List of Indian representatives at international male beauty pageants

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India selects its delegates for international male beauty pageants through several national competitions held throughout the year. Winners and runners-up from these events are sent to represent the nation at various prestigious international competitions.

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Currently, three primary national pageants stand out: Times Mister India, Rubaru Mister India, and Mister India Supranational. Each selects contestants through their own processes, culminating in the coronation of winners and runners-up.

These national titles serve as gateways to various international platforms. Winners and runners-up may compete in renowned pageants like Mister World, Mister Supranational, Mister International, Mister Global, Manhunt International, and Man of the World, alongside several other prominent regional events. [1] [2] [3] [4]

History

Early years and franchise development (1994–2012)

The inaugural Mister India World pageant (1994), organized by Adonis-Graviera, selected Bikram Saluja as India's representative for the first-ever Mister World in 1996. [5] The same year (1994), the Gladrags Manhunt and Megamodel Contest chose Rajat Bedi to represent India at the inaugural Manhunt International, where he achieved the 4th Runner-Up placement. [5] Graviera continued to organize the Mister India World pageant, with Sachin Khurana winning the 1998 edition and representing India at the international competition. Grasim Mr. India acquired the franchise for Mister World in 1994, holding it until 2007. They returned as franchise holders from 2010 to 2012, during which they actively sent delegates to the international pageant. Haywards 5000 briefly held the franchise ownership in 2007, sending Kawaljit Anand Singh to Mister World. [5] [6]

Ownership transition and recent developments (since 2014)

The Times Group acquired the rights to send India's representatives to Mister World in 2014, continuing the legacy established by previous franchise holders. [1] In 2023, a new national organization named Mister Supranational India, led by Himadri Bhatnagar, acquired the rights to send a representative to Mister Supranational 2023. Their first delegate, Raj Sunil Singh, participated in the 2023 pageant but did not advance to the semi-finals, marking the end of India's consecutive placements at the competition since its inaugural edition in 2016.

Winners of major international Beauty pageant
PageantTitlesWinning year(s)Winner(s)
Mister World 1
2016 Rohit Khandelwal
Mister Supranational
2018 Prathamesh Maulingkar
Manhunt International
2001Rajeev Singh
Mister Global
2023 Jason Dylan Bretfelean

Times Mister India titleholders

YearMister India WorldMister India Supranational1st Runner-up2nd Runner-up
2024TBATBATBATBA
2021None Rahul Rajasekharan NoneNone
2017 Jitesh Singh Deo Prathamesh Maulingkar Abhi KhajuriaPavan Rao
YearMister India1st Runner-up2nd Runner-upOrganiser
2024TBATBATBATBA
2016 Vishnu Raj Menon [7] Viren Barman [8] Altamash Faraz [9] Peter England [10]
2015 Rohit Khandelwal Rahul Rajasekharan NairPrateek Gujral Times
2014 Prateik Jain Puneet Beniwal Bharat Raj
2012Taher AliNot Awarded Grasim
2010Inder BajwaNot Awarded
2008 Pravesh Rana Vazeil TrivediIrshad Waghbakriwala Haywards
2007 [11] Kawaljit Anand Singh Freddy Daruwala Mohsin Akhtar Mir
2007 [12] Bharat KundraJobi VargheseUmar Sharif Grasim
2006 [13] Yatin SonicNishant DahiaHanif Hilal
2005 Viraf Patel Kushal Tandon Karan Hukku
2004Sunil Mann Prashant Raj Sachdev Piyush Vig
2003 Rajneesh Duggal Vikrant MahajanSatyam Shankar Sahai
2002 Raghu Mukherjee Jaspal SehgalSainik Rao
2001 Vivan Bhatena Savio Bruto Da CostaKanwaljeet Singh Anand
2000 Aryan Vaid Ikram SandhuAjay Malik
1999Abhijit Sanyal Raqesh Bapat Vishal Yadav
1998 Diwakar Pundir
Unknown
1997Deepinder Gill
1996 Sachin Khurana Cary EdwardsNot Awarded
1995Tarun RaghavanNot Awarded
1994Bikram SalujaRavi Mopakrishnan

Rubaru Mister India titleholders

Rubaru Mister India is India's oldest and the largest national male pageant organised by the Rubaru Group. Following are the list of titleholders of the pageant.

