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 Supranational India. 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.
History Early years and franchise development (1994–2012) The 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. 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. 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.
Ownership transition and recent developments (since 2014) The Times Group acquired the rights to send India's representatives to Mister World in 2014, continuing the legacy established by previous franchise holders. 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.
+Winners of major international Beauty pageant 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
Representatives to major beauty pageants Color key
Manhunt International Representatives to Manhut International is being sent by Gladrags organisation through Gladrags Manhunt and Megamodel Contest. Year Delegate State International Placement & Performance Placements 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 2002 Nitin Singh Maharashtra Top 15 2005 Pawan Setpal Maharashtra Unplaced 2006 Aryan Baruah Maharashtra Top 15 2007 Abhimanyu Jain Rajasthan 4th Runner-Up 2008 Romeo Gates New Delhi Top 15 2010 Ahran Chaudhary Uttar Pradesh Top 16 2011 Shashvat Seth Maharashtra Unplaced 2012 Arry Dabas Haryana Top 16 2016 Grewal Gurmehar New Delhi Unplaced 2017 Takshanin Ram Maharashtra Unplaced 2018 Prasad Cariappa Karnataka Unplaced 2020 Mayur Gangwani Karnataka 4th Runner-Up 2022 Rakesh Nongmaithem Manipur Unplaced 2024 Jomin D'souza Maharashtra Unplaced 2026 Nipun Singh Madhya Pradesh 1st Runner-Up 2027 Pradhaan Ragava Tamil Nadu
Mister World Year Delegate State International Placement & Performance Placements 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 2012 Taher Ali Maharashtra Unplaced 2014 Prateik Jain Karnataka Top 10 2016 Rohit Khandelwal Telangana Mister World 2016 2019 Vishnu Raj Menon Kerala Unplaced 2024 Gokul Ganesan Tamil Nadu Top 10 2026 Shevam Singh Bihar
Mister International (Thailand) Year Delegate State International Placement & Performance Placements 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 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 2024 Vishnu Choudhary Rajasthan Unplaced 2025 Madhuram Daga West Bengal Top 20 2026 Aaryan Chawla Daman and Diu Unplaced
Mister Global Year Delegate State International Placement & Performance Placements 2015 Sandeep Sehrawat New Delhi Unplaced 2016 Prateek Baid Rajasthan Top 16 2017 Srikant Dwivedi Uttar Pradesh Top 10 2018 Dhwrwm Swargiary Assam Unplaced 2019 Rishabh Kumar New Delhi Unplaced 2021 Tseteej Shiwakoty Sikkim Top 17 2022 Chena Ram Choudhary Rajasthan Top 15 2022 Chena Ram Choudhary Rajasthan Top 15 2023 Jason Dylan Bretfelean Telangana Mister Global 2023 2024 Gemin Darin Arunachal Pradesh Top 20 2025 Rakesh Bhosekar Maharashtra Unplaced 2026 Harshit Solanki Uttar Pradesh
Mister Supranational Year Delegate State International Placement & Performance Placements 2016 Jitesh Naresh Thakur Rajasthan 2nd Runner-Up 2017 Altamash Faraz New Delhi Top 10 2018 Prathamesh Maulingkar Goa Mister Supranational 2018 2019 Varun Verma New Delhi Top 10 2021 Rahul Rajasekharan Nair Kerala Top 10 2023 Raj Singh MaharashtraUnplaced 2024 Aman Rajesh Singh Tamilnadu Unplaced 2025 Shubham Sharma Maharashtra Top 20 2026 Abel Biju Kerala Top 20
Man of the World Year Delegate State International Placement & Performance Placements 2018 Joshua Roshan Chhabra Maharashtra Top 17 2019 Krishna Salak Chandigarh Top 10 2022 Aditya Khurana Delhi Man of the World 2022 2023 Baskar Dhanasekar Tamil Nadu Unplaced 2024 Ved Bharambe Maharashtra Top 10 2025 Azhan Memon Madhya Pradesh Unplaced 2026 Moha Kiran Karnataka Unplaced
Representatives to other beauty pageants Mister Eco International Year Delegate State International Placement & Performance Placements 2026 Nawang Dondup Arunachal Pradesh 4th Runner-up
Mister Tourism World Year Delegate State International Placement & Performance Placements 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 colspan=2 2024 Sriloganand Kumar Tamil Nadu Top 10 2025 Abhinav Anil Ballary Telangana 4th Runner-Up 2026 Piyush Lalwani Rajasthan
