List of Indian representatives at international male beauty pageants explained
India selects its delegates for international male beauty pageants through several national competitions held throughout the year. Winners and runners-up from these events are sent to represent the nation at various prestigious international competitions.
Currently, three primary national pageants stand out: Times Mister India, Rubaru Mister India, and Mister India Supranational. Each selects contestants through their own processes, culminating in the coronation of winners and runners-up.
These national titles serve as gateways to various international platforms. Winners and runners-up may compete in renowned pageants like Mister World, Mister Supranational, Mister International, Mister Global, Manhunt International, and Man of the World, alongside several other prominent regional events.[1] [2] [3]
History
Early years and franchise development (1994–2012)
The inaugural Mister India World pageant (1994), organized by Adonis-Graviera, selected Bikram Saluja as India's representative for the first-ever Mister World in 1996.[4] The same year (1994), the Gladrags Manhunt and Megamodel Contest chose Rajat Bedi to represent India at the inaugural Manhunt International, where he achieved the 4th Runner-Up placement.[4] Graviera continued to organize the Mister India World pageant, with Sachin Khurana winning the 1998 edition and representing India at the international competition. Grasim Mr. India acquired the franchise for Mister World in 1994, holding it until 2007. They returned as franchise holders from 2010 to 2012, during which they actively sent delegates to the international pageant. Haywards 5000 briefly held the franchise ownership in 2007, sending Kawaljit Anand Singh to Mister World.[4] [5]
Ownership transition and recent developments (since 2014)
The Times Group acquired the rights to send India's representatives to Mister World in 2014, continuing the legacy established by previous franchise holders.[6] In 2023, a new national organization named Mister Supranational India, led by Himadri Bhatnagar, acquired the rights to send a representative to Mister Supranational 2023. Their first delegate, Raj Sunil Singh, participated in the 2023 pageant but did not advance to the semi-finals, marking the end of India's consecutive placements at the competition since its inaugural edition in 2016.
Times Mister India titleholders
Rubaru Mister India titleholders
Rubaru Mister India is India's oldest and the largest national male pageant organised by the Rubaru Group. Following are the list of titleholders of the pageant.
| Year | International | Global | Manhunt International | Tourism World | Asia-Pacific | National Universe | Caballero Universal | Grand International | Universe International | Model International | Glam International | Heritage International | Friendship International |
|---|
| 2024 | Vishnu Chaudhary | Gemin Darin | Jomin D’souza | Mushthaqh Mohammad | | Sagar Shah | Adithya Subramanian | | | Abhishek Yadav | Viraaj Babbar | Harsh Rathod | Gaurish Singh |
| 2023 | Shashwat Dwivedi | Jason Dylan Bretfelean | | Mukesh Ravi | Abhishek Mane | Tachang Phassang | Anish Jain | Tushar Kapoor | Badal Bist | Reshab Chetri | Vysan A Nair | Sukhbir Ashat | Daksh Chaudhary |
| 2022 | | Chena Ram Choudhary | | Mithun Debbarma | | Biswajit Roy | Kramik Yadav | Nehal Patil | | | | Banner Lanamai James | Daksh Chaudhary | |
Representatives to major beauty pageants
- Color key
- Declared as Winner
- Ended as Runner-up
- Ended as one of the Finalists or Semi-finalists
- Competitions to be held/awaiting result
Manhunt International
Representatives to Manhut International is being sent by Gladrags organisation through Gladrags Manhunt and Megamodel Contest.
- No pageant held in these years: 2015, 2014, 2013, 2009, 2004, 2003 and 1996.
