List of Indian representatives at international male beauty pageants explained
India selects its delegates for international male beauty pageants through several national competitions held throughout the year. Winners and runners-up from these events are sent to represent the nation at various prestigious international competitions.
Currently, three primary national pageants stand out: Times Mister India, Rubaru Mister India, and Mister India Supranational. Each selects contestants through their own processes, culminating in the coronation of winners and runners-up.
These national titles serve as gateways to various international platforms. Winners and runners-up may compete in renowned pageants like Mister World, Mister Supranational, Mister International, Mister Global, Manhunt International, and Man of the World, alongside several other prominent regional events.[1] [2] [3]
History
Early years and franchise development (1994–2012)
The inaugural Mister India World pageant (1994), organized by Adonis-Graviera, selected Bikram Saluja as India's representative for the first-ever Mister World in 1996.[4] The same year (1994), the Gladrags Manhunt and Megamodel Contest chose Rajat Bedi to represent India at the inaugural Manhunt International, where he achieved the 4th Runner-Up placement.[4] Graviera continued to organize the Mister India World pageant, with Sachin Khurana winning the 1998 edition and representing India at the international competition. Grasim Mr. India acquired the franchise for Mister World in 1994, holding it until 2007. They returned as franchise holders from 2010 to 2012, during which they actively sent delegates to the international pageant. Haywards 5000 briefly held the franchise ownership in 2007, sending Kawaljit Anand Singh to Mister World.[4] [5]
Ownership transition and recent developments (since 2014)
The Times Group acquired the rights to send India's representatives to Mister World in 2014, continuing the legacy established by previous franchise holders.[6] In 2023, a new national organization named Mister Supranational India, led by Himadri Bhatnagar, acquired the rights to send a representative to Mister Supranational 2023. Their first delegate, Raj Sunil Singh, participated in the 2023 pageant but did not advance to the semi-finals, marking the end of India's consecutive placements at the competition since its inaugural edition in 2016.
Times Mister India titleholders
Rubaru Mister India titleholders
Rubaru Mister India is India's oldest and the largest national male pageant organised by the Rubaru Group. Following are the list of titleholders of the pageant.
| Year | International | Global | Manhunt International | Tourism World | Asia-Pacific | National Universe | Caballero Universal | Grand International | Universe International | Model International | Glam International | Heritage International | Friendship International |
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| 2024 | Vishnu Chaudhary | Gemin Darin | Jomin D’souza | Mushthaqh Mohammad | | Sagar Shah | Adithya Subramanian | | | Abhishek Yadav | Viraaj Babbar | Harsh Rathod | Gaurish Singh |
| 2023 | Shashwat Dwivedi | Jason Dylan Bretfelean | | Mukesh Ravi | Abhishek Mane | Tachang Phassang | Anish Jain | Tushar Kapoor | Badal Bist | Reshab Chetri | Vysan A Nair | Sukhbir Ashat | Daksh Chaudhary |
| 2022 | | Chena Ram Choudhary | | Mithun Debbarma | | Biswajit Roy | Kramik Yadav | Nehal Patil | | | | Banner Lanamai James | Daksh Chaudhary | |
Representatives to major beauty pageants
- Color key
- Declared as Winner
- Ended as Runner-up
- Ended as one of the Finalists or Semi-finalists
- Competitions to be held/awaiting result
Manhunt International
Representatives to Manhut International is being sent by Gladrags organisation through Gladrags Manhunt and Megamodel Contest.
Mister World
Mister International (Thailand)
Mister Global
Mister Supranational
Representatives to minor beauty pageants
Top Model of the World
| Year | Delegate | State | International Placement & Performance |
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| 2024 | Martin Irengbam | Manipur | 1st Runner-up | | |
Mister Tourism World
| Year | Delegate | State | International Placement & Performance |
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| 2016 | Sanju Ray | Assam | Unplaced | |
| 2017 | Kunal Arora | New Delhi | Unplaced | |
| 2018 | Zulfi Aziz SK | Assam | Unplaced | |
| 2021 | Shouryaditya Singh | Jharkhand | 2nd Runner-Up | |
| 2022 | Mithun Debbarma | Tripura | Top 17 | |
| 2023 | Mukesh Ravi | Tamil Nadu | colspan=2 |
| 2024 | Mushthaqh Mohammad | Tamil Nadu | | |
Mister Glam International
| Year | Delegate | State | International Placement & Performance |
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| 2019 | Mithun Debbarma | Tripura | Unplaced | |
| 2022 | Rishi Bodke Venkatesh | Karnataka | Unplaced | |
| 2023 | Vyasan A Nair | Kerala | 3rd Runner-Up | |
| 2024 | Viraaj Babbar | Madhya Pradesh | 1st Runner-Up | | |
Mister Friendship International
| Year | Delegate | State | International Placement & Performance |
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| 2022 | Songashim Rungsung | Manipur | 2nd Runner-Up | |
| 2023 | Daksh Chaudhary | New Delhi | 3rd Runner-Up | |
| 2024 | Gaurish Singh | Assam | | |
Mister National Universe
| Year | Delegate | State | International Placement & Performance |
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| 2017 | Pankaj Ahlawat | New Delhi | Mister National Universe 2017 | |
| 2018 | Farhan Qureshii | Madhya Pradesh | Top 5 | |
| 2019 | Vikash Usham | Manipur | Mister National Universe 2019 | |
| 2019 | Sahil Arora | Gujarat | Unplaced | |
| 2022 | Bharat Bhushan | New Delhi | 3rd Runner-Up | |
| 2023 | Biswajit Roy | West Bengal | Unplaced | |
| 2024 | Tachang Phassang | Arunachal Pradesh | Unplaced | |
| 2025 | Sagar Shah | Maharashtra | | |
Caballero Universal
| Year | Delegate | State | International Placement & Performance |
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| 2022 | Kramik Yadav | Gujarat | 2nd Runner-Up | |
| 2023 | Badal Bist | Karnataka | Top 15 | |
| 2024 | Adithya Subramanian | Tamil Nadu | 2nd Runner-Up | | |
| Year | Delegate | State | International Placement & Performance |
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| 2022 | Nehal Patil | Goa | Top 18 | |
| 2023 | Satya Vishwanadh | Karnataka | Unplaced | |
| 2024 | | |
| Year | Delegate | State | International Placement & Performance |
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| 2022 | Lukanand Kshetrimayum | Manipur | Winner | |
| 2024 | Adong Jamatia | Tripura | Top 16 | | |
Defunct Pageants
The following is a list of former Indian representatives to beauty pageants that have been discontinued.