YearInternationalGlobalTourism WorldAsia-PacificNational UniverseCaballero UniversalGrand InternationalUniverse InternationalModel InternationalGlam InternationalHeritage InternationalFriendship International
2023Shashwat DwivediJason Dylan BretfeleanMukesh RaviAbhishek ManeTachang PhassangAnish JainTushar KapoorBadal BistReshab ChetriVysan A NairSukhbir AshatDaksh Chaudhary
2022NoneChena Ram ChoudharyMithun DebbarmaNoneBiswajit RoyKramik YadavNehal PatilNoneNoneNoneBanner Lanamai JamesDaksh Chaudhary

Representatives to major beauty pageants

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Manhunt International

Representatives to Manhut International is being sent by Gladrags organisation through Gladrags Manhunt and Megamodel Contest.

YearDelegateStatePlacementSpecial awards
2022Rakesh Nongmaithem Manipur Unplaced
2020Mayur Gangwani Karnataka 4th Runner-up
2018Prasad Cariappa Karnataka Unplaced
2017Takshanin Ram Maharashtra Unplaced
  • Best Participant Award
2016Grewal Gurmehar New Delhi Unplaced
2012Arry Dabas Haryana Top 16
  • Mister Photogenic - Winner
2011Shashvat Seth Maharashtra Unplaced
2010Ahran Chaudhary Uttar Pradesh Top 16
  • Mister Internet Popularity - Winner
2008Romeo Gates New Delhi Top 15
  • Mister Internet Popularity - Winner
2007Abhimanyu Jain Rajasthan 4th Runner-up
2006Aryan Baruah Maharashtra Top 15
  • Mister Personality
2005Pawan Setpal Maharashtra Unplaced
  • Mister Photogenic
2002Nitin Singh Maharashtra Top 15
2001Rajeev Singh Rajasthan Manhunt International 2001
  • Best National Costume - Winner
  • Sharmoon Best Dressed Gentleman Award
2000Reji Varghese Andhra Pradesh Unplaced
1999 John Abraham Maharashtra 1st Runner-up
1998Balbir Meena Rajasthan Unplaced
1997Zulfi Syed Ahmad Karnataka 4th Runner-up
1995 Dino Morea Karnataka 1st Runner-up
1994 Rajat Bedi Punjab 4th Runner-up


Mister World

YearDelegateStatePlacementSpecial awards
2024 Jitesh Singh Deo Uttar Pradesh TBA
2019 Vishnu Raj Menon Kerala Unplaced
  • Mister Multimedia - 2nd Runner-up
2016 Rohit Khandelwal Telangana Mister World 2016
  • Mister Multimedia - Winner
2014 Prateik Jain Karnataka Top 10
  • Continental King of Asia and Oceania
  • Mister Multimedia - 1st Runner up
  • Shot-Put - Winner
  • The Tug-O-War - Team Winner
  • Extreme sports - Top 24
  • Talent Round - Top 21
2012 Taher Ali [15] Maharashtra Unplaced
2010 Inder Bajwa [16] Punjab Top 15
  • Mister World Top Model - Top 20
  • Mister World Talent - Top 20
2007 Kawaljit Anand Singh Assam Top 12
1998 Sachin Khurana New Delhi Unplaced
1996 Bikram Saluja [17] Punjab Top 10

Mister International

YearDelegateStatePlacementSpecial awards
2023 Shashwat Dwivedi Uttar Pradesh Top 5
  • Mister Smart Guy
2022 Lukanand Kshetrimayum Manipur 1st Runner-up
2019–2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2018Balaji Murugadoss Tamil Nadu Unplaced
2017Darasing Khurana Maharashtra Unplaced
2016Mudit Malhotra New Delhi Top 9
2015Halley Laithangbam Manipur Unplaced
  • Best National Costume - Top 10
2014Parmeet Wahi Maharashtra Unplaced
2013Hukapa Chakhesang Nagaland Unplaced
2012Opangtongdang Jamir Nagaland Unplaced
2011 No delagate sent
2010Akash Charan Rajasthan Unplaced
2009Imran Khan New Delhi Unplaced
2008Vikas Mehandroo New Delhi Top 15
2007Nikhil Dharwan New Delhi Top 10
2006Sudhir Tewari New Delhi Unplaced

