Miss Earth India 2016 Meet the Contestants

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Rewati Chetri for Miss Earth India 2016

Standing at an astounding height of 5’8, Rewati is a model and actor by profession. Her ambition in life is to be on the top of the world, where the world doesn’t need her introduction. As she said, “Someone who doesn't needs any introduction”. The beautiful lady was also among the top 10 finalists of Femina Miss India 2015. Her message on behalf of ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ advocacy is – “Today she is a girl, Tomorrow she is a mother. Educate her to educate the entire nation”, while her message for ‘Green, Waste Free India’ is – “The greener the world, the more beautiful it is, thus protect it for your own well. If you love yourself you should where you live too”. Her Environmental advocacy - “I will create to promote the protection of Mother Earth. I would base my project on eradicating air pollution. In India especially in giant cities like Delhi people often fall sick due to breathing polluted air and how important it is to live a healthy life is often only realized once people fall sick. Simple techniques such as cycling and car pooling can be very effective in terms of reducing the level of fumes being emitted to the nature hence allow people to breathe cleaner air”.

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Adya Shrivastava for Miss Earth India 2016

The 20 years-old gorgeous beauty queen Adya Shrivastava is the next contestant of Miss Earth India 2016. She wants to b a successful scientist and Miss Earth. Her views on educating girl child, “Daughters are the future of our country and if we want to take our country in further next level we need to educate them and stop female infanticide”, whereas her message for ‘Green, Waste Free India’ is, “This is our earth our environment so let’s make it green n pollution free”. Her Environmental advocacy includes, “By inspiring people for recycling reusing cleanness and stop wastage of resources and also will promote education.”

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Apoorva Kumarley for Miss Earth India 2016

The 24-years old Apoorva Kumarley is an advocate by profession. Her life goals are to be an animal advocate, an environmentalist and to win the crown back for her country. She also wishes to start a drive against animal cruelty; opening an animal shelter for them and even wishes to join UN someday. Her message on saving girl child is, “Let your daughter grow; be her friend not her foe” and her message for ‘Green, Waste Free India’ is, “Environment is a mutual interest; Please do not take it for granted”. Her Environmental advocacy includes, “Apart from tree plantation, I am planning on making people understand the concept of sustainable development, and how important it is to make our actions count. I would be explaining them the importance of going green and how it would be favouring us, the future generation and the animals that are on the verge of extinction”.

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Divyanshi Jain for Miss Earth India 2016

The next contestant is 19-years old student Divyanshi Jain. She aims at becoming a supermodel and actress and wants to represent India wherever she can. She was also a model at Maruti Suzuki Auto expo 2016 and has also been titled as the best model. Her message for ‘Green, Waste Free India’ includes, "Nature is our beauty and it makes us beautiful, destroying nature is destroying ourselves". Her Environmental advocacy is “E-waste recycling, garden waste recycling, store water management, conservation and Education”.

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Gurusha Gandhi for Miss Earth India 2016

Next gorgeous contender is 20 years old Gurusha Gandhi. Currently a student, Gurusha’s ambition in life is to be a beauty queen for a cause and show it to the world, rather earth that she is confidently beautiful with a heart. Her message on saving girl child is, “Save girl child and educate her if "You educate a man you educate only a man. You educate women you educate a generation", while her message for ‘Green, Waste Free India’ says, "Be the one to bring a change” because we are the one who can make our country waste free and green”. Her environmental advocacy says, “By winning miss earth crown as after that there will be more people who will join their hand with me and many NGOs and I want to use my voice to influence youth that how we all can bring a change and protect our mother earth . As I want to spread my message in all over the world "If you plant a tree you plant a life".

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Himani Sharma for Miss Earth India 2016

Standing at an astounding height of 5’6”, 25-years-old Himani Sharma is a professional model. She has many achievements in her kitty like Miss Delhi 2011, Indian princess Best walk 2015, Miss Earth India Best walk 2015 and Kingfisher Supermodels 3 top 10 finalist. She is fond of reading books by the Indian author, Chetan Bhagat, and also loves riding bikes and playing guitar. Himani aims at becoming a woman of substance in the future, and her environmental advocacy includes, “I am supporting my environment by doing planting campaigns, with my NGO children”. Her message for on saving girl child is “Life is beautiful & fulfilling if supported by your mother, sister, wife & daughter, so save the girl child & Educate her”, while her message for ‘Green, Waste Free India’ says, “The best friend of earth of man is the tree. When we use the tree respectfully and economically, we have one of the greatest resources on the earth.”

