And the new Miss Universe is … Miss India ! In the night from Sunday to Monday, in the Israeli city of Eilat, Harnaaz Sandhu was crowned Miss Universe 2021. The 21-year-old won the precious crown in front of Miss Paraguay, Nadia Ferreira, and Miss South Africa Lalela Mswane. For her part, the French Clémence Botino (24 years old) still climbed to the top 10.
Crowned in front of 79 other candidates, Harnaaz Sandhu affirmed his commitment in favor of women’s rights and confided to have for model the actress Priyanka Chopra. As detailed People, in her spare time, Miss India does yoga, dances, cooks and goes horseback riding.
The coronation of Miss Universe 2021 comes just seven months after the Miss Universe 2020 competition organized last May, in Florida, during which the French Amandine Petit (Miss France 2021) had climbed to 13th place. Clémence Botino (Miss Guadeloupe 2019 and Miss France 2020) should have initially participated in this edition but she had left her place for Amandine Petit to take part in the election of Miss France 2022, which was held in Caen on Saturday evening. During her time on the podium in Israel, Clémence Botino distinguished herself in an outfit tribute to Joséphine Baker, thus celebrating her entry into the Pantheon. On the spot, she was able to find Iris Mittenaere (Miss France 2016 and Miss Universe 2016) who was a member of the jury this year.