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 Supranational India. 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

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.

YearDelegateStateInternational Placement & Performance
PlacementsSpecial award(s)
1994 Rajat Bedi Punjab 4th Runner-Up
1995 Dino Morea Karnataka 1st Runner-Up
1997Zulfi Syed Ahmad Karnataka 4th Runner-Up
1998Balbir Meena Rajasthan Unplaced
1999 John Abraham Maharashtra 1st Runner-Up
2000Reji Varghese Andhra Pradesh Unplaced
2001Rajeev Singh Rajasthan Manhunt International 2001
2 Special Awards
    • Best National Costume
    • Sharmoon Best Dressed Gentleman Award
2002Nitin Singh Maharashtra Top 15
2005Pawan Setpal Maharashtra Unplaced
1 Special Award
    • Mister Photogenic
2006Aryan Baruah Maharashtra Top 15
1 Special Award
    • Mister Personality
2007Abhimanyu Jain Rajasthan 4th Runner-Up
2008Romeo Gates New Delhi Top 15
1 Special Award
    • Mister Internet Popularity
2010Ahran Chaudhary Uttar Pradesh Top 16
1 Special Award
    • Mister Internet Popularity
2011Shashvat Seth Maharashtra Unplaced
2012Arry Dabas Haryana Top 16
1 Special Award
    • Mister Photogenic
2016Grewal Gurmehar New Delhi Unplaced
2017Takshanin Ram Maharashtra Unplaced
1 Special Award
    • Best Participant Award
2018Prasad Cariappa Karnataka Unplaced
2020Mayur Gangwani Karnataka 4th Runner-Up
2022Rakesh Nongmaithem Manipur Unplaced
2024Jomin D’souza Maharashtra Unplaced

Note – No pageant held in the years: 2015, 2014, 2013, 2009, 2004, 2003 and 1996

Mister World

YearDelegateStateInternational Placement & Performance
PlacementsSpecial award(s)
1996 Bikram Saluja Punjab Top 10
1998 Sachin Khurana New Delhi Unplaced
2007 Kawaljit Anand Singh Assam Top 12
2010 Inder Bajwa Karnataka Top 15
2 Special Awards
    • Top 20 – Mister World Talent
    • Top 20 – Mister World Top Model
2012 Taher Ali Maharashtra Unplaced
2014 Prateik Jain Karnataka Top 10
6 Special Awards
    • Continental King of Asia and Oceania
    • Winner – Shot-Put Challenge
    • Winner (Team) – The Tug-O-War
    • 1st Runner-Up – Mister Multimedia
    • Top 21 – Talent Round
    • Top 24 – Extreme Sports
2016 Rohit Khandelwal Telangana Mister World 2016
1 Special Award
    • Winner – Mister Multimedia
2019 Vishnu Raj Menon Kerala Unplaced
1 Special Award
    • 2nd Runner-Up – Mister Multimedia
2024 Gokul Ganesan Tamil Nadu Top 10
5 Special Awards
    • Top 5 – Multimedia Challenge
    • Top 5 – Top Model
    • Top 20 – Head-to-Head Challenge
    • Top 30 – Beauty With a Purpose
    • Top 36 – Talent Round

Mister International (Thailand)

YearDelegateStateInternational Placement & Performance
PlacementsSpecial award(s)
2006Sudhir Tewari New Delhi Unplaced
2007Nikhil Dharwan New Delhi Top 10
2008Vikas Mehandroo New Delhi Top 15
2009Imran Khan New Delhi Unplaced
2010Akash Charan Rajasthan Unplaced
2012Opangtongdang Jamir Nagaland Unplaced
2013Hukapa Chakhesang Nagaland Unplaced
2014Parmeet Wahi Maharashtra Unplaced
2015Halley Laithangbam Manipur Unplaced
1 Special Award
    • Top 10 – Best National Costume
2016Mudit Malhotra New Delhi Top 9
2017Darasing Khurana Maharashtra Unplaced
2018Balaji Murugadoss Tamil Nadu Unplaced
2023 Shashwat Dwivedi Uttar Pradesh Top 5
1 Special Award
    • Mister Smart Guy
2024 Vishnu Choudhary Jaipur Unplaced

