Manushi Chhillar

winner of the Miss World 2017 pageant. Manushi represented the state of Haryana at the Miss Femina and won the title. She then went on to become the sixth Indian to be crowned Miss World after 17 years. She was also crowned Miss Photogenic during the Miss World competition. Manushi was selected among the top 15 semifinalists after filmmaker Karan Johar asked the question, ‘The Government of India considers a ban on surrogacy in India. What is your opinion regarding this?” Her spontaneous reply to Karan Johar’s question and her takes on the experience with her fellow contestants were something that won the hearts of the judges. Manushi later went on to win the contest’s main title, Femina Miss India World 2017, in the event hosted by Yash Raj Film Studio in June 2017, where she became the finalist as the top model by people’s choice and through multimedia competitions and became the winner of the Head-to-Head Challenge from Group Nine and went on to be the co-winner of the Beauty with a Purpose competition. Manushi is India’s fourth Beauty with a Purpose winner at Miss World and is the first woman to win both the Miss World and Beauty with a Purpose contests. The campaign is mainly to spread awareness about menstrual hygiene. She had visited 20 villages to talk about the project wherebythey treated over 5000 women. Manushi Chillar has launched her own brand of beachwear called Dweep, a sustainable and inclusive brand that specializes in women’s swimwear, and has her own wellness center called Soma Wellness, which deals with regenerative therapies with holistic care.Manushi Chillar has been honored with many awards.Manushi Chillar has been awarded for her Beauty with a Purpose campaigns. She has been honored several times for her contribution towards the cause. Her Special Achievement Award as the trending personality, A Proud Maker of India Award. She was one of the celebrity speakers at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit held in Hyderabad in 2017. Chillar was also announced as the brand ambassador for Anemia Free Haryana. ’Project Shakti’ for her Beauty with a Purpose campaign won her the 18-crore aid from the government of India. This initiative was to ensure sanitary napkins were provided for all girls in the government schools. Manushi Chillar was also India’s top trending personality on Google search in 2017. She made her appearance on SET India’s television for ‘Super Nights with Padman’ to promote the film and her Beauty with a Purpose Project on menstrual hygiene, which was associated with Akshay Kumar and his film ‘Pad Man.’ After her homecomingceremony for winning the Miss World title, the actress is said to have visited many countries thereafter. She had started her first leg of the Beauty with a Purpose tour with the continental winners. The campaign continued in different parts of India as well. They joined hands with Aakar Innovations, an NGO that works for the same issue, to create awareness about menstruation and ensure the availability of sanitary napkins in all rural areas.Manushi also visited Dharavi, the biggest slum in Mumbai, for the Save the Girl Child event. She continues to do her humanitarian tours and participates in many activities related to the same, representing wherever required to during her year as Miss World. Chillar had crowned her successor, Vanessa Ponse of Mexico, at the end of Miss World 2018, which had taken place in Sanya in China in 2018. Manushi Chillar, at a young age, is known for her social work, joining hands with hundreds of women in a 3 km walk through the streets of Delhi to create awareness of the World Menstrual Hygiene Day . She supported the Fit India Campaign as well and initiated the race of thousand cyclists who made it to the streets of Delhi to celebrate World Bicycle Day. She is a voice that strongly advocates vegetarianism and expresses her views on the subject on various platforms. Manushi has collaborated with the UNICEF campaign too for the awareness during the coronavirus pandemic. She had joined United Nations Women in 2021 to raise awareness for gender-based violence. Along with two others, she launched the Adidas called Make a Move, a vision to encourage and motivate all women to overcome psychological or social barriers. Besides being very actively involved in social causes towards humanity, Manushi Chillar has endorsed big brands like Bata, Fashion Big Bazaar, Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts, Gio Watches, Club Factory, Sabyasachi, Schweppes India, Dior, Samsonite, and Jimmy Choo, to name a few. She is also the brand ambassador of the retail group of jewelry brand Malabar Gold and Diamonds. Manushi has promoted brands like Audi and Panasonic and is the official brand ambassador of Adidas and Pantene in India and the Estée Lauder Companies, the American multinational cosmetics company.