Mister World
Mister International
Mister Global
Mister Supranational
| Year | Delegate | State | Placement | Special awards |
|---|
| 2024 | Aman Rajesh Singh | Karnataka | Unplaced | |
| 2023 | Raj Singh | Maharashtra | Unplaced |
|
| 2022 | No delegate sent |
| 2021 | Rahul Rajasekharan Nair | Kerala | Top 10 | - Mister Supranational Asia - Winner
- Mister Supra Chat - Winner
- Digital Influencer - Top 10
- Mister Supra Fan Vote - Top 10
|
| 2020 | No competition held due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2019 | Varun Verma | New Delhi | Top 10 | - Mister Supranational Asia - Winner
- Mister Supra Fan Vote - Top 10
- Digital Influencer - Top 10
|
| 2018 | Prathamesh Maulingkar | Goa | Mister Supranational 2018 | - Best Body - Winner
- Mister Social Media - Winner
|
| 2017 | Altamash Faraz | New Delhi | Top 10 | - Mister Supranational Asia & Oceania - Winner
- Best in Swimsuit - 1st Runner-up
- Extreme Race - 1st Runner-up
- Best in Streetwear - 3rd Runner-up
|
| 2016 | Jitesh Naresh Thakur | Rajasthan | 2nd Runner-up | - Mister Supranational Asia - Winner
- Top Model - Winner
- Mister Mobstar - 3rd Runner-up
|
|
Man of the World
| Year | Delegate | State | Placement | Special awards |
|---|
| 2024 | Ved Bharambe | Pune | Top 10 | - Best in National Costume
- Best in Swimwear
|
| 2023 | Baskar Dhanasekar | Tamil Nadu | Unplaced |
|
| 2022 | Aditya Khurana | Delhi | Man of the World 2022 |
|
| 2019 | Krishna Salak | Chandigarh | Top 10 | - Mister Photogenic
- Best in National Costume
|
| 2018 | Joshua Roshan Chhabra | Mumbai | Top 17 | - Best in Fashion of the World
- Best in Talent
| |
Representatives to minor beauty pageants
Mister Tourism World
| Year | Delegate | State | Placement | Special awards |
|---|
| 2024 | Mushthaqh Mohammad | | TBA | |
| 2023 | Mukesh Ravi | Tamil Nadu | colspan=2 |
| 2022 | Mithun Debbarma | Tripura | Top 17 | |
| 2021 | Shouryaditya Singh | Jharkhand | 2nd Runner-up | |
| 2018 | Zulfi Aziz SK | Assam | Unplaced | |
| 2017 | Kunal Arora | New Delhi | Unplaced | |
| 2016 | Sanju Ray | Assam | Unplaced | | |
Mister Universal Ambassador
| Year | Delegate | State | Placement | Special awards |
|---|
| 2023 | Sangarsh Verenkar | Goa | TBA | |
| 2020-2022 | colspan=5 |
| 2019 | colspan=4 |
| 2018 | Amit Om Malik | Haryana | Top 6 | |
| 2017 | Rohit Jakhar | Haryana | 4th Runner-up | - Mister Universal Ambassador Asia - Winner
- People Choice's Award - 1st Runner-up
|
| 2016 | Deepak Vaishnav | New Delhi | Unplaced | - Paper Presentation - Top 4
- Beach and Land Sports - Top 16
|
| 2015 | Jagjeet Singh | New Delhi | Top 5 | | |
Mister United Continents
| Year | Delegate | State | Placement | Special awards |
|---|
| 2023 | Songashim Rungsung | Manipur | TBA | |
| 2019 | Amandeep Dahiya | Haryana | Unplaced | |
| 2018 | Pardeep Kharera | Haryana | Unplaced | - Best in Swimwear - Finalist
|
| 2017 | Mitendra Meeth Darshan | Madhya Pradesh | 1st Runner-up | |
| 2016 | Mohit Singh | Haryana | Mister United Continents 2016 | - Online Popularity Award - Winner
|
| 2015 | Dheeraj Sharma | New Delhi | 5th Runner-up | - Best in Barong
- Best in Runway
| |
Mister Glam International
| Year | Delegate | State | Placement | Special awards |
|---|
| 2024 | Viraaj Babbar | | TBA | |
| 2023 | Vyasan A Nair | Kerala | 3rd Runner-up | - Mister Super Model
- Mister Popularity
- Pageantry King
|
| 2022 | Rishi Bodke Venkatesh | Karnataka | Unplaced |
|
| 2021 | colspan=5 |
| 2020 | colspan=5 |
| 2019 | Mithun Debbarma | Tripura | Unplaced | | |
Mister Model of the World
| Year | Delegate | State | Placement | Special awards |
|---|
| 2019 | Dinesh Choudhari | | Mister Model of the World 2019 | - Mister Herb Gold
- Mister Model Confidential
|
| 2018 | Dipankar Talukdar | Assam | Mister Model Star
4th Runner-up | | |
Mister Friendship International
| Year | Delegate | State | Placement | Special awards |
|---|
| 2024 | Gaurish Singh | | TBA | |
| 2023 | Daksh Chaudhary | New Delhi | 3rd Runner-up |
|
| 2022 | Songashim Rungsung | Manipur | 2nd Runner-up | | |
Mister Model International
| Year | Delegate | State | Placement | Special awards |
|---|
| 2024 | Abhishek Yadav | | TBA | |
