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][4]
History
editEarly years and franchise development (1994–2012)
editThe 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.[5] 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.[5] 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.[5][6]
Ownership transition and recent developments (since 2014)
editThe Times Group acquired the rights to send India's representatives to Mister World in 2014, continuing the legacy established by previous franchise holders.[1] 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.
| Pageant | Titles | Winning year(s) | Winner(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mister World | 1 | ||
| 2016 | Rohit Khandelwal | ||
| Mister Supranational | |||
| 2018 | Prathamesh Maulingkar | ||
| Manhunt International | |||
| 2001 | Rajeev Singh | ||
| Mister Global | |||
| 2023 | Jason Dylan Bretfelean |
Times Mister India titleholders
edit| Year | Mister India World | Mister India Supranational | 1st Runner-up | 2nd Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | None | Rahul Rajasekharan | None | None |
| 2017 | Jitesh Singh Deo | Prathamesh Maulingkar | Abhi Khajuria | Pavan Rao |
| Year | Mister India | 1st Runner-up | 2nd Runner-up | Organiser |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Gokul Ganesan | Not Awarded | Times | |
| 2016 | Vishnu Raj Menon[7] | Viren Barman [8] | Altamash Faraz [9] | Peter England[10] |
| 2015 | Rohit Khandelwal | Rahul Rajasekharan Nair | Prateek Gujral | Times |
| 2014 | Prateik Jain | Puneet Beniwal | Bharat Raj | |
| 2012 | Taher Ali | Not Awarded | Grasim | |
| 2010 | Inder Bajwa | Not Awarded | ||
| 2008 | Pravesh Rana | Vazeil Trivedi | Irshad Waghbakriwala | Haywards |
| 2007[11] | Kawaljit Anand Singh | Freddy Daruwala | Mohsin Akhtar Mir | |
| 2007[12] | Bharat Kundra | Jobi Varghese | Umar Sharif | Grasim |
| 2006[13] | Yatin Sonic | Nishant Dahia | Hanif Hilal | |
| 2005 | Viraf Patel | Kushal Tandon | Karan Hukku | |
| 2004 | Sunil Mann | Prashant Raj Sachdev | Piyush Vig | |
| 2003 | Rajneesh Duggal | Vikrant Mahajan | Satyam Shankar Sahai | |
| 2002 | Raghu Mukherjee | Jaspal Sehgal | Sainik Rao | |
| 2001 | Vivan Bhatena | Savio Bruto Da Costa | Kanwaljeet Singh Anand | |
| 2000 | Aryan Vaid | Ikram Sandhu | Ajay Malik | |
| 1999 | Abhijit Sanyal | Raqesh Bapat | Vishal Yadav | |
| 1998 | Diwakar Pundir | Unknown
| ||
| 1997 | Deepinder Gill | |||
| 1996 | Sachin Khurana | Cary Edwards | Not Awarded | |
| 1995 | Tarun Raghavan | Not Awarded | ||
| 1994 | Bikram Saluja | Ravi Mopakrishnan | ||
- Note 1: In 1995 the first ever Mr India pageant was held called Graviera Adnois Man of Year to select India's representative to Mister World. In 1996 the title was changed to Grasim Mr India and the winner of Grasim Mr India 1996, Sachin Khurana represented India Mister World 1998. From 1997 to 2003 the winner of Grasim Mister India represented India at Mr. International.
- Note 2: In the years, 2010 and 2012 no runners-up were awarded.[14]
- Note 3: IN 2021, due to the pandemic, a virtual pageant was organized to only select the representative to the Mister Supranational pageant.