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Nikeeta Bellgard for Miss Earth India 2016

20 years old Nikeeta Bellgard is a student and is the next contestant who aims to be the change she wishes to see in the world. On asked why she wants to support environment, she says “I would want to educate the young girls about Sustainable Development, so that they get conscious about their surroundings and put in efforts from their side. I believe raising awareness and sensitising people, can do wonders in preserving the environment because we are in it together”. Her message on saving girl child is "When we invest in educating the women and the girls,we are investing in the people who invest in everybody else", while her message for ‘Green, Waste Free India’ includes, "The earth is what we all have in common, so let us respect it."

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Pooja Katyal for Miss Earth India 2016

Next contestant in the line is 20 years old Pooja Katyal, a Business Development Executive by profession. She aspires to make herself proud and aspires to be a self-made woman. Her environmental advocacy includes, “Making world pollution free”. Her message on saving girl child is “Daughters are pride of every parents and gradually they become source of living for other individuals , A women connects number of lives with herself and serve them with the best of her capabilities to reach her beloved ones the highest endeavours”, while her message for ‘Green, Waste Free India’ is, “The days of pointing out fingers are gone, The Era has arrived to clean the dirt yourself rather cribbing and inspiring people to take the initiative in keeping their environment happy and healthy”.

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Rashi Yadav for Miss Earth India 2016

Rashi Yadav, 22, is a Professional Model and Dancer. Her environmental advocacy says, “Banning plastic bags and spreading awareness among people on how badly burning dry waste can affect our environment”. Her ambition in life is to give her parents a good lifestyle and to do something for the poor and in need kids. Her message on saving a girl child is, “PleaseDon’T Kill the Little Butterfly in Her Cocoon. A daughter is a God's precious gift and message that life should go on. So save the life on earth”, while her message for ‘Green, Waste Free India’ is “Care about your future generations, let them enjoy the gifts of nature which we had. Save earth. Make it greener and cleaner for a good life. Effort from each one of us counts”.

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Sakshi Gupta for Miss Earth India 2016

Sakshi Gupta, 24, is a model and fashion and lifestyle blogger. She aspires to be an extraordinary person. She says, “My ambition in life is not just to be a number in this population, but to have my own name, that is, be a successful person in the fashion industry. I also have a firm belief that not only being successful is everything but having a humble heart towards everyone, treating everyone with equality & reaching out a helping hand to the needy is the best quality of a true successful human being. That's my aim and ambition.’ Her environmental advocacy includes, “As an individual, it’s our responsibility to have an open attitude when it comes to the environment because at the end it is the individual who makes up the entire community. So we should be all acceptable towards any kind of positive inclination towards a better environment and disembark any political or social dilemma associated with it, in our country, because irrespective of community/religion or a social group, it is the individual as a human being that comes first and mother Earth is home to all, a fact that no one could turn down. The basic is to keep your home, mother Earth clean and green. I would like to raise awareness among the uneducated & the educated for keeping the surroundings clean which is now being neglected”.

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Shaan for Miss Earth India 2016

Another contestant for Miss Earth India 2016 is 24 years old Shaan. Hailing from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, Shaan is a Social Worker and Film Maker. She aspires to travel the world and learn about the reforms in education and environment and use the power of the media to influence positive change in these areas. Her environmental advocacy says, “In the past, I’ve been fortunate enough to work with organizations like WWF India, Sanctuary Asia and Prayatna which have made me learn about the different issues our environment faces today and I have continuously worked to play my part by making greener choices on a daily basis.”

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Aakriti Sachdev for Miss Earth India 2016

Aakriti Sachdev, 22, is a Manufacturing Engineering student. She aspires to bring about a revolution in the aerospace manufacturing industry. In this highly fast pace and yet very meticulous industry, she wants to overcome the shortcomings existing in this field and develop a culture of root cause analysis of problems and promote higher focus on quality. Her environmental advocacy includes, “For my current project in Rolls Royce I am working towards developing a complex digital system that will eliminate the need for printed reports. My whole project is based on the essence of saving paper. I have the same outlook towards the environment in general, to prevent unnecessary wastage and effectively improve waste management. I would like to work towards sustainability and promoting human activities to function in such a way that don't hamper nature”.

