spread awareness about menstrual hygiene.[30] She visited about 20 villages for the project and treated over 5,000 women