♔🎬♚ Harnaaz Kaur Sandhu Miss Universe Beauty Pageant Winner From India #harnaazsandhu @harnaazsandhu

♔🎬♚ Harnaaz Kaur Sandhu Miss Universe Beauty Pageant Winner From India #harnaazsandhu @harnaazsandhu #missuniverse @missuniverse #lakmefashionweek @LakeFashionWeek @dianaross @thesupremes @motown

The 21-year-old is her country’s first winner in 20 years.

During her reign, Harnaaz will work to ‘break stereotypes that the world has for women.’

The women’s rights advocate is also an actress and is scheduled to have two Punjabi films released this year.

Harnaaz will live in New York for one year as part of her official duties.

Miss Universe Harnaaz Sandhu of India visited the top of the Empire State Building on Wednesday morning to celebrate her recent win in the international competition.

Harnaaz Kaur Sandhu (born 3 March 2000) is an Indian model, actress, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe 2021. Sandhu had been previously crowned Miss Diva Universe 2021, and is the third entrant from India to win Miss Universe.

Sandhu was also crowned Femina Miss India Punjab in 2019, and placed as a semifinalist at Femina Miss India 2019.

On 16 August 2021, Sandhu was shortlisted as one of the Top 50 semifinalists of Miss Diva 2021. Later on 23 August, she was confirmed as one of the Top 20 finalists that would compete in the televised Miss Diva competition. During the preliminary competition held on 22 September, Sandhu won the Miss Beautiful Skin award and became a finalist for Miss Beach Body, Miss Beautiful Smile, Miss Photogenic, and Miss Talented.

In the Miss Diva 2021 contest’s opening statement round during the grand finale, Sandhu, as one of the top 10 semifinalists, stated:

” From a young girl with fragile mental health who faced bullying and body shaming to a woman who emerged like a phoenix, realizing her true potential. From an individual who once doubted her own existence to a woman who is aspiring to inspire the youth. Today, I stand proudly in front of the Universe as a courageous, vivacious, and compassionate woman who is all set to lead a life with a purpose, and to leave behind a remarkable legacy.”

She was selected in the succeeding round of the competition. During the final question and answer round, the top 5 contestants were each given different topics to speak about, which the contestants themselves picked through the draw. Sandhu had selected “Global Warming and Climate Change”, to which she conveyed:

“One day, life will flash before your eyes, make sure it’s worth watching. However, this is not the life you want to watch, where the climate is changing and the environment is dying. It is one of the fiasco that we humans have done to the environment. I do believe that we still have time to undo our irresponsible behavior. Earth is all we have in common and our small acts as individuals when multiplied by billions can transform the whole world. Start now, from tonight, switch off those extra lights when not in use. Thank you.”

At the end of the event, Sandhu was crowned as the winner by the outgoing titleholder Adline Castelino. Thus, she acquired the right to represent India at the 70th edition of the Miss Universe pageant.

Sandhu won Miss Universe 2021 on 13 December 2021 in Eilat, Israel, beating 80 other contestants. Representing India, she became the third Indian winner following Sushmita Sen in 1994, and Lara Dutta in 2000. Sandhu was announced Miss Universe 2021 by host Steve Harvey and crowned by the outgoing titleholder Andrea Meza.[

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