Kiren Rijiju

In its ongoing effort to transform the lives of young talented women and extend wholehearted support to the new generation of women with the potential to influence positive change and represent India on the global stage, Femina Miss India 2022, co-powered by Sephora, Moj, and Rajnigandha Pearls, launched a nationwide hunt to find prospective talents from all corners of the country through virtual auditions.

Harnaaz Sandhu won the title by defeating Paraguay's Nadia Ferreira and South Africa's Lalela Mswane. With this title she also becomes the third Indian woman who has the Miss Universe in her name, earlier Sushmita Sen and Lara Dutta were crowned with the title in 1994 and 2000 respectively. India got the title back after 21 years. Apart from winning the hearts, Sandhu won many rewards too. Here you can check what she additionally gets. 

There are four major international beauty pageants in the world. Among these four,  Miss World and Miss Universe are the oldest global beauty pageants. Both Miss Universe and Miss World evaluate the beauty of participants from across the world. However, there is a lot of difference between the two contests. Here’s an explainer on the difference between Miss Universe and Miss World.

The finale was slated to take place in Puerto Rico on Thursday. "After meeting with the virologists and medical experts hired to oversee the Miss World 2021 event and discussing with the Puerto Rico Health Department, the decision has been made by the organisers of the event to postpone the globally broadcast finale at the Puerto Rico Coliseum Jose Miguel Agrelot to be held within the next 90 days," the post on the pageant's official Facebook said late Thursday night.