| 2021 | Armaan Hakim | Maharashtra | 3rd Runner-up | - Best Headshot - Top 3
- Best Internet Model - Top 16
|
| 2019 | Dalton Dsouza | Goa | Unplaced | |
| 2018 | Mohit Sharma | Himanchal Pradesh | Unplaced |
|
| colspan=5 |
| 2016 | Anurag Fageriya | Rajasthan | Top 16 | |
| 2015 | Phany Padaraju | Maharashtra | 1st Runner-up | |
| 2014 | Dhwrwm Swargiary | Punjab | 4th Runner-up | | |
Mister National Universe
| Year | Delegate | State | Placement | Special awards |
|---|
| 2025 | Sagar Shah | | TBA | |
| 2024 | Tachang Phassang | | Unplaced |
|
| 2023 | Biswajit Roy | | Unplaced | |
| 2022 | Bharat Bhushan | | 3rd Runner-Up
(Mister National Earth) | |
| 2019 | Vikash Usham | Manipur | Mister National Universe 2019 | |
| Sahil Arora | | Unplaced | |
| 2018 | Farhan Qureshii | Madhya Pradesh | Top 5 | |
| 2017 | Pankaj Ahlawat | New Delhi | Mister National Universe 2017 | - So Cool Guy Award - Winner
- People's Choice Award - Winner
| |
Mister Model Worldwide
| Year | Delegate | State | Placement | Special awards |
|---|
| 2021 | Ankit Sharma | Jammu and Kashmir | TBA | |
| 2018 | Suraj Dahiya | New Delhi | 2nd Runner-up | - Mister Perfect Body - Winner
- Best National Costume - 2nd Runner-up
| |
Caballero Universal
| Year | Delegate | State | Placement | Special awards |
|---|
| 2024 | Adithya Subramanian | | TBA | |
| 2022 | Kramik Yadav | Gujarat | 2nd Runner-up |
| |
Mister Friendship International
| Year | Delegate | State | Placement | Special awards |
|---|
| 2024 | Harsh Rathod | | | |
| 2023 | Daksh Chaudhary | New Delhi | 3rd Runner-up |
|
| 2022 | Songashim Rungsung | Manipur | 2nd Runner-up |
| |
Mister Grand International (Based in Brazil)
| Year | Delegate | State | Placement | Special awards |
|---|
| 2021 | Paras Arora | Haryana | TBA | |
| 2019 | Ashwani Neeraj | New Delhi | Mister Grand International 2019 |
|
| 2017 | Debojit Batacharya | Assam | Unplaced | | |
Mr. Grand International (Based in Philippines)
| Year | Delegate | State | Placement | Special awards |
|---|
| 2018 | Dipankar Talukdar | Assam | Unplaced | |
| 2017 | Lakshay Chaudhary | New Delhi | Unplaced | | |
Mister Grand International (Based in Myanmar)
| Year | Delegate | State | Placement | Special awards |
|---|
| 2021 | Sujith Kumar | New Delhi | TBA | |
| 2018 | Vatsal Kapadia | New Delhi | Top 8 | | |
Men Universe Model
Mister Gay World
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Mr India 2017: Prathamesh Maulingkar's journey from Football to Fitness model . MumbaiLive.com. 15 December 2017.
- Web site: Jitesh Thakur bags second runner-up spot at Mister Supranational 2016. 4 December 2016.
- Web site: Altamash Faraz to represent India at Mister Supranational 2017. 20 October 2017.
- Web site: Bikram Saluja wins Adonis - Graviera contest. intoday.in. 28 June 2014.
- Web site: Kawaljit Anand is Haywards 5000 Mr India . oneindia.com. 17 March 2007. 18 December 2017.
- Web site: Miss India Organisation launches Mr India World 2014. indiatimes.com. 5 June 2014.
- Web site: Hrithik Roshan announces Mr India 2016 winner. NEWSKARNATAKA. 25 November 2016. 25 November 2016.
- Web site: Hrithik Roshan announces Mr India 2016 winner. NEWSKARNATAKA. 25 November 2016. 25 November 2016.
- Web site: Hrithik Roshan announces Mr India 2016 winner. NEWSKARNATAKA. 25 November 2016. 25 November 2016.
- Web site: Lucknow's Jitesh Singh Deo Wins Mr. India 2017 Title, Will Represent India At Mr. World 2020. indiatimes.com. 15 December 2017. 15 December 2017.
- Web site: All You Need to Know About Urmila Matondkar's Husband, Mohsin Akhtar | MissMalini. 3 March 2016.
- Web site: live. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/Wj1wyjGd7lI. 2021-12-05. Mr. India 2007 . YouTube.
- Web site: Yatin Sonic, winner of the 'Grasim Mr. India 2006', a male.
- Web site: Mister World India 2012: Taher Ali. mensxp.com. 21 April 2014. 5 June 2014.
- Web site: SuperModel Alert: Inder Bajwa. news.avstv.com. 5 June 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140606224752/http://news.avstv.com/2009/05/22/supermodel-alert-inder-bajwa/. 6 June 2014.
- Web site: Top 100 Handsome Indian Men-Bikram Saluja. webindia123.com. 5 June 2014.