Rubaru Mister India titleholders
editRubaru 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Vishnu Chaudhary | Gemin Darin | Jomin D’souza | Mushthaqh Mohammad | None | Sagar Shah | Adithya Subramanian | None | None | Abhishek Yadav | Viraaj Babbar | Harsh Rathod | Gaurish Singh |
| 2023 | Shashwat Dwivedi | Jason Dylan Bretfelean | None | Mukesh Ravi | Abhishek Mane | Tachang Phassang | Anish Jain | Tushar Kapoor | Badal Bist | Reshab Chetri | Vysan A Nair | Sukhbir Ashat | Daksh Chaudhary |
| 2022 | None | Chena Ram Choudhary | None | Mithun Debbarma | None | Biswajit Roy | Kramik Yadav | Nehal Patil | None | None | None | Banner Lanamai James | Daksh Chaudhary |
Representatives to major beauty pageants
edit- 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
editRepresentatives to Manhut International is being sent by Gladrags organisation through Gladrags Manhunt and Megamodel Contest.
| Year | Delegate | State | International Placement & Performance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placements | Special award(s) | |||
| 1994 | Rajat Bedi | Punjab | 4th Runner-Up | |
| 1995 | Dino Morea | Karnataka | 1st Runner-Up | |
| 1997 | Zulfi Syed Ahmad | Karnataka | 4th Runner-Up | |
| 1998 | Balbir Meena | Rajasthan | Unplaced | |
| 1999 | John Abraham | Maharashtra | 1st Runner-Up | |
| 2000 | Reji Varghese | Andhra Pradesh | Unplaced | |
| 2001 | Rajeev Singh | Rajasthan | Manhunt International 2001 | 2 Special Awards
|
| 2002 | Nitin Singh | Maharashtra | Top 15 | |
| 2005 | Pawan Setpal | Maharashtra | Unplaced | 1 Special Award
|
| 2006 | Aryan Baruah | Maharashtra | Top 15 | 1 Special Award
|
| 2007 | Abhimanyu Jain | Rajasthan | 4th Runner-Up | |
| 2008 | Romeo Gates | New Delhi | Top 15 | 1 Special Award
|
| 2010 | Ahran Chaudhary | Uttar Pradesh | Top 16 | 1 Special Award
|
| 2011 | Shashvat Seth | Maharashtra | Unplaced | |
| 2012 | Arry Dabas | Haryana | Top 16 | 1 Special Award
|
| 2016 | Grewal Gurmehar | New Delhi | Unplaced | |
| 2017 | Takshanin Ram | Maharashtra | Unplaced | 1 Special Award
|
| 2018 | Prasad Cariappa | Karnataka | Unplaced | |
| 2020 | Mayur Gangwani | Karnataka | 4th Runner-Up | |
| 2022 | Rakesh Nongmaithem | Manipur | Unplaced | |
| 2024 | Jomin D’souza | Maharashtra | TBA | |
Note – No pageant held in the years: 2015, 2014, 2013, 2009, 2004, 2003 and 1996
Mister World
edit| Year | Delegate | State | International Placement & Performance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placements | Special award(s) | |||
| 1996 | Bikram Saluja | Punjab | Top 10 | |
| 1998 | Sachin Khurana | New Delhi | Unplaced | |
| 2007 | Kawaljit Anand Singh | Assam | Top 12 | |
| 2010 | Inder Bajwa | Karnataka | Top 15 | 2 Special Awards
|
| 2012 | Taher Ali | Maharashtra | Unplaced | |
| 2014 | Prateik Jain | Karnataka | Top 10 | 6 Special Awards
|
| 2016 | Rohit Khandelwal | Telangana | Mister World 2016 | 1 Special Award
|
| 2019 | Vishnu Raj Menon | Kerala | Unplaced | 1 Special Award
|
| 2024 | Gokul Ganesan | Tamil Nadu | TBA | |
Mister International
edit| Year | Delegate | State | International Placement & Performance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placements | Special award(s) | |||
| 2006 | Sudhir Tewari | New Delhi | Unplaced | |
| 2007 | Nikhil Dharwan | New Delhi | Top 10 | |
| 2008 | Vikas Mehandroo | New Delhi | Top 15 | |
| 2009 | Imran Khan | New Delhi | Unplaced | |
| 2010 | Akash Charan | Rajasthan | Unplaced | |
