Mr India 2016

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Mr India 2016
Vishnu Raj Menon at Miss Diva 2018 Sub contest.jpg
Peter England Mr India 2016
Date11 December 2016
VenueClub Royalty, Mumbai, Maharashtra
India
Broadcaster Zoom
Entrants16
Placements6
Winner Vishnu Raj Menon
Kerala
Photogenic Vishnu Raj Menon
Kerala
  2015
2017  

Mister India 2016 was the eighth edition of Mister India World contest held in Mumbai on 11 December 2016. Sixteen contestants from all over the country were shortlisted to compete in the main event held in Mumbai. Previous year's winner, Mr India 2015 and Mister World 2016, Rohit Khandelwal passed on his title to Vishnu Raj Menon of Kerala. [1] Viren Barman from New Delhi was declared the 1st Runner Up and Altamash Faraz from New Delhi was declared the 2nd Runner Up at the grand finale held in Club Royalty, Mumbai. [2] [3]

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Vishnu Raj Menon represented India at the Mister World 2019 contest which held in Manila, Philippines on 27 January 2019. [4] Altamash Faraz titled as Mr India Supranational 2017 and represented India at Mister Supranational 2017 at Poland where he ended up placing to Top 10 finalists [5]

Results

Color key
Final ResultsCandidateInternational Placement
Mister India World 2017Unplaced
Mister India Supranational 2017
  • Altamash Faraz
Top 10
Mister India Universal Ambassador 2017
  • Viren Barman
Mister India Man of the World 2017
  • Lalit Choudhary
1st Runner Up
  • Varun Verma
2nd Runner Up
  • Devesh Khanduja
Top 9
  • Bunty Rana
  • Colin Jacob
  • Dev Paimal

Special Awards

AwardContestant
Peter England Mr Photogenic
Peter England Mr Talented
  • Tejas Ravi Shankar
Times Top Model
  • Dev Paimal
Dr. Tvacha Mr Healthy Hair
  • Altamash Faraz
Mr Popular
  • Tejas Ravi Shankar
Peter England Mr Perfect Body
  • Varun Verma
O'Cean Mr Active
  • Ponnanna CB
Best Actor
  • Rakesh Sharma
Prosport Mr Personality
  • Tejas Ravi Shankar

Mr. Style Icon Altamash Faraz

Contestants

Contestant No.NameStateProfession
01Altamash Faraz Delhi Actor
02Ankit Raj Pawar Model
03Bharat Sainani Rajasthan Engineer, Model
04Bunty Rana Haryana Actor, Model
05Colin Jacob Assam Hotelier
06Dev Paimal Madhya Pradesh Actor, Model
07Devesh Khanduja Delhi
08Lalit Choudhary Rajasthan
09 Madhu Mohan Kerala Actor, Model
10Ponnanna CB Karnataka Actor, Model
11Shubham Nagar Uttar Pradesh Model
12Sourabh Arya Madhya Pradesh
13Tejas Ravi Shankar Maharashtra Actor, Dancer, Voice-over Artist
14Varun Verma Delhi Engineer
15Viren BarmanLifestyle Consultant
16 Vishnu Raj Menon Kerala Engineer

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