Note: No pageant held in the years: 2019 – 2021 and no delegate was sent in 2011

Mister Global

YearDelegateStateInternational Placement & Performance
PlacementsSpecial award(s)
2015Sandeep Sehrawat New Delhi Unplaced
2016 Prateek Baid Rajasthan Top 16
1 Special Award
    • Best Model
2017Srikant Dwivedi Uttar Pradesh Top 10
2018Dhwrwm Swargiary Assam Unplaced
2019Rishabh Kumar New Delhi Unplaced
2021Tseteej Shiwakoty Sikkim Top 17
1 Special Award
    • Top 5 – Most Inspirational Video Award
2022 Chena Ram Choudhary Rajasthan Top 15
2023 Jason Dylan Bretfelean Telangana Mister Global 2023
1 Special Award
    • Mister Body Perfect
2024 Gemin Darin Arunachal Pradesh Top 20

Mister Supranational

YearDelegateStateInternational Placement & Performance
PlacementsSpecial award(s)
2016Jitesh Naresh Thakur Rajasthan 2nd Runner-Up
3 Special Awards
    • Mister Supranational Asia
    • Winner – Top Model
    • 3rd Runner-Up – Mister Mobstar
2017Altamash Faraz New Delhi Top 10
4 Special Awards
    • Mister Supranational Asia & Oceania
    • 1st Runner-Up – Best in Swimsuit
    • 1st Runner-Up – Extreme Race
    • 3rd Runner-Up – Best in Street-Wear
2018 Prathamesh Maulingkar Goa Mister Supranational 2018
2 Special Awards
    • Winner – Best Body
    • Winner – Mister Social Media
2019Varun Verma New Delhi Top 10
3 Special Awards
    • Mister Supranational Asia
    • Top 10 – Digital Influencer
    • Top 10 – Mister Supra Fan Vote
2021 Rahul Rajasekharan Nair Kerala Top 10
4 Special Awards
    • Mister Supranational Asia
    • Winner – Mister Supra Chat
    • Top 10 – Digital Influencer
    • Top 10 – Mister Supra Fan Vote
2023 Raj Singh Maharashtra Unplaced
1 Special Award
    • Winner – Mister Talent
2024 Aman Rajesh Singh Tamilnadu Unplaced

Representatives to minor beauty pageants

Man of the World

YearDelegateStateInternational Placement & Performance
PlacementsSpecial award(s)
2018 Joshua Roshan Chhabra Maharashtra Top 17
2 Special Awards
    • Gold medal icon.svg Best in Fashion of the World
    • Bronze medal icon.svg Best in Talent
2019 Krishna Salak Chandigarh Top 10
2 Special Awards
    • Gold medal icon.svg Mister Photogenic
    • Bronze medal icon.svg Best in National Costume
2022 Aditya Khurana Delhi Man of the World 2022
1 Special Award
    • Bronze medal icon.svg Best in Beachwear
2023 Baskar Dhanasekar Tamil Nadu Unplaced
1 Special Award
    • Bronze medal icon.svg Mister Personality
2024 Ved Bharambe Maharashtra Top 10
2 Special Awards
    • Gold medal icon.svg Best in National Costume
    • Bronze medal icon.svg Best in Swimwear

Note – No pageant held in the years: 2020, 2021

Top Model of the World

YearDelegateStateInternational Placement & Performance
PlacementsSpecial award(s)
2024 Martin Irengbam Manipur 1st Runner-up
3 Special Awards
    • Best Catwalk
    • Best Face
    • Best Physique

Mister Tourism World

YearDelegateStateInternational Placement & Performance
PlacementsSpecial award(s)
2016Sanju Ray Assam Unplaced
2017Kunal Arora New Delhi Unplaced
2018Zulfi Aziz SK Assam Unplaced
2021Shouryaditya Singh Jharkhand 2nd Runner-Up
2022Mithun Debbarma Tripura Top 17
2023Mukesh Ravi Tamil Nadu Did not participate
2024Mushthaqh Mohammad Tamil Nadu TBA

