India woke with elation on Monday, December 13 as Harnaaz Sandhu has been crowned Miss Universe 2021. She brought home the crown 21 years after Lara Dutta won the title in 2000.

The 70th Miss Universe 2021 commenced in Eilat, Israel. Miss Paraguay Nadia Ferreira and Miss South Africa Lalela Mswane ended up as runner-up and second runner-up respectively.

Harnaaz Sandhu is just 21-year-old and belongs from Chandigarh, Punjab. Earlier, she had bagged multiple pageant titles including LIVA Miss Diva Universe 2021 and Times Fresh Face Miss Chandigarh in 2017. In 2018, she won the title of Miss Max Emerging Star India and later was titled Femina Miss India Punjab in 2019.

In 2021, Harnaaz represented Chandigarh at Miss Diva that took place on September 30, 2021, in Mumbai. After bagging the title of Miss Diva 2021, she represented India at Miss Universe 2021 and made the nation proud.

Everything you need to know about Harnaaz Sandhu

A resident of Chandigarh, Punjab, Harnaaz went to Shivalik Public School. The gorgeous is currently pursuing her Masters’ degree in Public Administration. She began participating in pageants at the age of 17. As per media reports, she considers her mother as an inspiration and mentioned her in the Miss Universe delegate bio.

Talking about her mother, Harnaaz wrote that she broke the shackles of patriarchy and became a successful gynaecologist. This has inspired Harnaaz and she went on to support women’s causes and boost women’s empowerment. She is also a strong advocate of climate change and environmental degradation.

Apart from contesting for beauty pageants, Harnaaz Sandhu also acted in quite a few Punjabi films like Bai Ji Kuttange and Yaara Diyan Poo Baran.

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Harnaaz made all of us proud. After 21 years, India had a historic win and she became the third Indian woman to be crowned Miss Universe.

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