| 2012 | Opangtongdang Jamir | Nagaland | Unplaced | |
| 2013 | Hukapa Chakhesang | Nagaland | Unplaced | |
| 2014 | Parmeet Wahi | Maharashtra | Unplaced | |
| 2015 | Halley Laithangbam | Manipur | Unplaced | 1 Special Award
|
| 2016 | Mudit Malhotra | New Delhi | Top 9 | |
| 2017 | Darasing Khurana | Maharashtra | Unplaced | |
| 2018 | Balaji Murugadoss | Tamil Nadu | Unplaced | |
| 2022 | Lukanand Kshetrimayum | Manipur | 1st Runner-up | |
| 2023 | Shashwat Dwivedi | Uttar Pradesh | Top 5 | 1 Special Award
|
| 2024 | Adong Jamatia | Tripura | TBA | |
Note: No pageant held in the years: 2019 – 2021 and no delegate was sent in 2011
Mister Global
edit| Year | Delegate | State | International Placement & Performance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placements | Special award(s) | |||
| 2015 | Sandeep Sehrawat | New Delhi | Unplaced | |
| 2016 | Prateek Baid | Rajasthan | Top 16 | 1 Special Award
|
| 2017 | Srikant Dwivedi | Uttar Pradesh | Top 10 | |
| 2018 | Dhwrwm Swargiary | Assam | Unplaced | |
| 2019 | Rishabh Kumar | New Delhi | Unplaced | |
| 2021 | Tseteej Shiwakoty | Sikkim | Top 17 | 1 Special Award
|
| 2022 | Chena Ram Choudhary | Rajasthan | Top 15 | |
| 2023 | Jason Dylan Bretfelean | Telangana | Mister Global 2023 | 1 Special Award
|
| 2024 | Gemin Darin | Arunachal Pradesh | Top 20 | |
Mister Supranational
edit| Year | Delegate | State | International Placement & Performance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placements | Special award(s) | |||
| 2016 | Jitesh Naresh Thakur | Rajasthan | 2nd Runner-Up | 3 Special Awards
|
| 2017 | Altamash Faraz | New Delhi | Top 10 | 4 Special Awards
|
| 2018 | Prathamesh Maulingkar | Goa | Mister Supranational 2018 | 2 Special Awards
|
| 2019 | Varun Verma | New Delhi | Top 10 | 3 Special Awards
|
| 2021 | Rahul Rajasekharan Nair | Kerala | Top 10 | 4 Special Awards
|
| 2023 | Raj Singh | Maharashtra | Unplaced | 1 Special Award
|
| 2024 | Aman Rajesh Singh | Karnataka | Unplaced | |
Representatives to minor beauty pageants
editMan of the World
edit| Year | Delegate | State | International Placement & Performance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placements | Special award(s) | |||
| 2018 | Joshua Roshan Chhabra | Maharashtra | Top 17 | 2 Special Awards
|
| 2019 | Krishna Salak | Chandigarh | Top 10 | 2 Special Awards
|
| 2022 | Aditya Khurana | Delhi | Man of the World 2022 | 1 Special Award
|
| 2023 | Baskar Dhanasekar | Tamil Nadu | Unplaced | 1 Special Award
|
| 2024 | Ved Bharambe | Maharashtra | Top 10 | 2 Special Awards
|
Note – No pageant held in the years: 2020, 2021
Top Model of the World
edit| Year | Delegate | State | International Placement & Performance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placements | Special award(s) | |||
| 2024 | Martin Irengbam | Manipur | 1st Runner-up | 3 Special Awards
|
Mister Tourism World
edit| Year | Delegate | State | International Placement & Performance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placements | Special award(s) | |||
| 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 | Did not participate | |
| 2024 | Mushthaqh Mohammad | Tamil Nadu | TBA | |
Mister Glam International
edit| Year | Delegate | State | International Placement & Performance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placements | Special award(s) | |||
| 2019 | Mithun Debbarma | Tripura | Unplaced | |
