India’s Manushi Chhillar Has Been Crowned Miss World 2017
18 November 2017 |
8:08 pm
India's Manushi Chhillar was crowned Miss World as the beauty queen beat out the competition to take first prize at the coveted pageant. 20-year-old Chhillar was clearly surprised with by her win, as television coverage of the event showed. The first runner-up of the pageant, which was held at Sanya, China, was Andrea Meza, of…
India’s Manushi Chhillar was crowned Miss World as the beauty queen beat out the competition to take first prize at the coveted pageant.
20-year-old Chhillar was clearly surprised with by her win, as television coverage of the event showed.
Miss India Manushi Chhilar wins the 67th Miss World contest final in Sanya, on the tropical Chinese island of Hainan on November 18, 2017. Photo credit: AFP/ Nicholas Asfouri
The first runner-up of the pageant, which was held at Sanya, China, was Andrea Meza, of Mexico.
In third place was Stephanie Hill from England.
Contestants from more than 100 countries take part in the Miss World beauty pageant.
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