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India's Harnaaz Sandhu wins Miss Universe title

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | Dec 13, 2021, at 02:54 pm

#MissUniverse #HarnaazSandhu

Twenty-one years after Lara Dutta won the crown, India's Harnaaz Sandhu brought it back by winning the Miss Universe title on Sunday.

The 70th Miss Universe event was held in Eilat city of Israel.

The Punjabi model won the showpiece event by beating Paraguay's Nadia Ferreira and South Africa's Lalela Mswane.

WHO ARE YOU? #MISSUNIVERSE pic.twitter.com/YUy7x9iTN8
— Miss Universe (@MissUniverse) December 13, 2021

Andrea Meza, former Miss Universe 2020 from Mexico, presented the title to her.

The new Miss Universe is...India!!!! #MISSUNIVERSE pic.twitter.com/DTiOKzTHl4
— Miss Universe (@MissUniverse) December 13, 2021

Earlier, Sushmita Sen (1994) and Lara Dutta (2000) had won the pageant.

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