Miss India Worldwide 2015 Explained

Miss India Worldwide 2015 was the 24th edition of the Miss India Worldwide pageant, held on 5 September 2015. The event was held at Lalit Hotel in Mumbai, India.

Monica Gill of the United States crowned her successor Stephanie Lohale of Oman at the end of the event.^[1]

Results

Final result	Contestant
Miss India Worldwide 2015	Oman – Stephanie Lohale
1st Runner-up	India – Apeksha Porwell
2nd Runner-up	South Africa – Shivani Govender
Top 5	– Jyotsna Arora – Nivetha Pethuraj

Special awards

Award	Name	Country
Miss Congeniality	Soesoe Mustafa	Netherlands
Miss Talented	Jyotsna Arora	Qatar
Miss Photogenic	Priyanka Sebastian	Sri Lanka
Miss Social Media	Dipti Bhudrani
Miss Beautiful Smile	Nandini Kochar	Botswana
Miss Beautiful Skin	Lieve Blanckaert	Guyana
Miss Catwalk	Apeksha Porwal	India
Miss Beautiful Eyes	Kareen Seepersaud	French Guiana
Miss Chairman's Professional	Veena Gurbani	Jamaica
Miss Bollywood Diva	Grace Walia	Indonesia

Contestants

32 contestants competed for the title of Miss India Worldwide 2015.

Country/Territory	Candidate	Age	Hometown
	Nibedita Pal^[2]	22	Brisbane
	Ritu Pamnani	24	Dubai
	Nandini Kochar	17	Gaborone
	Samantha Rodrigues^[3]	20	Toronto
	Monisha Gounder^[4]	17	Auckland
	Chanda Rughoo
	Kareen Seepersaud^[5]	18	Cayenne
	Trycia Ramaye^[6]		Grande-Terre
	Lieve Blanckaert^[7]	17	Georgetown
	Apeksha Porwal^[8]	18	Mulund
	Grace Walia^[9]	17	Jakarta
	Natasha Jabul^[10]	20	Bari
	Veena Gurbani	26	Michigan
	Aliza Rajan^[11]	24	Nairobi
	Sharola Prasad	22	Dubai
	Mogansundari Mahalingam
	Nirmala Marimoutou^[12]	17	Fort-de-France
	Lovna Peeharry^[13]	23	Rose-Belle
	Soesoe Mustafa^[14]	26	Delft
	Advaita Shetty	20	Auckland
	Stephanie Lohale^[15]	19	Muscat
	Jyotsna Arora^[16]	23	Dubai
	Ashita Munjely		Moscow
	Durga Naidu		Singapore
	Dipti Budhrani^[17]	17	Cay Hill
	Shivani Govender^[18]	22	Johannesburg
	Priyanka Sebastian
	Sanaya Singh^[19]	24	Gävle
	Kanika Jain		Zürich
	Melissa Hanoman
	Nivetha Pethuraj^[20]	23	Dubai
	Nandini Patel^[21]		London
	Pranathy Gangaraju^[22]	19	Duluth

Judges

The Miss India Worldwide 2015 final judges were:

• Richa Sharma
• Hrishitaa Bhatt
• Niharika Raizada
• Nikkitasha Marwah
• Sandeep Soparkar
• Raj Suri
• Alesia Raut

Contestant notes

• Natasha Jabul, has Mauritian origins on her parents' side.^[10]
• Samantha Rodrigues, is born in Guyana.^[3]

Crossovers

Contestants who previously competed at other national and international beauty pageants:

