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Priyadarshini Chatterjee | |
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| Born | 5 September 1996 [1] |
| Occupation | Model |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
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Priyadarshini Chatterjee (born 5 September 1996) is an Indian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Femina Miss India in 2016. [2]
She represented India at the Miss World 2016 pageant. [3] [4] She is the first northeast Indian to represent India at Miss World. She made it to the top 20 (semi-finalist) and also top-5 in Beauty with a Purpose. [5]
She was born in Dhubri in a Bengali family and was brought up in Guwahati city in the state of Assam. [6] [7] [8] [9] She completed her schooling in Maria's Public School in Guwahati and moved to New Delhi to pursue higher studies. [10] She is currently pursuing her bachelor's degree from Hindu College, University of Delhi. [11] [12]
While pursuing education in New Delhi, she started a career in modeling. She has done many modeling assignments by working as a freelance model. [13] [14] In 2016 she won the title of Femina Miss Delhi, [15] which gave her a direct entry to participate in Femina Miss India 2016, where she won the title of Femina Miss India World 2016. [16] [17] [18] During her reign as Miss India, she was hospitalized because of anemia. [2]
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