Mister Glam International

YearDelegateStateInternational Placement & Performance
PlacementsSpecial award(s)
2019Mithun Debbarma Tripura Unplaced
2022Rishi Bodke Venkatesh Karnataka Unplaced
1 Special Award
    • Mister Glam Asia
2023Vyasan A Nair Kerala 3rd Runner-Up
3 Special Awards
    • Pageantry King
    • Mister Popularity
    • Mister Super Model
2024Viraaj Babbar Madhya Pradesh 1st Runner-Up
1 Special Award
    • Mister Popular

Note – No pageant held in 2020 and no delegate was sent in 2021

Mister Friendship International

YearDelegateStateInternational Placement & Performance
PlacementsSpecial award(s)
2022Songashim Rungsung Manipur 2nd Runner-Up
2023Daksh Chaudhary New Delhi 3rd Runner-Up
1 Special Award
    • Mister Popular
2024Saurabh Prabhudessai Goa Unplaced

Mister Model International

YearDelegateStateInternational Placement & Performance
PlacementsSpecial award(s)
2014Dhwrwm Swargiary Punjab 4th Runner-Up
2015Phany Padaraju Maharashtra 1st Runner-Up
2016Anurag Fageriya Rajasthan Top 16
2018Mohit Sharma Himanchal Pradesh Unplaced
1 Special Award
    • Best Model Asia Pacific
2019Dalton Dsouza Goa Unplaced
2021Armaan Hakim Maharashtra 3rd Runner-Up
2 Special Awards
    • Top 3 – Best Headshot
    • Top 16 – Best Internet Model
2025Abhishek Yadav Maharashtra TBA

Note – No pageant held in the years 2017, 2020, 2022, 2023 and no delegate sent in 2024

Mister National Universe

YearDelegateStateInternational Placement & Performance
PlacementsSpecial award(s)
2017Pankaj Ahlawat New Delhi Mister National Universe 2017
2 Special Awards
    • Winner – People's Choice Award
    • Winner – So Cool Guy Award
2018Farhan Qureshii Madhya Pradesh Top 5
2019Vikash Usham Manipur Mister National Universe 2019
2019Sahil Arora Gujarat Unplaced
2022Bharat Bhushan New Delhi 3rd Runner-Up
1 Special Award
    • Mister National Earth
2023Biswajit Roy West Bengal Unplaced
2024Tachang Phassang Arunachal Pradesh Unplaced
1 Special Award
    • Mister Flawless Skin
2025Sagar Shah Maharashtra TBA

Note – 2 editions of Mister National Universe were held in 2019

Caballero Universal

YearDelegateStateInternational Placement & Performance
PlacementsSpecial award(s)
2022 Kramik Yadav Gujarat 2nd Runner-Up
1 Special Award
    • Mister Elegance
2023Badal Bist Karnataka Top 15
1 Special Award
    • Mister Congeniality
2024Adithya Subramanian Tamil Nadu 2nd Runner-Up

Mister Gay World

YearDelegateStateInternational Placement & Performance
PlacementsSpecial award(s)
2011Raul Patil Maharashtra Unplaced
2013Nolan Lewis Maharashtra Top 10
2014 Sushant Divgikar Maharashtra Top 10
3 Special Awards
    • Mister Art
    • Mister Congeniality
    • People's Choice
2015Thahir Sayer Mohammed Maharashtra Did not compete
2016Anwesh Sahoo Odisha Top 12
2017Darshan Mandhana Maharashtra Top 10
2018Samarpan Maiti West Bengal 2nd Runner-Up
2019Suresh Ramdas Karnataka Top 10
2020Shyam Konnur Maharashtra Unplaced
2023Vishal pinjani Maharashtra Top 5

Note – No pageant held in the year 2012 and no delegate sent in 2021, 2022

Mister Grand International (Based in Philippines)