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Akanksha Mohan for Miss Earth India 2016

Akanksha Mohan, 24 is the next attractive finalist for Miss Earth India 2016. Her ambition in life is to do great in life so that her parents and the country should be proud of her. She wants her actions should inspire others and motivate them to follow their dreams. Her environmental advocacy includes, “I want to support environment by making it Clean, waste free, pollution free so that it becomes more wonderful place to live in. It's our duty to take care our environment as this is the place where we live...so it's our responsibility to take care of our own things”

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Angelina Ella Chakrabarty for Miss Earth India 2016

Angelina Ella Chakrabarty, 20, is a student who hails from Bangalore, Karnataka. She aspires to open her own NGO and work towards the betterment of society. Her environmental advocacy says, “Bringing awareness about the endangered environment and being able to tackle issues such as proper waste management and segregation in order to reuse and recycle waste. This is how I want to protect my environment; I am already an active part of an NGO called "Parivarthan" that seeks to make recyclable material out of segregated waste.”

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Ankita Ajit Thite for Miss Earth India 2016

Next finalist is the 24 years old, gorgeous beauty queen Ankita Ajit Thite. A model by profession, Akita has many achievements in her kitty. She was the winner of Miss NDA 2009, a marathoner who runs barefoot for environmental causes and many more. Her ambition in life is to be able to influence and educate as many as possible who will help her make Mother Earth a Greener and a better place to live. She even wants to dedicate a week of Vehicle-free Earth. Her environmental advocacy includes, “I believe we are the children of Mother Earth and we need to protect and preserve it. It is a vicious cycle and i advocate for keeping the environment clean and waste-free by adopting 5 R's for a Greener Earth : Reduce, Reuse , Recycle , Renew and Respect”.

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Bhavyata Sharma for Miss Earth India 2016

Bhavyata Sharma, 23, hails from Ajmer, Rajasthan. This beauty queen is a Model, Anchor and Engineer by profession. Her ambition in life is to see people smiling and hearing her name whatever and wherever she may be, because according to her being a beautiful human is what matters at the end of the day. Her environmental advocacy includes, “I firmly believe , support and follow one factor in life 'Do your part' for environment also I will encourage people to do their parts to make this earth green and clean , because small things contribute to big changes”.

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Chum Darang for Miss Earth India 2016

Next in line is 24 years old beautiful Chum Darang, who hails from Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh. Currently a student, Chum wants to be an Entrepreneur, framing a paradigm of women empowerment. Her environmental advocacy includes, “Sustainability, if we stand united and firm in this ground, supporting the environment, we can change the deteriorating state of the ozone, pollution, natural disasters as well. But for that we will have to change some of our daily-cum-silly practices, cutting down the use of paper and opt for e-tickets instead, ban plastic, recycle being most important. Lessen the use of private vehicles. On the other hand, what I personally would die to do is, fix a date, gather the mass, exchange talks & ideas about aiding environment and then, conclude the assemblage with planting saplings, lots of them”.

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Divyani Gandhi for Miss Earth India 2016

Divyani Gandhi, 22 years-old, is the next finalist for Miss Earth India 2016. Divyani is currently pursuing her studies and just wants a happy life in her future. Her environmental advocacy includes, “Protection of forest and animals is my major concern. I feel the deforestation and hunting is disturbing the life cycle which is a major threat to our dear Mother Earth.”

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Gandhali M Karmarkar for Miss Earth India 2016

The 19 years old Gandhali M Karmarkar hails from Karnataka. Currently a student, she aspires to represent her country on an international platform and make her country proud. Her environmental advocacy includes, “I would create a project wherein the people from all castes and religion and all age groups can clean the city and plant any number of trees on their birthday”.

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Phalguni Manhas for Miss Earth India 2016

Standing at an astounding height of 5’6”, Phalguni Manhas is next finalist to make her way to Miss Earth India 2016. The 22 years old beauty queen is a developer. She aspires to make a difference that is irrespective of the platform. She says, “My ambition in life is to make a difference that is irrespective of the platform. The difference I mean to the society to the thinking and to attain that the platform could be this pageant or civil services I'll do all that it takes.” Her environmental advocacy includes, “I would like to educate people on very small steps that they can take at their level to protect the mother earth also I would like to put light on go green funda and air pollution”.