Mister Glam International Year Delegate State International Placement & Performance Placements 2019 Mithun Debbarma Tripura Unplaced 2022 Rishi Bodke Venkatesh Karnataka Unplaced 2023 Vyasan A Nair Kerala 3rd Runner-Up 2024 Viraaj Babbar Madhya Pradesh 1st Runner-Up 2025 Manjoy Bhattacharya Maharashtra Top 7
Mister Friendship International Year Delegate State International Placement & Performance Placements 2022 Songashim Rungsung Manipur 2nd Runner-Up 2023 Daksh Chaudhary New Delhi 3rd Runner-Up 2024 Saurabh Prabhudessai Goa Unplaced 2025 Biswajit Roy Sikkim Unplaced
Mister Model International Year Delegate State International Placement & Performance Placements 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 2019 Dalton Dsouza Goa Unplaced 2021 Armaan Hakim Maharashtra 3rd Runner-Up 2025 Abhishek Yadav Maharashtra Unplaced 2026 Sarang Nagpure Maharashtra
Mister National Universe Year Delegate State International Placement & Performance Placements 2017 Pankaj Ahlawat New Delhi Mister National Universe 2017 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 2023 Biswajit Roy West Bengal Unplaced 2024 Tachang Phassang Arunachal Pradesh Unplaced 2025 Gokul Sahu Uttar Pradesh 5th Runner-Up 2026 Vinay Meena Rajasthan Top 10
Caballero Universal Year Delegate State International Placement & Performance Placements 2022 Kramik Yadav Gujarat 2nd Runner-Up 2023 Badal Bist Karnataka Top 15 2024 Adithya Subramanian Tamil Nadu 2nd Runner-Up 2025 Anantha Krishna Kerala 2nd Runner-Up 2026 Hasit Parikh Maharashtra
Mister Gay World Year Delegate State International Placement & Performance Placements 2011 Raul Patil Maharashtra Unplaced 2013 Nolan Lewis Maharashtra Top 10 2014 Sushant Divgikar Maharashtra Top 10 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 2024 Mayur Saroj Rajput Maharashtra Unplaced 2025 Nikhil Jain Karnataka Unplaced
Mister International (Philippines) Since the founder Alan Sim's death on October 12, 2022, two Mister International organizations emerged, with one being headquartered to Thailand led by Pradit Pradinunt and other being headquartered at Philippines led by Manuel Deldio. Manuel Deldio assumed Mister International 2022 1st Runner-Up, Lukanand Kshetrimayum from India as his Mister International 2022 and later on continued with a separate Mister International pageant. Year Delegate State International Placement & Performance Placements 2022 Lukanand Kshetrimayum Manipur 1st Runner up 2023 Jairus Singh Punjab Unplaced 2024 Adong Jamatia Tripura Top 16 2025 Okram Nikhil Singh Manipur
Defunct Pageants The following is a list of former Indian representatives to beauty pageants that have been discontinued/de facto. Top Model of the World Year Delegate State International Placement & Performance Placements 2024 Martin Irengbam Manipur 1st Runner-up
Mister Grand International (Based in Philippines) Year Delegate State International Placement & Performance Placements 2022 Nehal Patil Goa Top 18 2023 Satya Vishwanadh Karnataka Unplaced
Man of the Universe Year Delegate State International Placement & Performance Placements 2021 Shivam Ravnit Bihar Man of the Universe Ambassador 2021
Mister Grand International (Based in Brazil) Year Delegate State International Placement & Performance Placements 2017 Debojit Batacharya Assam Unplaced 2018 Lakshay Chaudhary Delhi Top 9 2019 Ashwani Neeraj New Delhi Mister Grand International 2019
Mister Model Worldwide Year Delegate State International Placement & Performance Placements 2018 Suraj Dahiya New Delhi 2nd Runner-Up 2021 Ankit Sharma Jammu and Kashmir No pageant held
Mister United Continents Year Delegate State International Placement & Performance Placements 2015 Dheeraj Sharma New Delhi 5th Runner-Up 2016 Mohit Singh Haryana Mister United Continents 2016 2017 Mitendra Meeth Darshan Madhya Pradesh 1st Runner-Up 2018 Pardeep Kharera Haryana Unplaced 2019 Amandeep Dahiya Haryana Unplaced
Mister Model of the World Year Delegate State International Placement & Performance Placements 2018 Dipankar Talukdar Assam 4th Runner-Up 2019 Dinesh Choudhary Maharashtra Mister Model of the World 2019
Mister Grand International (Based in Myanmar) Year Delegate State International Placement & Performance Placements 2018 Vatsal Kapadia New Delhi Top 8 2021 Sujith Kumar New Delhi No pageant held
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