Miss Teen International (India)

Not to be confused with Miss Teen International (Americas).

Miss Teen International (India)

Formation	2018;7 years ago (2018)
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	New Delhi
Location	India
Official language	English
Director	Nikhil Anand
Parent organization	Glamanand Group
Website	missteeninternational.com

Miss Teen International is an annual beauty pageant for girls aged 14 to 19 from various countries. The event is organized by the Glamanand Group, a company led by Indian businessman Nikhil Anand. ^{[1] [2]}

In August 2025, the pageant took place in Jaipur, India, where Lorena Ruiz from Spain was crowned Miss Teen International 2025. ^{[3] [4]}

History

In 2016, Glamanand Entertainment Pvt. Ltd., under Nikhil Anand, announced plans to revitalize the Miss Teen International pageant. The first edition of the revamped event took place in 2018 and has since been held annually in India. Glamanand Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. holds the Indian trademark for "Miss Teen International" related to beauty pageants. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

In 2018, Odalys Duarte from Mexico was crowned the first Miss Teen International under the ownership of Glamanand Group. ^[8]

The current titleholder, Lorena Ruiz of Spain, was crowned on August 31, 2025, in Jaipur, India. She succeeded Ly Muyleang of Cambodia. ^[9]

Titleholders

Year	Country	Miss Teen International	Venue	Entrants	Ref.
2018	Mexico	Odalys Duarte	Delhi, India	10	[10]
2019	India	Aayushi Dholakia	Gurugram, India	13
2022	Vietnam	Ngô Ngọc Gia Hân		20	[11]
2023	Venezuela	Bárbara Párraga	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	21	[12]
2024	Cambodia	Ly Muyleang	Jaipur, India	28
2025	Spain	Lorenia Ruiz		24	[13]

Note – Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no editions of the event were held in years 2020 and 2021.

Runners-up

Year	Runners-up
	First	Second	Third	Fourth
2018	Ritika Khatnani India	Kiara Pineda Venezuela	Not awarded
2019	Yessenia Garcia Paraguay	Anicia Gaothusi Botswana	Francesca Beatriz Abalajon Philippines	Kayla Wright South Africa
2022	Alessandra Gonzalez United States	Anne Brouwer Netherlands	Not awarded
2023	Mannat Siwach India	Nidanath Sok Cambodia	Itamar Salcedo Dominican Republic	Bùi Vũ Xuân Nghi Vietnam
2024	Annette Moreno Viu Cuba	Oriana Ribeiro Namibia	Onkatlile Koolatotse Botswana	Regina González Mexico
2025	Kaziah Liz Mejo India	Valeria Morales Valero Colombia	Sabrina Maria Feliciano Puerto Rico	Grecia Novelo Mexico

Continental Queens

Year	Africa	Americas	Asia	Europe	Intercontinental
2019	Anicia Gaothusi Botswana	Alessandra Santos Brazil	Phan Anh Thư Vietnam	Tanya Pozzo France	Francesca Beatriz Abalajon Philippines
2022	Gimhani Mohau Perera  Botswana	Nabila Villanueva  Mexico	Rashi Parasrampuria  India	Venera Stanisavljevic  Serbia	Not awarded
2023	Washu Masindi Hlabioa South Africa	Paulina Rodríguez Mexico	Angel Jed Latorre Philippines	Floortje Timmer Netherlands	Not awarded
2024	Not awarded

See also

• Femina Miss India
• List of beauty pageants

References

1. "Meet Nikhil Anand, the new owner of world's biggest beauty pageant, Miss Universe India". Sreetama Basu. Lifestyle Asia. 22 February 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
2. "Nikhil Anand's journey from being an engineering student to becoming the most successful entrepreneur in the Indian pageant industry". First India. 29 April 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
3. "Spain's Ruiz Wins Miss Teen International 2025 in Jaipur". Jaipur Times. 1 September 2025. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
4. Today, Sangri (2025-09-01). "Lorena Ruiz Wins Miss Teen International 2025 Title". Sangri Today. Retrieved 2025-09-02.
5. "Government of India – Trade Marks Registry – Miss Teen International". ipindiaonline.gov.in. Retrieved May 10, 2021.(use Class 41 for search)
6. Chakrabarty, Roshni (May 31, 2019). "How this Bihar boy became the world's youngest international pageant director at just 19". indiatoday.in. New Delhi, India: India Today. Retrieved May 10, 2021. India Today Education spoke to Nikhil Anand, Chairman, Glamanand Entertainment Pvt Ltd, to know more about his journey. ... Year 2016 came up with bigger achievements as Nikhil took over Miss Teen International which was owned by Enrique Gonzalez of Costa Rica.
7. "Pictures of Rashi Parasrampuria, the diva who'll represent India at Miss Teen International". indiatimes.com. IndiaTimes. May 9, 2021. Retrieved May 18, 2021. Miss Teen International is the world's biggest teen pageant and Rashi will be representing India at the pageant. Miss Teen International has been happening since 1966.
8. "From Mexico to India: Meet Miss Teen International 2018". Rediff.com. December 24, 2018. Retrieved May 10, 2021. Mexico's Odalys Duarte was crowned Miss Teen International 2018. The 17-year-old beat 11 contestants from across the world to win the title. India's Ritika Khatnani won the first runner-up title, and Kiara Pineda from Venezuela has been named second runner-up.
9. "India's Kazia runner-up in Miss Teen International-2025:Spain's Lorena Ruiz crowned; beauties from 24 countries participated". Dainik Bhaskar. 1 September 2025. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
10. "Mexican Model Odalys Duarte wins Miss Teen International 2018". elgrafico.mx. Mexico: El Gráfico. December 22, 2018. Retrieved May 30, 2021. Originally from Tulancingo, Hidalgo, 17-year-old Duarte was crowned queen of Miss Teen International. (original in Spanish)
11. Nhã Lê. "Ngô Ngọc Gia Hân đăng quang Miss Teen International 2022". doanhnhantrevietnam.vn.
12. "Miss Teen International 2023: Barbara Parraga Of Venezuela Wins; Says, 'Grateful To God And The Virgin Who Never Abandoned Me'". Outlook . 3 July 2023.
13. "Spain's Lorena Ruiz Crowned Miss Teen International 2025; Participants from 24 Countries Competed". First India. 1 September 2025. Retrieved 1 September 2025.