Miss India Worldwide 2015

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.

Miss India Worldwide 2015
DateSeptember 05, 2015
PresentersKaran Tacker
VenueLalit Hotel, Mumbai, India
BroadcasterEmirates Vision
Entrants32
WinnerStephanie Lohale
 Oman
CongenialitySoesoe Mustafa
 Netherlands
PhotogenicPriyanka Sebastian
 Sri Lanka

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
Top 5

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  Sint Maarten
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
 AustraliaNibedita Pal[2]22Brisbane
 BahrainRitu Pamnani24Dubai
 BotswanaNandini Kochar17Gaborone
 CanadaSamantha Rodrigues[3]20Toronto
 FijiMonisha Gounder[4]17Auckland
 FranceChanda Rughoo
 French GuianaKareen Seepersaud[5]18Cayenne
 GuadeloupeTrycia Ramaye[6]Grande-Terre
 GuyanaLieve Blanckaert[7]17Georgetown
 IndiaApeksha Porwal[8]18Mulund
 IndonesiaGrace Walia[9]17Jakarta
 ItalyNatasha Jabul[10]20Bari
 JamaicaVeena Gurbani26Michigan
 KenyaAliza Rajan[11]24Nairobi
 KuwaitSharola Prasad22Dubai
 MalaysiaMogansundari Mahalingam
 MartiniqueNirmala Marimoutou[12]17Fort-de-France
 MauritiusLovna Peeharry[13]23Rose-Belle
 NetherlandsSoesoe Mustafa[14]26Delft
 New ZealandAdvaita Shetty[4]20Auckland
 OmanStephanie Lohale[15]19Muscat
 QatarJyotsna Arora[16]23Dubai
 RussiaAshita MunjelyMoscow
 SingaporeDurga NaiduSingapore
 Sint MaartenDipti Budhrani[17]17Cay Hill
 South AfricaShivani Govender[18]22Johannesburg
 Sri LankaPriyanka Sebastian
 SwedenSanaya Singh[19]24Gävle
  SwitzerlandKanika JainZürich
 Trinidad and TobagoMelissa Hanoman
 United Arab EmiratesNivetha Pethuraj[20]23Dubai
 United KingdomNandini Patel[21]London
 USAPranathy Gangaraju[22]19Duluth

Judges

The Miss India Worldwide 2015 final judges were:

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:

  •  Bahrain – Ritu Pamnani placed top 5 at Miss India United Arab Emirates 2015.
  •  India – 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]
  •  Jamaica – Veena Gurbani was Miss South Asia USA 2014 and Miss India Global 2017.[25]
  •  New Zealand – 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.
  •  Russia- 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.

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