LIVA Miss Diva 2021, the 9th edition of the national pageant, was held tonight at the Hyatt Regency, Mumbai where Ritika Khatnani was crowned Miss Supranational India 2021 at the end of the event finale. She succeeds and was crowned by Aavriti Choudhary Miss Supranational India 2020.
Ritika Khatnani gave a stellar performance at the national competition as she won the crown with her sincerity and dedication. She is currently pursuing her education in Mass Media and Communication from Jai Hind College, Mumbai. She is an ardent Bharatnatyam dancer, a versatile artist, and an enthralling entrepreneur.
With her title, Ritika wants to be the voice of children's education and HIV-positive children. She feels education unfolds human potential and without it, lies a future of thwarted ambitions and broken dreams. She said, "Teaching the underprivileged and HIV positive children to provide them an atmosphere of well-being, love, and social acceptance! To uplift disadvantaged and marginalised communities and provide them autonomy, mobility, and economic independence! Inequality, unemployment, poverty, exploitation, terrorism are the very consequences of lack of education.”
Along with Ritika, at the end of the finale, Harnaaz Sandhu was crowned Miss Universe India 2021 as she became the official representative of India at Miss Universe 2021. She succeeds and was crowned by Adline Castelino Miss Universe India 2020. Sonal Kukreja, Divita Rai, Tarini Kalingarayar and Ankita Singh were adjudged first, second, third and fourth runners-up respectively.
Also see – Miss Diva 2021 Sub-Contest winners
Apart from the winners and the court, the Top 10 included Ayesha Assadi, Nikita Tiwari, Pallabi Saikia, Siddhi Gupta. The selection was made from the twenty delegates who moved forward from the Top 50 selected at the beginning of the competition.
The accomplished panel of jury in charge of crowning the new winners included Shivan Bhatia - Fashion designer, Narresh Kukreja - Fashion designer, Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari - Filmmaker, writer and author, Kriti Sanon – Actress, Pankaj Advani - Billiards and snooker player, Kanika Kapoor – Singer and Angad Bedi – Actor.
Congratulations to the newly crowned queens!