Priyadarshini Chatterjee
Indian model, Miss India 2016 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Priyadarshini Chatterjee (born 5 September 1996) is an Indian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Femina Miss India in 2016.[2]
Priyadarshini Chatterjee | |
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| Born | 5 September 1996[1] |
| Occupation | Model |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
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She represented India at the Miss World 2016 pageant.[3][4] She is the first northeast Indian to represent India at Miss World. She made it to the top 20 (semi-finalist) and also top-5 in Beauty with a Purpose.[5]
Early life
She was born in Dhubri in a Bengali family and was brought up in Guwahati city in the state of Assam.[6][7][8][9] She completed her schooling in Maria's Public School in Guwahati and moved to New Delhi to pursue higher studies.[10] She is currently pursuing her bachelor's degree from Hindu College, University of Delhi.[11][12]
Modeling and pageantry
While pursuing education in New Delhi, she started a career in modeling. She has done many modeling assignments by working as a freelance model.[13][14] In 2016 she won the title of Femina Miss Delhi,[15] which gave her a direct entry to participate in Femina Miss India 2016, where she won the title of Femina Miss India World 2016.[16][17][18] During her reign as Miss India, she was hospitalized because of anemia.[2]
See also
- Aditi Arya - Femina Miss World India 2015.
- Koyal Rana - Femina Miss World India 2014. Winner of "Miss World Asia and Oceania"
- Femina Miss India
References
External links
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