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DU student Priyadarshini Chatterjee crowned Miss India 2016

News Agencies | Updated on: 10 February 2017, 1:51 IST

And the crown has been placed! Priyadarshini Chatterjee from Guwahati, Assam, has recently won the Miss India pageant 2016 that took place at the Yash Raj Studios and has been crowned as the Miss India World. The beauty queen is a sociology honours student at Hindu College, Delhi University.

Sushruthi Krishna from Mumbai was crowned the runner-up of the beauty pageant while Pankhuri Gidwani from Uttar Pradesh became the second runner up. Priyadarshini was given the crown by the former 2015 winner Aditi Arya.

Priyadarshini will now represent India at the International platform of Miss World 2016 while the rest two will take part in Miss International 2016 and Miss Grand International beauty pageant 2016.

Bollywood stars including Shah Rukh Khan, Varun Dhawan, Shahid Kapoor and Arjun Kapoor graced the event that took place on 9 April.

-- ANI

First published: 10 April 2016, 2:19 IST