• – Ritu Pamnani placed top 5 at Miss India United Arab Emirates 2015.
• – Apeksha Porwal represented India at Miss Teen International 2009 in Chicago.^[23] She was Femina Miss India Delhi 2015 but she unplaced at Femina Miss India 2015.^[8] She has finished 2st runner-up at Miss Diva 2017.^[24]
• – Veena Gurbani was Miss South Asia USA 2014 and Miss India Global 2017.^[25]
• – Advaita Shetty had competed at Miss Teen International New Zealand 2014 and placed 3rd runner-up. She has finished 1st runner-up at Miss India Worldwide New Zealand 2014.
• - Dr. Ashita Munjely was Miss Himachal Face of The Year 2015. She was also crowned as Miss Himachal Runner up and Miss Himachal- Miss Style Diva 2015. She had also won Miss Tiara. She also won Miss SGMU 2018.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Miss India Worldwide 2015. 2020-08-07. worldwidepageants. en-US.
2. Web site: Miss India Australia 2015 Nibedita Pal ready to take on world. The Indian Sun. September 14, 2015. December 31, 2017.
3. Web site: Panday. Arti. Guyanese-born to vie for Miss India Worldwide crown. Indocaribbeanworld.com. May 20, 2015. December 31, 2017.
4. Web site: Raman. Venkat. Two Auckland women did us proud in Mumbai. Indiannewslink. November 16, 2015. December 30, 2015.
5. Web site: fr. Lama. Catherine. Miss India Guyane 2015 est Kareen Seepersaud. Guyane la1re. March 29, 2015. December 31, 2017.
6. Web site: fr. Mathey. Déborah. Trycia Ramaye, miss India Guadeloupe 2014-2015 « Ce titre me permet de promouvoir la culture indienne ». August 21, 2014. January 1, 2018.
7. Web site: Johnson. Dreylan. Lieve Blanckaert embodies beauty and compassion. Stabroeknews.com. October 3, 2015. January 1, 2018.
8. Web site: Maniar. Nitin. Apeksha from Mulund is now Miss India World Wide 2015 - 1st runner up. Pnrnews. September 9, 2015. January 1, 2018.
9. Web site: Tampubolon. Hans David. Grace Walia: set to take on big goals. The Jakarta Post. April 23, 2015. January 1, 2018.
10. Web site: Romano. Stefano. La diaspora indiana incorona la sua miss. Nonostante i marò. Frontierenews. April 21, 2015. December 31, 2017.
11. Web site: Aliza Rajan's Journey to Miss India Worldwide Finals Representing Kenya. Goplacesbooking.com. June 16, 2015. December 31, 2017.
12. Web site: fr. Miss India Martinique 2015 : Nirmala Marimoutou s’empare de la couronne. People Bò Kay. November 1, 2014. December 30, 2017.
13. Web site: fr. Miss India Mauritius Pageant 2015 : Lovna Peeharry, du sourire aux larmes. Lemauricien.com. June 28, 2015. December 31, 2017.
14. Web site: nl. 'Miss' Soesoe heeft een bijzonder jaar achter de rug. Delft op Eondag. July 23, 2016. December 30, 2017.
15. Web site: Borges. Jane. 19 year old brings Miss India Worldwide crown to Oman. Muscat Daily. September 23, 2015. December 31, 2017.
16. Web site: The All-round Girl : Engineer, Dancer, Model and now Miss India Qatar. Nricafe.com. May 5, 2016. December 31, 2017.
17. Web site: Hotseat-Dipti Deepak Budhrani. The Daily Herald. June 25, 2015. December 31, 2017.
18. News: August 5, 2015. Miss India SA completed in world pageant . December 30, 2017 . English . The Star Early Edition.
19. Web site: Öhrbom. Douglas. Sanaya Singh - Miss India Sweden 2015. Hig. November 8, 2015. December 31, 2017.
20. Web site: Bull. Alexandra. Dubai's Nivetha Pethuraj to Represent UAE in Miss India Worldwide. Emirates Woman. April 14, 2015. December 31, 2017.
21. Web site: Radhakrishnan. Manjusha. Dubai's Nivetha wins Miss India UAE crown. GulfNews.com. April 12, 2015. December 31, 2017.
22. Web site: Pranathy Gangaraju of Georgia crowned Miss India USA. The American Bazaar. December 19, 2014. December 31, 2017.
23. News: August 9, 2009. Mumbai teenager Apeksha Porwal, recently crowned Teen Diva India International 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180101175548/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrint_TOINEW&Type=text/html&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TOIM/2009/08/09&ID=Pc02706 . dead . January 1, 2018 . January 1, 2017 . English . . The Times Of India Mumbai . 27.
24. Web site: Chennai-based Miss Diva 2017 Shraddha Shashidhar to represent India at Miss Universe pageant. The Indian Express. October 12, 2017. January 1, 2018.
25. Web site: India LaRoda being crowned Miss India America. Asian Voice. August 22, 2017. December 31, 2015.