India’s Harnaaz Kaur Sandhu Brings The Miss Universe Crown Home After 21 Years
If I had to make a list of women that have made India proud and been an inspiration for the young generation, then trust me you’d have to scroll a lot. You name the field and I’m sure one or more women have aced in that field. And the woman that I’m going to introduce you to now is no different. She has aced her modelling career and how! Yep, I’m talking about the model Harnaaz Kaur Sandhu. Harnaaz Kaur Sandhu was recently titled Miss Universe 2021 and has brought home the crown after 21 years. In fact, before her, it was Lara Dutta who had won the title of Miss Universe in 2000.
The 21-year-old model, Harnaaz Kaur Sandhu, from Chandigarh, India, was crowned Miss Universe 2021 on December 12th, 2021, in Eilat, Israel. The event took place at the Universe Dome in Eilat where she beat up 79 other contestants from various parts of the world.
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Harnaaz Sandhu who did her schooling and college from Chandigarh has been in the industry for quite some time now. In fact, according to Hindustan Times, she also has many numerous pageants to her name. She was the winner of Times Fresh Face Miss Chandigarh 2017, Miss Max Emerging Star India 2018, and Femina Miss India Punjab 2019.
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Sharing the news of Harnaaz Sandhu’s crowning of Miss Universe 2021, the official Instagram account of Miss Universe posted a video of it and wrote, “The new Miss Universe is…India!”
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As per reports, Harnaaz Kaur Sandhu became the 70th Miss Universe after she flawlessly answered the question that was put forth in front of her. In the last round, the top three contestants – Miss India, Miss South Africa, and Miss Paraguay – were asked what advice they would want to give to all the women watching the competition and Harnaaz said, “The biggest pressure the youth of today is facing, is to believe in themselves. To know that you are unique makes you beautiful. Stop comparing yourselves with others and let’s talk about more important things that are happening worldwide. Come out, speak for yourself, because you are the leader of your life. You are the voice of your own. I believed in myself and that is why I am standing here today.”
After tallying up all the points from all the other rounds, Harnaaz Kaur Sandhu emerged as the winner and was crowned Miss Universe 2021, followed by Miss Paraguay as the first runner-up and Miss South Africa as the second runner-up. No sooner was she declared the winner, did she break into tears and the crown was passed from Miss Mexico to Miss India after 21 years.
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In fact, following the 21-year-old model’s win, Lara Dutta took to her Twitter to congratulate the new Miss Universe 2021. In her tweet, the actress wrote, “Congratulations @HarnaazSandhu03 !!!! Welcome to the club!!! We’ve waited 21 long years for this!!! You make us SO SO proud!!! A billion dreams come true!!! @MissDivaOrg @MissUniverse”
Congratulations @HarnaazSandhu03 !!!! Welcome to the club!!! We’ve waited 21 long years for this!!! You make us SO SO proud!!! A billion dreams come true!!! @MissDivaOrg @MissUniverse
— Lara Dutta Bhupathi (@LaraDutta) December 13, 2021
Honestly, it makes me so so happy to know how much this model has achieved at such a young age. I don’t know about y’all but I’m impressed and inspired by her at the same time.
