Mr India 2016 Explained

Winner:Vishnu Raj Menon
Represented:Kerala
Date:11 December 2016
Broadcaster:Zoom
Photogenic:Vishnu Raj Menon
Kerala
Entrants:16
Placements:6
Before:2015
Next:2017

Mister India 2016 was the eighth edition of Mister India World contest held in Mumbai on 11 December 2016. Sixteen contestants from all over the country were shortlisted to compete in the main event held in Mumbai. Previous year's winner, Mr India 2015 and Mister World 2016, Rohit Khandelwal passed on his title to Vishnu Raj Menon of Kerala.[1] Viren Barman from New Delhi was declared the 1st Runner Up and Altamash Faraz from New Delhi was declared the 2nd Runner Up at the grand finale held in Club Royalty, Mumbai.[2] [3]

Vishnu Raj Menon represented India at the Mister World 2019 contest which held in Manila, Philippines on 27 January 2019.[4] Altamash Faraz titled as Mr India Supranational 2017 and represented India at Mister Supranational 2017 at Poland where he ended up placing to Top 10 finalists[5]

Results

Color key
  • Declared as Winner
  • Ended as Runner-up
  • Ended as one of the Finalists or Semi-finalists
  • Unplaced
Final ResultsCandidateInternational Placement
Mister India World 2017 Unplaced
Mister India Supranational 2017
  • Altamash Faraz
Top 10
Mister India Universal Ambassador 2017
  • Viren Barman
Mister India Man of the World 2017
  • Lalit Choudhary
1st Runner Up
  • Varun Verma
2nd Runner Up
  • Devesh Khanduja
Top 9
  • Bunty Rana
  • Colin Jacob
  • Dev Paimal

Special Awards

AwardContestant
Peter England Mr Photogenic
Peter England Mr Talented
  • Tejas Ravi Shankar
Times Top Model
  • Dev Paimal
Dr. Tvacha Mr Healthy Hair
  • Altamash Faraz
Mr Popular
  • Tejas Ravi Shankar
Peter England Mr Perfect Body
  • Varun Verma
O'Cean Mr Active
  • Ponnanna CB
Best Actor
  • Rakesh Sharma
Prosport Mr Personality
  • Tejas Ravi Shankar
Mr. Style IconAltamash Faraz

Contestants

Contestant No.NameStateProfession
01Altamash FarazDelhiActor
02Ankit Raj PawarModel
03Bharat SainaniRajasthanEngineer, Model
04Bunty RanaHaryanaActor, Model
05Colin JacobAssamHotelier
06Dev PaimalMadhya PradeshActor, Model
07Devesh KhandujaDelhi
08Lalit ChoudharyRajasthan
09Madhu MohanKeralaActor, Model
10Ponnanna CBKarnatakaActor, Model
11Shubham NagarUttar PradeshModel
12Sourabh AryaMadhya Pradesh
13Tejas Ravi ShankarMaharashtraActor, Dancer, Voice-over Artist
14Varun VermaDelhiEngineer
15Viren BarmanLifestyle Consultant
16Vishnu Raj MenonKeralaEngineer

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Meet Vishnuraj S Menon, our new Mr India. The Times of India . 26 November 2016 . Mohammed . Waseem . 4 January 2019.
  2. Web site: Wishes pour in for Peter England Mr. India 2016 Vishnu Raj Menon. beautypageants.indiatimes.com.
  3. Web site: Mr. India 2016: Vishnu Raj Menon. ibtimes.co.in.
  4. Web site: Bengaluru boy Vishnu Raj Menon is Mr India 2016. indiatoday.intoday.in.
  5. Web site: Altamash Faraz declared Mister Supranational Asia and Oceania 2017. beautypageants.indiatimes.com.
  6. Web site: Mr India 2016 Contestants. indiatimes.com.