Mr India World

Not to be confused with Mister India Pageant organised by Grasim Industries and later Haywards 5000 that sent its winner to Mister World from 1996 to 2010.
Mr India World
Predecessor Grasim Mister India
Formation 2014
Type Beauty Pageant
Headquarters Mumbai, Maharashtra
Location
Membership
Mister World
Official language
Hindi, English
Parent organisation
The Times Group
Website beautypageants.indiatimes.com/mrindia.cms

Mr India World is a national beauty pageant that selects its winner to compete in Mister World pageant. The pageant is biennial started in 2014. Earlier Grasim Industries held the franchise for Mister World in India. In 2007, Haywards 5000 took the franchise for Mister World and organised Haywards 5000 Mr India World 2007 Pageant to select India's representative at Mister World 2007. Since 2014 The Times Group[1] owns this franchise. It also holds the franchise for Miss World India in India.

The current Mister World India is Rohit Khandelwal of Hyderabad. He was declared the winner of PROVOGUE Personal Care Mr. India 2015 on 23 July 2015 at Club Royalty, Mumbai. Rahul Rajshekharan Nair of Karnataka was declared the 1st Runner up and Prateek Gujral of Maharashtra was declared the 2nd Runner up at the conclusion of the event.

History

Adonis-Graviera Contest was held in 1996 to select India' representative at the very first edition of Mister World in 1996.[2] The first ever Mister India was Bikram Saluja,[3] from Punjab. He won the Adonis-Graviera Contest 1996 and represented India at the very first edition of Mister World held in Istanbul, Turkey. Tom Nuyens won the contest and Bikram finished in top 10.

The Pageant

The second edition of Mister India World was also organised by Graviera. Sachin Khurana from New Delhi won the contest and represented India at Mister World 1998.
No pageant was held in 2000 and 2003.
In 2007, Haywards 50000 took the franchise of Mister World and Haywards 5000 Mr India World 2007 pageant was organised. Kawaljit Anand Singh was named Haywards 5000 Mr India World.[4]

In 2014, The Times Group (also known as The Times Group) acquired the rights to send India's representatives to the Mister World pageant.

Mr India World Winners

Year Mr India World 1st Runner Up 2nd Runner Up
2015 Rohit Khandelwal Rahul Rajshekharan Nair
2014 Prateik Jain Puneet Beniwal Bharat Raj
2012 Taher Ali Not Awarded Not Awarded
2010 Inder Bajwa Not Awarded Not Awarded
2007 Kawaljit Anand Singh Freddy Daruwalla Mohsin Akhtar
1996 Sachin Khurana Cary Edwards Not Awarded
1995 Bikram Saluja Ravi Mopakrishnan Atul Wokhlu

Representatives to Mister World

Winner Runner Up Finalist/Semifinalist Unplaced
Year Mister World India State Ranking Special Awards
TBA
Rohit Khandelwal Hyderabad
TBA
TBA
United Kingdom2014 Prateik Jain[5][6] Bangalore
Top 10
Continental King of Asia and Oceania
1st Runner up-Multimedia award

Shot put winner
The Tug-O-War Team Winner
Top 24 - Extreme sports
Top 21 - Talent Round
England2012 Taher Ali[7] Mumbai
Unplaced
South Korea2010 Inder Bajwa[8] Punjab Top 15 Mister World Top Model - Top 20
Mister World Talent - Top 20
China2007 Kawaljit Anand Singh Assam Top 12
Portugal1998 Sachin Khurana New Delhi
Unplaced
Turkey1996 Bikram Saluja[9] Punjab Top 10

See also

References

  1. "Miss India Organisation launches Mr India World 2014". indiatimes.com. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  2. "Bikram Saluja wins Adonis - Graviera contest". intoday.in. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  3. "Seasons India : : Bikram Saluja". seasonsindia.com. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  4. "Haywards 5000 Mr India World is Kawaljit Anand". moneycontrol.com. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  5. "Prateek Jain ready to represent India at Mr World". indiatimes.com. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  6. http://beautypageants.indiatimes.com/mr-india/contestants/Prateik-Jain/profile/34772838.cms
  7. "Mister World India 2012: Taher Ali". mensxp.com. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  8. "SuperModel Alert: Inder Bajwa". news.avstv.com. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  9. "Top 100 Handsome Indian Men-Bikram Saluja". webindia123.com. Retrieved 5 June 2014.

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