| 2022 | Rishi Bodke Venkatesh | Karnataka | Unplaced | 1 Special Award
|
| 2023 | Vyasan A Nair | Kerala | 3rd Runner-Up | 3 Special Awards
|
| 2024 | Viraaj Babbar | Madhya Pradesh | TBA | |
Note – No pageant held in 2020 and no delegate was sent in 2021
Mister Friendship International
edit| Year | Delegate | State | International Placement & Performance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placements | Special award(s) | |||
| 2022 | Songashim Rungsung | Manipur | 2nd Runner-Up | |
| 2023 | Daksh Chaudhary | New Delhi | 3rd Runner-Up | 1 Special Award
|
| 2024 | Gaurish Singh | Assam | TBA | |
Mister Model International
edit| Year | Delegate | State | International Placement & Performance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placements | Special award(s) | |||
| 2014 | Dhwrwm Swargiary | Punjab | 4th Runner-Up | |
| 2015 | Phany Padaraju | Maharashtra | 1st Runner-Up | |
| 2016 | Anurag Fageriya | Rajasthan | Top 16 | |
| 2018 | Mohit Sharma | Himanchal Pradesh | Unplaced | 1 Special Award
|
| 2019 | Dalton Dsouza | Goa | Unplaced | |
| 2021 | Armaan Hakim | Maharashtra | 3rd Runner-Up | 2 Special Awards
|
| 2025 | Abhishek Yadav | Maharashtra | TBA | |
Note – No pageant held in the years 2017, 2020, 2022, 2023 and no delegate sent in 2024
Mister National Universe
edit| Year | Delegate | State | International Placement & Performance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placements | Special award(s) | |||
| 2017 | Pankaj Ahlawat | New Delhi | Mister National Universe 2017 | 2 Special Awards
|
| 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 | 1 Special Award
|
| 2023 | Biswajit Roy | West Bengal | Unplaced | |
| 2024 | Tachang Phassang | Arunachal Pradesh | Unplaced | 1 Special Award
|
| 2025 | Sagar Shah | Maharashtra | TBA | |
Note – 2 editions of Mister National Universe were held in 2019
Caballero Universal
edit| Year | Delegate | State | International Placement & Performance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placements | Special award(s) | |||
| 2022 | Kramik Yadav | Gujarat | 2nd Runner-Up | 1 Special Award
|
| 2023 | Badal Bist | Karnataka | Top 15 | 1 Special Award
|
| 2024 | Adithya Subramanian | Tamil Nadu | TBA | |
Mr. Grand International (Based in Philippines)
edit| Year | Delegate | State | International Placement & Performance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placements | Special award(s) | |||
| 2022 | Nehal Patil | Goa | Top 18 | |
| 2023 | Satya Vishwanadh | Karnataka | Unplaced | |
| 2024 | TBA | |||
Mister Gay World
edit| Year | Delegate | State | International Placement & Performance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placements | Special award(s) | |||
| 2011 | Raul Patil | Maharashtra | Unplaced | |
| 2013 | Nolan Lewis | Maharashtra | Top 10 | |
| 2014 | Sushant Divgikar | Maharashtra | Top 10 | 3 Special Awards
|
| 2015 | Thahir Sayer Mohammed | Maharashtra | Did not compete | |
| 2016 | Anwesh Sahoo | Odisha | Top 12 | |
| 2017 | Darshan Mandhana | Maharashtra | Top 10 | |
| 2018 | Samarpan Maiti | West Bengal | 2nd Runner-Up | |
| 2019 | Suresh Ramdas | Karnataka | Top 10 | |
| 2020 | Shyam Konnur | Maharashtra | Unplaced | |
| 2023 | Vishal pinjani | Maharashtra | Top 5 | |
Note – No pageant held in the year 2012 and no delegate sent in 2021, 2022
Defunct Pageants
editThe following is a list of former Indian representatives to beauty pageants that have been discontinued.
