Harnaaz Sandhu Brings Home The Miss Universe Crown After 21 Years & Here’s All You Need To Know About Her

Brace yourself for an epic Monday morning for something historical has just happened. India’s Harnaaz Sandhu has clinched the Miss Universe 2021 crown at the 70th edition of the competition. She is all set to bring it home after a hiatus of 21 long years. Before this, only two participants from India—Sushmita Sen and Lara Dutta—have won the Miss Universe crown. We are surely having a goosebumps moment right now. This is definitely a big day for India and here is all that you know about this very talented Miss Universe winner:

The Crowing Moment

The Miss Universe 2021 pageant was held in Eilat, Israel yesterday and Harnaaz beat talented contestants from 80 different countries to bag the crown. She was crowned by her predecessor, Andrea Meza from Mexico who won the competition in 2020. Paraguay’s Nadia Ferreira and South Africa’s Lalela Mswane finished as the first and second runner ups respectively. The selection committee for Miss Universe 2021 crown included Urvashi Rautela, Adamari López, Adriana Lima, Cheslie Kryst, Iris Mittenaere, Lori Harvey, Marian Rivera and Rena Sofer.

Who Is Harnaaz Sandhu?

A model and actress from Punjab, Harnaaz Sandhu is no stranger to prestigious beauty pageants. She started off her pageant innings by winning the Times Fresh Face 2017 contest at the age of 17. She then went on to win the Femina Miss India Punjab 2019 and ranked among the Top 12 at Femina Miss India 2019. Earlier this year in September she also claimed the LIVA Miss Diva Universe 2021 crown that paved the way for her to contest at the international event.

The Way Ahead

Besides prestigious beauty pageants, Harnaaz has had a keen interest in acting. In fact, she has already worked in two Punjabi movies—Yaara Diyan Poo Baran and Bai Ji Kuttange. Both the films are slated to release in 2022 and with this historical success, Harnaaz has definitely ensured an impressive box office performance for them. It is safe to say that she will now be eyeing a Bollywood career now.

Well, we’d certainly stop minding Monday mornings if all of them started being this epic. Here’s extending our heartiest wishes to the diva. Congratulations Harnaaz. Thanks for making us witness this proud moment!

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