Manika Vishwakarma won the Miss Universe India 2025 title

Rajasthan’s Manika Vishwakarma was crowned the winner of Miss Universe India 2025 on 18 August 2025. Miss Universe India 2024 Riya Sinha crowned her successor at a grand ceremony held in Jaipur, Rajasthan.

• Manika Vishwakarma, a model from Ganganagar, Rajasthan, was crowned Miss Universe India 2025 by outgoing Miss Universe India Riya Sinha at a glittering event held in Jaipur.
• With this victory, Manika will now represent India at the 74th Miss Universe competition to be held later this year in Thailand.
• She is the founder of Neuronova as well as an advocate for neurodivergence—an initiative dedicated to raising awareness about conditions such as ADHD.
• Originally from Ganganagar, she lived in Delhi to pursue modeling and prepare for national-level competitions. She competed against 50 contestants from across the country in the Miss Universe India competition.

Final contestants

• In the finals, Tanya Sharma (Uttar Pradesh) was crowned first runner-up, Mehak Dhingra (Haryana) second runner-up, and Amishi Kaushik (Haryana) third runner-up.

India and Miss Universe legacy

• Sushmita Sen (1994) - The first Indian to win Miss Universe.
• Lara Dutta (2000) - The second Indian Miss Universe.
• Harnaaz Sandhu (2021) - The third crown for India after two decades.

Miss Universe India 2025

• Miss Universe India 2025 was the second edition of the pageant, held on 18 August 2025 in Jaipur, Rajasthan. This edition was jointly organized by the original organization of Miss Universe India, Glamanand Group, and Mumbai-based media company K Sera Sera Box Office.
• The sub-contests for Miss Universe India 2025 began on 26 July 2025 in Indore.

Miss World 2025

• Miss Thailand Opal Suchata was crowned Miss World 2025 at the grand finale of the 72nd Miss World, held on 31 May 2025 at the Hitex Exhibition Center in Hyderabad, Telangana.
• She is the first woman from Thailand to win the Miss World crown. The Miss World beauty pageant is organized by the London-based Miss World Organization.
• India has hosted this pageant three times: in 1996 in Bengaluru, Karnataka, and then in 2024 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Hyderabad, Telangana hosted the 2025 Miss World from 7 May to 31 May 2025.

First Miss World title

• The first Miss World was held in 1951 in England. Kerstin Margareta Hakansson of Sweden was crowned Miss World.
• So far, six Indians have won the Miss World crown.

1. Reita Faria (1966)
2. Aishwarya Rai (1994)
3. Diana Hayden (1997)
4. Yukta Mookhey (1999)
5. Priyanka Chopra (2000)
6. Manushi Chhillar (2017)