Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated Manushi Chhillar who won the Miss World beauty pageant for the year 2017. In a tweet, Mr Modi said, India is proud of Manushi's accomplishment.<br/><br/>A 20 year Haryana-born medical student Manushi elbowed aside beauties from over 108 nations to be crowned as Miss World in a grand event held in Sanya in China. Miss World 2016 winner Puerto Rico's Stephanie Del Valle passed on the crown to Ms Manushi. The first and the second runners-up were Miss England Stephanie Hill and Miss Mexico Andrea Meza.<br/><br/>The crown was last won by an Indian 17 years ago. Manushi is the sixth Indian woman to win Miss World, and the first since Priyanka Chopra who won Miss World 2000.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated Manushi Chhillar who won the Miss World beauty pageant for the year 2017. In a tweet, Mr Modi said, India is proud of Manushi's accomplishment.<br/><br/>A 20 year Haryana-born medical student Manushi elbowed aside beauties from over 108 nations to be crowned as Miss World in a grand event held in Sanya in China. Miss World 2016 winner Puerto Rico's Stephanie Del Valle passed on the crown to Ms Manushi. The first and the second runners-up were Miss England Stephanie Hill and Miss Mexico Andrea Meza.<br/><br/>The crown was last won by an Indian 17 years ago. Manushi is the sixth Indian woman to win Miss World, and the first since Priyanka Chopra who won Miss World 2000.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated Manushi Chhillar who won the Miss World beauty pageant for the year 2017. In a tweet, Mr Modi said, India is proud of Manushi's accomplishment.