Miss India Worldwide 2015

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Miss India Worldwide 2015
DateSeptember 05, 2015
Presenters Karan Tacker
VenueLalit Hotel, Mumbai, India
BroadcasterEmirates Vision
Entrants32
WinnerStephanie Lohale
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman
CongenialitySoesoe Mustafa
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
PhotogenicPriyanka Sebastian
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
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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.

Contents

Monica Gill of the United States crowned her successor Stephanie Lohale of Oman at the end of the event. [1]

Results

Final resultContestant
Miss India Worldwide 2015
  • Flag of Oman.svg  Oman – Stephanie Lohale
1st Runner-up
  • Flag of India.svg  India – Apeksha Porwell
2nd Runner-up
Top 5

Special awards

AwardNameCountry
Miss CongenialitySoesoe MustafaFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Miss TalentedJyotsna AroraFlag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
Miss PhotogenicPriyanka SebastianFlag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
Miss Social MediaDipti BhudraniFlag of Sint Maarten.svg  Sint Maarten
Miss Beautiful SmileNandini KocharFlag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
Miss Beautiful SkinLieve BlanckaertFlag of Guyana.svg  Guyana
Miss CatwalkApeksha PorwalFlag of India.svg  India
Miss Beautiful EyesKareen SeepersaudFlag of France.svg  French Guiana
Miss Chairman's ProfessionalVeena GurbaniFlag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
Miss Bollywood DivaGrace WaliaFlag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia

Contestants

32 contestants competed for the title of Miss India Worldwide 2015.

Country/TerritoryCandidateAgeHometown
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Nibedita Pal [2] 22 Brisbane
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain Ritu Pamnani24 Dubai
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana Nandini Kochar17 Gaborone
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Samantha Rodrigues [3] 20 Toronto
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji Monisha Gounder [4] 17 Auckland
Flag of France.svg  France Chanda Rughoo
Flag of France.svg  French Guiana Kareen Seepersaud [5] 18 Cayenne
Flag of France.svg  Guadeloupe Trycia Ramaye [6] Grande-Terre
Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana Lieve Blanckaert [7] 17 Georgetown
Flag of India.svg  India Apeksha Porwal [8] 18 Mulund
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Grace Walia [9] 17 Jakarta
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Natasha Jabul [10] 20 Bari
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Veena Gurbani26 Michigan
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya Aliza Rajan [11] 24 Nairobi
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait Sharola Prasad22 Dubai
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Mogansundari Mahalingam
Flag of France.svg  Martinique Nirmala Marimoutou [12] 17 Fort-de-France
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius Lovna Peeharry [13] 23 Rose-Belle
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Soesoe Mustafa [14] 26 Delft
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Advaita Shetty [4] 20 Auckland
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman Stephanie Lohale [15] 19 Muscat
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar Jyotsna Arora [16] 23 Dubai
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Ashita Munjely Moscow
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Durga Naidu Singapore
Flag of Sint Maarten.svg  Sint Maarten Dipti Budhrani [17] 17Cay Hill
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Shivani Govender [18] 22 Johannesburg
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Priyanka Sebastian
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Sanaya Singh [19] 24 Gävle
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Kanika Jain Zürich
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago Melissa Hanoman
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates Nivetha Pethuraj [20] 23 Dubai
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Nandini Patel [21] London
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Pranathy Gangaraju [22] 19 Duluth

Judges

The Miss India Worldwide 2015 final judges were:

Contestant notes

Crossovers

Contestants who previously competed at other national and international beauty pageants:

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