Anukriti Gusain

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Anukriti Gusain
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Born (1994-03-25) 25 March 1994 (age 29)
Occupation(s) Politician, Social activist, model, television host and presenter
SpouseTushit Rawat
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title
Hair colorBlack
Eye colorBrown
Major
competition(s)
Miss Asia Pacific World 2014
(4th Runner Up)
Femina Miss India 2013
(Top 5 - Finalist)
Femina Miss India Delhi 2013
(Winner)
Femina Miss India Uttarakhand 2017
(Winner)
Femina Miss India 2017
(Miss Grand India 2017)
Miss Grand International 2017
(Top 20)

Anukriti Gusain (born 25 March 1994) is an Indian model, activist and beauty pageant titleholder. She won the title of Femina Miss India Grand International 2017 at Femina Miss India 2017 pageant. She was previously crowned Miss India Asia Pacific World 2014 and represented India at Miss Asia Pacific World 2014. She made a comeback to pageantry in 2017, when she won Femina Miss India Uttarakhand 2017 and represented India in Miss Grand international in Vietnam.

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Early life and education

Anukriti was born in Lansdowne of Pauri Garhwal district in north Indian state of Uttarakhand, She is from village Kandoli. She is the first of the three children of Uttam Singh Gusain and Narmada Devi. [2] [3] Anukriti has completed her schooling from Army Public School, Lansdowne. Then she graduated from DIT Dehradun pursued her Engineering from computer science. She unsuccessfully contested Uttarakhand Assembly election in 2022.

Career

Femina Miss India

Femina Miss India Delhi 2013 was a regional pageant for participation Internationally. She won Femina Miss India Delhi 2013. She won two sub titles there including Femina Miss Timeless Beauty and Femina Miss Glowing Skin.

Gusain was one of the top five finalist of Femina Miss India 2013, [4] which was held in Mumbai on 24 March 2013. Gusain has also titled with Miss Beautiful Smile [5] and Miss Photogenic [6] in Sub Contest Awards of Miss India 2013. Gusain is winner of Pond's Femina Miss India Delhi 2013, there were 14 finalists in the last round of Pond's Femina Miss India Delhi 2013. [7] In addition to winning the competition, she also won PCJ Femina Miss Timeless Beauty and Pond's Femina Miss Glowing skin.

Miss Supertalent of the World

She was crowned Femina Miss India 2014 and represented India at Miss Supertalent of the World 2014 held at Grand Hilton Hotels in Seoul, Korea and was crowned the 4th Runner up. [8] Gusain wore gold gowns, a cocktail sari and a bodysuit for the main event designed by Raakesh Agarvwal. [9]

Miss Grand International 2017

Anukriti represented India at Miss Grand International 2017. She was considered as one of the top contenders for the pageant. Being consistent in all the activities, she won people's hearts. She was able to earn a spot in top 20 at the pageant which was held in Vietnam on 25 September 2017, but was not able to go further. Apart from this, she was a top 10 for best in national costume and swimsuit competition.

Awards

Social work

Politics

She contested 2022 Uttarakhand Assembly elections on the ticket of Congress from Lansdowne constituency. She received a total of 14636 votes. She was defeated by Bhartiya Janta Party candidate Daleep Singh Rawat. Daleep received total 24504 votes.

TV shows

YearShow nameRoleChannel
2015Planet Bollywood NewsHost Zoom TV
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Miss India Asia Pacific World
2014
Succeeded by
Preceded by Miss Asia Pacific World
4th runner up

2014
Succeeded by
Preceded by
First Winner
Femina Bride of India
2013
Succeeded by
TBA
Preceded by
First Winner
Femina Miss India Delhi
2013
Succeeded by

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