Mister Global

YearDelegateStatePlacementSpecial awards
2023 Jason Dylan Bretfelean Telengana Mister Global 2023
  • Mister Body Perfect
2022 Chena Ram Choudhary Rajasthan Top 15
2021Tseteej Shiwakoty Sikkim Top 17
  • Most Inspirational Video Award - Top 5
2019Rishabh Kumar New Delhi Unplaced
2018Dhwrwm Swargiary Assam Unplaced
2017Srikant Dwivedi Uttar Pradesh Top 10
2016 Prateek Baid Rajasthan Top 16
  • Best Model - Winner
2015Sandeep Sehrawat New Delhi Unplaced

Mister Supranational

YearDelegateStatePlacementSpecial awards
2024 TBATBATBA
2023 Raj Singh Maharashtra Unplaced
  • Mister Talent - Winner
2022No delegate sent
2021 Rahul Rajasekharan Nair Kerala Top 10
  • Mister Supranational Asia - Winner
  • Mister Supra Chat - Winner
  • Digital Influencer - Top 10
  • Mister Supra Fan Vote - Top 10
2020No competition held due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019Varun Verma New Delhi Top 10
  • Mister Supranational Asia - Winner
  • Mister Supra Fan Vote - Top 10
  • Digital Influencer - Top 10
2018 Prathamesh Maulingkar Goa Mister Supranational 2018
  • Best Body - Winner
  • Mister Social Media - Winner
2017Altamash Faraz New Delhi Top 10
  • Mister Supranational Asia & Oceania - Winner
  • Best in Swimsuit - 1st Runner-up
  • Extreme Race - 1st Runner-up
  • Best in Streetwear - 3rd Runner-up
2016Jitesh Naresh Thakur Rajasthan 2nd Runner-up
  • Mister Supranational Asia - Winner
  • Top Model - Winner
  • Mister Mobstar - 3rd Runner-up

Representatives to minor beauty pageants

Mister Tourism World

YearDelegateStatePlacementSpecial awards
2023Mukesh Ravi Tamil Nadu [ to be determined ]
2022Mithun Debbarma Tripura Top 17
2021Shouryaditya Singh Jharkhand 2nd Runner-up
2018Zulfi Aziz SK Assam Unplaced
2017Kunal Arora New Delhi Unplaced
2016Sanju Ray Assam Unplaced

Mister Universal Ambassador

YearDelegateStatePlacementSpecial awards
2023Sangarsh Verenkar Goa TBA
2020-2022No pageant held
2019No delegate sent
2018Amit Om Malik Haryana Top 6
2017Rohit Jakhar Haryana 4th Runner-up
  • Mister Universal Ambassador Asia - Winner
  • People Choice's Award - 1st Runner-up
2016Deepak Vaishnav New Delhi Unplaced
  • Paper Presentation - Top 4
  • Beach and Land Sports - Top 16
2015Jagjeet Singh New Delhi Top 5

Mister United Continents

YearDelegateStatePlacementSpecial awards
2023Songashim Rungsung Manipur TBA
2019Amandeep Dahiya Haryana Unplaced
2018Pardeep Kharera Haryana Unplaced
  • Best in Swimwear - Finalist
2017Mitendra Meeth Darshan Madhya Pradesh 1st Runner-up
2016Mohit Singh Haryana Mister United Continents 2016
  • Online Popularity Award - Winner
2015Dheeraj Sharma New Delhi 5th Runner-up
  • Best in Barong
  • Best in Runway

Mister Glam International

YearDelegateStatePlacementSpecial awards
2023Vyasan A Nair Kerala 3rd Runner-up
  • Mister Super Model
  • Mister Popularity
  • Pageantry King
2022Rishi Bodke Venkatesh Karnataka Unplaced
  • Mister Glam Asia
2021No delegate sent
2020No pageant held
2019Mithun Debbarma Tripura Unplaced