Man of the Universe
| Year | Delegate | State | International Placement & Performance |
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| 2021 | Shivam Ravnit | Bihar | Man of the Universe Ambassador 2021 | | |
Mister Grand International (Based in Brazil)
| Year | Delegate | State | International Placement & Performance |
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| 2017 | Debojit Batacharya | Assam | Unplaced | |
| 2018 | Lakshay Chaudhary | Delhi | Top 9 | |
| 2019 | Ashwani Neeraj | New Delhi | Mister Grand International 2019 | | |
Mister Model Worldwide
| Year | Delegate | State | International Placement & Performance |
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| 2018 | Suraj Dahiya | New Delhi | 2nd Runner-Up | |
| 2021 | Ankit Sharma | Jammu and Kashmir | No pageant held | |
Mister United Continents
| Year | Delegate | State | International Placement & Performance |
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| 2015 | Dheeraj Sharma | New Delhi | 5th Runner-Up | |
| 2016 | Mohit Singh | Haryana | Mister United Continents 2016 | |
| 2017 | Mitendra Meeth Darshan | Madhya Pradesh | 1st Runner-Up | |
| 2018 | Pardeep Kharera | Haryana | Unplaced | |
| 2019 | Amandeep Dahiya | Haryana | Unplaced | | |
Mister Model of the World
| Year | Delegate | State | International Placement & Performance |
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| 2018 | Dipankar Talukdar | Assam | 4th Runner-Up | |
| 2019 | Dinesh Choudhary | Maharashtra | Mister Model of the World 2019 | | |
Mister Grand International (Based in Myanmar)
| Year | Delegate | State | International Placement & Performance |
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| 2018 | Vatsal Kapadia | New Delhi | Top 8 | |
| 2021 | Sujith Kumar | New Delhi | No pageant held | |
Men Universe Model
| Year | Delegate | State | International Placement & Performance |
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| 2008 | Kiran Gill | New Delhi | Top 10 | |
| 2009 | Vikas Mehandroo | New Delhi | Unplaced | |
| 2015 | Sumit Singh | New Delhi | Top 13 | |
| 2016 | Himanshu Shailey | New Delhi | Unplaced | |
| 2018 | Amit Mehra | New Delhi | Top 12 | | |
Mister Universal Ambassador
| Year | Delegate | State | International Placement & Performance |
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| 2015 | Jagjeet Singh | New Delhi | Top 5 | |
| 2016 | Deepak Vaishnav | New Delhi | Unplaced | |
| 2017 | Rohit Jakhar | Haryana | 4th Runner-Up | |
| 2018 | Amit Om Malik | Haryana | Top 6 | | |
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Mr India 2017: Prathamesh Maulingkar's journey from Football to Fitness model . MumbaiLive.com. 15 December 2017.
- Web site: Jitesh Thakur bags second runner-up spot at Mister Supranational 2016. 4 December 2016.
- Web site: Altamash Faraz to represent India at Mister Supranational 2017. 20 October 2017.
- Web site: Bikram Saluja wins Adonis - Graviera contest. intoday.in. 28 June 2014.
- Web site: Kawaljit Anand is Haywards 5000 Mr India . oneindia.com. 17 March 2007. 18 December 2017.
- Web site: Miss India Organisation launches Mr India World 2014. indiatimes.com. 5 June 2014.
- Web site: Hrithik Roshan announces Mr India 2016 winner. NEWSKARNATAKA. 25 November 2016. 25 November 2016.
- Web site: Hrithik Roshan announces Mr India 2016 winner. NEWSKARNATAKA. 25 November 2016. 25 November 2016.
- Web site: Hrithik Roshan announces Mr India 2016 winner. NEWSKARNATAKA. 25 November 2016. 25 November 2016.
- Web site: Lucknow's Jitesh Singh Deo Wins Mr. India 2017 Title, Will Represent India At Mr. World 2020. indiatimes.com. 15 December 2017. 15 December 2017.
- Web site: All You Need to Know About Urmila Matondkar's Husband, Mohsin Akhtar | MissMalini. 3 March 2016.
- Web site: live. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/Wj1wyjGd7lI. 2021-12-05. Mr. India 2007 . YouTube.
- Web site: Yatin Sonic, winner of the 'Grasim Mr. India 2006', a male.
