Miss India Worldwide 2015 was the 24th edition of the Miss India Worldwide pageant, held on 5 September 2015. The event was held at Lalit Hotel in Mumbai, India.
Monica Gill of the United States crowned her successor Stephanie Lohale of Oman at the end of the event.
Results Final result Contestant Miss India Worldwide 2015 – Stephanie Lohale 1st Runner-up – Apeksha Porwell 2nd Runner-up – Shivani Govender Top 5 – Jyotsna Arora – Nivetha Pethuraj
Special awards Award Name Country Miss Congeniality Soesoe Mustafa Miss Talented Jyotsna Arora Miss Photogenic Priyanka Sebastian Miss Social Media Dipti Bhudrani Miss Beautiful Smile Nandini Kochar Miss Beautiful Skin Lieve Blanckaert Miss Catwalk Apeksha Porwal Miss Beautiful Eyes Kareen Seepersaud Miss Chairman's Professional Veena Gurbani Miss Bollywood Diva Grace Walia
Contestants 32 contestants competed for the title of Miss India Worldwide 2015.
Country/Territory Candidate Age Hometown Nibedita Pal 22 Brisbane Ritu Pamnani 24 Dubai Nandini Kochar 17 Gaborone Samantha Rodrigues 20 Toronto Monisha Gounder 17 Auckland Chanda Rughoo Kareen Seepersaud 18 Cayenne Trycia Ramaye Grande-Terre Lieve Blanckaert 17 Georgetown Apeksha Porwal 18 Mulund Grace Walia 17 Jakarta Natasha Jabul 20 Bari Veena Gurbani 26 Michigan Aliza Rajan 24 Nairobi Sharola Prasad 22 Dubai Mogansundari Mahalingam Nirmala Marimoutou 17 Fort-de-France Lovna Peeharry 23 Rose-Belle Soesoe Mustafa 26 Delft Advaita Shetty 20 Auckland Stephanie Lohale 19 Muscat Jyotsna Arora 23 Dubai Ashita Munjely Moscow Durga Naidu Singapore Dipti Budhrani 17 Cay Hill Shivani Govender 22 Johannesburg Priyanka Sebastian Sanaya Singh 24 Gävle Kanika Jain Zürich Melissa Hanoman Nivetha Pethuraj 23 Dubai Nandini Patel London Pranathy Gangaraju 19 Duluth
Judges The Miss India Worldwide 2015 final judges were:
Richa Sharma Hrishitaa Bhatt Niharika Raizada Nikkitasha Marwah Sandeep Soparkar Raj Suri Alesia Raut
Contestant notes Natasha Jabul, has Mauritian origins on her parents' side. Samantha Rodrigues, is born in Guyana.
Crossovers Contestants who previously competed at other national and international beauty pageants:
– Ritu Pamnani placed top 5 at Miss India United Arab Emirates 2015. – Apeksha Porwal represented India at Miss Teen International 2009 in Chicago. She was Femina Miss India Delhi 2015 but she unplaced at Femina Miss India 2015. She has finished 2nd runner-up at Miss Diva 2017. – Veena Gurbani was Miss South Asia USA 2014 and Miss India Global 2017. – Advaita Shetty had competed at Miss Teen International New Zealand 2014 and placed 3rd runner-up. She has finished 1st runner-up at Miss India Worldwide New Zealand 2014. - Dr. Ashita Munjely was Miss Himachal Face of The Year 2015. She was also crowned as Miss Himachal Runner up and Miss Himachal- Miss Style Diva 2015. She had also won Miss Tiara. She also won Miss SGMU 2018.
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