YearDelegateStateInternational Placement & Performance
PlacementsSpecial award(s)
2022 Nehal Patil Goa Top 18
2023 Satya Vishwanadh Karnataka Unplaced
2024TBA

Mister International (Philippines)

YearDelegateStateInternational Placement & Performance
PlacementsSpecial award(s)
2022 Lukanand Kshetrimayum Manipur 1st Runners-up (Appointed Winner)
2023 Jairus Singh [7] Unplaced
2024 Adong Jamatia Tripura Top 16

Defunct Pageants

The following is a list of former Indian representatives to beauty pageants that have been discontinued.

Man of the Universe

YearDelegateStateInternational Placement & Performance
PlacementsSpecial award(s)
2021Shivam Ravnit Bihar Man of the Universe Ambassador 2021
1 Special Award
    • Man of Social Media

Mister Grand International (Based in Brazil)

YearDelegateStateInternational Placement & Performance
PlacementsSpecial award(s)
2017Debojit Batacharya Assam Unplaced
2018Lakshay Chaudhary Delhi Top 9
2019Ashwani Neeraj New Delhi Mister Grand International 2019
1 Special Award
    • Best National Costume

Note – No pageant held in the years: 2020 – 2021 and no delegate sent in 2022

Mister Model Worldwide

YearDelegateStateInternational Placement & Performance
PlacementsSpecial award(s)
2018Suraj Dahiya New Delhi 2nd Runner-Up
2 Special Awards
    • Winner – Mister Perfect Body
    • 2nd Runner-Up – Best National Costume
2021Ankit Sharma Jammu and Kashmir No pageant held

Note – No pageant held in the years: 2020 – 2023 and no delegate sent in 2019

Mister United Continents

YearDelegateStateInternational Placement & Performance
PlacementsSpecial award(s)
2015Dheeraj Sharma New Delhi 5th Runner-Up
2 Special Awards
    • Best in Barong
    • Best in Runway
2016Mohit Singh Haryana Mister United Continents 2016
1 Special Award
    • Winner – Online Popularity Award
2017Mitendra Meeth Darshan Madhya Pradesh 1st Runner-Up
2018Pardeep Kharera Haryana Unplaced
1 Special Award
    • Finalist – Best in Swimwear
2019Amandeep Dahiya Haryana Unplaced

Mister Model of the World

YearDelegateStateInternational Placement & Performance
PlacementsSpecial award(s)
2018Dipankar Talukdar Assam 4th Runner-Up
1 Special Award
    • Mister Model Star
2019Dinesh Choudhary Maharashtra Mister Model of the World 2019
2 Special Awards
    • Mister Herb Gold
    • Mister Model Confidential

Mister Grand International (Based in Myanmar)

YearDelegateStateInternational Placement & Performance
PlacementsSpecial award(s)
2018Vatsal Kapadia New Delhi Top 8
2021Sujith Kumar New Delhi No pageant held

Men Universe Model

YearDelegateStateInternational Placement & Performance
PlacementsSpecial award(s)
2008Kiran Gill New Delhi Top 10
2009Vikas Mehandroo New Delhi Unplaced
1 Special Award
    • Best National Costume
2015Sumit Singh New Delhi Top 13
2016Himanshu Shailey New Delhi Unplaced
2018Amit Mehra New Delhi Top 12

Note – No pageant held in the years: 2010 – 2014 and no delegate sent in 2017

Mister Universal Ambassador

YearDelegateStateInternational Placement & Performance
PlacementsSpecial award(s)
2015Jagjeet Singh New Delhi Top 5
2016Deepak Vaishnav New Delhi Unplaced
2 Special Awards
    • Top 4 – Paper Presentation
    • Top 16 – Beach and Land Sports
2017Rohit Jakhar Haryana 4th Runner-Up
2 Special Awards
    • Mister Universal Ambassador Asia
    • 1st Runner-Up – People Choice's Award
2018Amit Om Malik Haryana Top 6

Note – No delegate sent in 2019

See also

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