Vanya Mishra
Beauty pageant titleholder | |
Vanya Mishra | |
Born |
27 Feb 1992 (age 24) Jalandhar |
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Education | Bachelor of Engineering |
Occupation | Entrepreneur |
Height | 171 cm (5 ft 7 in) |
Title(s) | Femina Miss India World 2012 |
Major competition(s) |
Femina Miss India World (2012) Miss World (2012) |
Vanya Mishra is an Indian beauty queen, engineer and entrepreneur who was crowned Femina Miss India World in 2012.[1]
Vanya was born in Jalandhar, Punjab, raised in Chandigarh and studied Electrical Engineering in PEC University of Technology.[2] She is one of the most notable alumni of PEC University of Technology. She represented India at the Miss World 2012 event in China in August 2012. She finished at 7th rank, and won the other two, Miss Social Media and Beauty with a Purpose titles. She was leading the scoreboard at the Miss World pageant after scoring one of the highest scores in the personal interview round and winning two sub-contests back-to-back unlike no pageant contestant before.[3]
Unlike most of her contemporaries she chose to pursue her entrepreneurial dream, after declining various Bollywood and TV offers. She currently is the Co-founder and Managing Director at her fashion discovery portal, SummerLabel, launched on Android.
References
- ↑ "Vanya Mishra crowned Miss India World, 2012". India Today. 2 April 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ↑ Sashidhar (23 June 2014). "Miss India changed my life completely: Vanya Mishra - Beauty Pageants - Indiatimes". Times of India. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ↑ "Miss World 2012: Vanya Mishra loses the pageant to Miss China". Retrieved 2012-08-20.
- ↑ Hemanth Kumar (21 April 2015). "Miss India changed my life completely: Vanya Mishra - Beauty Pageants - Indiatimes". Times of India. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ↑ Sresh Kavirayani (10 January 2016). "Sher is almost ready to roar". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
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Awards and achievements | ||
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Preceded by Kanishtha Dhankar |
Femina Miss India World 2012 |
Succeeded by Navneet Kaur Dhillon |
Preceded by Astrid Ellena ( Indonesia) and Stephanie Karikari ( Ghana) |
Miss World | Succeeded by Ishani Shrestha ( Nepal) |
Preceded by - |
Miss Multimedia 2012 |
Succeeded by Navneet Kaur Dhillon |