Mister Model of the World

YearDelegateStatePlacementSpecial awards
2019Dinesh ChoudhariMister Model of the World 2019
  • Mister Herb Gold
  • Mister Model Confidential
2018Dipankar Talukdar Assam Mister Model Star
4th Runner-up

Mister Friendship International

YearDelegateStatePlacementSpecial awards
2023Daksh Chaudhary New Delhi 3rd Runner-up
  • Mister Popular
2022Songashim Rungsung Manipur 2nd Runner-up

Mister Model International

YearDelegateStatePlacementSpecial awards
2021Armaan Hakim Maharashtra 3rd Runner-up
  • Best Headshot - Top 3
  • Best Internet Model - Top 16
2019Dalton Dsouza Goa Unplaced
2018Mohit Sharma Himanchal Pradesh Unplaced
  • Best Model Asia Pacific
2017 No pageant held
2016Anurag Fageriya Rajasthan Top 16
2015Phany Padaraju Maharashtra 1st Runner-up
2014Dhwrwm Swargiary Punjab 4th Runner-up

Mister National Universe

YearDelegateStatePlacementSpecial awards
2019Vikash Usham Manipur Mister National Universe 2019
2018Farhan Qureshii Madhya Pradesh Top 5
2017Pankaj Ahlawat New Delhi Mister National Universe 2017
  • So Cool Guy Award - Winner
  • People’s Choice Award - Winner

Mister Model Worldwide

YearDelegateStatePlacementSpecial awards
2021Ankit Sharma Jammu and Kashmir TBA
2018Suraj Dahiya New Delhi 2nd Runner-up
  • Mister Perfect Body - Winner
  • Best National Costume - 2nd Runner-up

Mister Grand International (Based in Brazil)

YearDelegateStatePlacementSpecial awards
2021Paras Arora Haryana TBA
2019Ashwani Neeraj New Delhi Mister Grand International 2019
  • Best in National Costume
2017Debojit Batacharya Assam Unplaced

Mr. Grand International (Based in Philippines)

YearDelegateStatePlacementSpecial awards
2018Dipankar Talukdar Assam Unplaced
2017Lakshay Chaudhary New Delhi Unplaced

Mister Grand International (Based in Myanmar)

YearDelegateStatePlacementSpecial awards
2021Sujith Kumar New Delhi TBA
2018Vatsal Kapadia New Delhi Top 8

Man of the World

YearDelegateStatePlacementSpecial awards
2023 Baskar DhanasekarUnplaced
  • Bronze medal icon.svg Mister Personality
2022 Aditya Khurana Delhi Man of the World 2022
  • Bronze medal icon.svgBest in Beachwear
2019 Krishna Salak Chandigarh Top 10
  • Gold medal icon.svg Mister Photogenic
  • Bronze medal icon.svg Best in National Costume
2018 Joshua Roshan Chhabra Mumbai Top 17
  • Gold medal icon.svg Best in Fashion of the World
  • Bronze medal icon.svg Best in Talent

Man of the Universe

YearDelegateStatePlacementSpecial awards
2021Shivam Ravnit Bihar Man of the Universe 2021
  • Man of Social Media

Men Universe Model

YearDelegateStatePlacementSpecial awards
2018Amit Mehra New Delhi Top 12
2017 No delegate sent
2016Himanshu Shailey New Delhi Unplaced
2015Sumit Singh New Delhi Top 13
2010-2014 No delegate sent
2009Vikas Mehandroo New Delhi Unplaced
  • Best National Costume
2008Kiran Gill New Delhi Top 10

Mister Gay World

YearDelegateStatePlacementSpecial awards
2019Suresh Ramdas Karnataka Top 10
2018Samarpan Maiti West Bengal 2nd Runner-up
2017Darshan Mandhana Maharashtra Top 10
2016Anwesh Sahoo Odisha Top 12
2015Thahir Sayer Mohammed Maharashtra Did not compete
2014 Sushant Divgikar Maharashtra Top 10
  • Mister Art
  • Mister Congeniality
  • People's Choice
2013Nolan Lewis Maharashtra Top 10
2012 No delegate sent
2011Raul Patil Maharashtra Unplaced

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