Man of the Universe
edit| Year | Delegate | State | International Placement & Performance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placements | Special award(s) | |||
| 2021 | Shivam Ravnit | Bihar | Man of the Universe Ambassador 2021 | 1 Special Award
|
Mister Grand International (Based in Brazil)
edit| Year | Delegate | State | International Placement & Performance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placements | Special award(s) | |||
| 2017 | Debojit Batacharya | Assam | Unplaced | |
| 2018 | Lakshay Chaudhary | Delhi | Top 9 | |
| 2019 | Ashwani Neeraj | New Delhi | Mister Grand International 2019 | 1 Special Award
|
Note – No pageant held in the years: 2020 – 2021 and no delegate sent in 2022
Mister Model Worldwide
edit| Year | Delegate | State | International Placement & Performance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placements | Special award(s) | |||
| 2018 | Suraj Dahiya | New Delhi | 2nd Runner-Up | 2 Special Awards
|
| 2021 | Ankit Sharma | Jammu and Kashmir | No pageant held | |
Note – No pageant held in the years: 2020 – 2023 and no delegate sent in 2019
Mister United Continents
edit| Year | Delegate | State | International Placement & Performance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placements | Special award(s) | |||
| 2015 | Dheeraj Sharma | New Delhi | 5th Runner-Up | 2 Special Awards
|
| 2016 | Mohit Singh | Haryana | Mister United Continents 2016 | 1 Special Award
|
| 2017 | Mitendra Meeth Darshan | Madhya Pradesh | 1st Runner-Up | |
| 2018 | Pardeep Kharera | Haryana | Unplaced | 1 Special Award
|
| 2019 | Amandeep Dahiya | Haryana | Unplaced | |
Mister Model of the World
edit| Year | Delegate | State | International Placement & Performance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placements | Special award(s) | |||
| 2018 | Dipankar Talukdar | Assam | 4th Runner-Up | 1 Special Award
|
| 2019 | Dinesh Choudhary | Maharashtra | Mister Model of the World 2019 | 2 Special Awards
|
Mister Grand International (Based in Myanmar)
edit| Year | Delegate | State | International Placement & Performance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placements | Special award(s) | |||
| 2018 | Vatsal Kapadia | New Delhi | Top 8 | |
| 2021 | Sujith Kumar | New Delhi | No pageant held | |
Men Universe Model
edit| Year | Delegate | State | International Placement & Performance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placements | Special award(s) | |||
| 2008 | Kiran Gill | New Delhi | Top 10 | |
| 2009 | Vikas Mehandroo | New Delhi | Unplaced | 1 Special Award
|
| 2015 | Sumit Singh | New Delhi | Top 13 | |
| 2016 | Himanshu Shailey | New Delhi | Unplaced | |
| 2018 | Amit Mehra | New Delhi | Top 12 | |
Note – No pageant held in the years: 2010 – 2014 and no delegate sent in 2017
Mister Universal Ambassador
edit| Year | Delegate | State | International Placement & Performance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placements | Special award(s) | |||
| 2015 | Jagjeet Singh | New Delhi | Top 5 | |
| 2016 | Deepak Vaishnav | New Delhi | Unplaced | 2 Special Awards
|
| 2017 | Rohit Jakhar | Haryana | 4th Runner-Up | 2 Special Awards
|
| 2018 | Amit Om Malik | Haryana | Top 6 | |
Note – No delegate sent in 2019
See also
editReferences
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- ^ a b c "Bikram Saluja wins Adonis - Graviera contest". intoday.in. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
- ^ "Kawaljit Anand is Haywards 5000 Mr India". oneindia.com. 17 March 2007. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
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