Ankita Kumari from Jamshedpur, Jharkhand has been officially appointed as the representative of India in Miss International 2017 by Glamanand Supermodel India. She will now travel to Tokyo, Japan where Miss International 2017 will take place on 14th November 2017 in hopes to win the coveted title. She succeeds Miss International India 2016 Rewati Chetri.

Ankita is a student of Master of Journalism and Mass Communication at Amity University in Kolkata. She has been modelling for a year and was trained by the renowned coach Ritika Ramtri. Her favourite Miss International is last year’s winner Kylie Versoza from whom she derives great inspiration.

After being appointed, she expressed her feelings by saying, “My very first reaction was Wow! it was always a dream to represent India at a big platform and my selection happened through rigorous scrutiny from Glamanand Supermodel India (they hold the license to send India’s representative to Miss International.  Nothing can be a bigger feeling than being called as India along with The Tiara. I was amazed yet confident and said to myself that I will do justice to the faith that my national director has shown on me. There's can't be more proud feeling than being called as an Indian.

She is well acquainted with the world of pageantry being a runner-up in the recently concluded edition of Tiara Queen by TGPC held on 16th September 2017, while she was a finalist in Femina Miss India West Bengal 2017 and was also chosen as a finalist in Kolkata auditions of Miss Diva 2017.

Now that Miss International 2017 is just round the corner and talking to her about her strategy and strength for Miss International 2017, she said that “My genuineness and hard work will be the biggest strength during Miss International 2017.Every girl participating are beautiful and unique and I look forward to meeting them all and sharing amazing time with everyone. And I have a huge support of my family, friends, my mentor and my national director”.

India has been participating in Miss International 2017 for many decades but has not won the coveted title yet. In fact, India has been in the Top 3 five times!

Ankita seems to be a great choice for the international pageant. Do you agree?