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Priya Chandrashekhar Ninawe for Miss Earth India 2016

Priya Chandrashekhar Ninawe, 24, hails from Nagpur, Maharashtra. Standing at an astounding height of 5’6”, Priya is a professional model. Her ambition is to start educational institutes where poor and helpless children can take education for free and build their lives in such a way that they become independent and stable. Her message on saving girl child is, “Girls are nature's precious gift. Save the girl child and educate the girl child to develop India”, while her message for ‘Green, Waste Free India’ is “Let’s go green to get our globe clean. Always keep earth green not grey”. Her environmental advocacy says, “I will create environmental project on maximum plantation of trees because I think it's today’s need to control the air pollution and keep our environment clean”.

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Priya Sengar for Miss Earth India 2016

Next contestant is Priya Sengar, 19, who hails from Ahmedabad. Currently a student, her life ambition is to become a successful human being who is not so wealthy but having the ability to change the world by sharing knowledge and experiences to the world. Her environmental advocacy includes, “A good start would be to use Eco-friendly products conserving water, eating locally grown vegetables, by creating awareness among people about how a word can change the earth that is to be Eco-Friendly, this is the only way to promote and create the protection of mother earth.”

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Priyanka Shinde for Miss Earth India 2016

Priyanka Shinde is the next finalist of Miss Earth India 2016. Priyanka, 19, is a student and hails from Bangalore, Karnataka. She aspires to achieve the best in life! She says, “To achieve the best I can do in life. Keep myself happy and the people around me happy. Build my self confidence and create a name in the society and make it big in life!!” To promote the protection of Earth, she says, “Start up an indigenous project about a selected problem in the environment work towards finding the various mishaps because of the particular problem and start off with, projects to solve the difficulties of the people affected by these natural problems and merge with big international firms for the globalisation of solution to the natural problem”.

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Ria Sadhwani Miss Earth India 2016

The next beautiful finalist is 22 years-old Ria Sadhwani. She had won the title of 'Miss Face of beauty 2015 pageant in Bangalore and also 'Miss beautiful eyes' subtitle in Mannapuram Miss Queen of India. She aspires to become a supermodel. She is also fond of dancing, playing and acting.

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Tanwi Ravi Dixit for Miss Earth India 2016

The 22 years old Tanwi Ravi Dixit is a Microbiologist and hails from Pune. Her ambition is to make a change in the society that we live in and leave her mark in her own little way. She wants to be successful and achieve something which people remember her by. Her environmental advocacy includes a lot of things. It says, “1. The three point rule of reduce, reuse and recycle. I will start with this on an individual level, where in I will reduce my use of plastics and also reduce wastage of water. I will try to reuse waste water for other purposes and kitchen waste to prepare manure.I will recycle everything right from glass and plastic to clothes and jewellery. I will try to include everyone I know in this project and also try to spread this way of life to more and more people. 2. I will prepare an organic garden of my own. I will grow my own fruits and vegetables using natural compost prepared by using kitchen waste from my home. This garden will be totally free of chemicals and pesticides. I will try to convince more and more people to have organic gardens of their own”.

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Ridima Sangtani for Miss Earth India 2016

Ridima Sangtani, 22 years old beauty queen is a Model, Dance Choreographer and Zumba Instructor. Her ambition in life is to make a name for her in this world by being an ambassador of India and represent it in a glorious way internationally. She wants to serve this society and spread happiness all around. Her environmental advocacy includes, “The best way to support the environment lies in 3R's- Reduce, Re-use and Recycle. I, by following it personally, want to inspire others to do the same. By avoiding plastic, using public transport, segregating the waste materials before dumping, controlling the usage of water, switching off the lights before leaving the home, these small acts can go a long way in helping the environment”.

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Rutuja Sanjay More for Miss Earth India 2016

Next finalist to make it to Miss Earth India 2016 is 22 years old Rutuja Sanjay More. Her goal in life is to be happy and also to inspire people to be happy. Her environmental advocacy includes, “I would create a project a project about rain water harvesting. As water is the most important need for man as well as our environment. Unsafe water and lack of basic sanitation kills more people around the world than all forms of violence combined”.

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Rwituparna Ghosh for Miss Earth India 2016

Next contender for Miss Earth India 2016 is Rwituparna Ghosh. This 21 years old beauty queen is a student and aspires to be the best in the field of fashion and education and become a thriving entrepreneur. Her environmental advocacy says, “The best way I can and I want to support environment is by Educating the people round me of being Environmental Friendly as it will enable them to act individually -collectively to solve present and future problem solve and utilize the non renewal sources in a systematized way”.

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Sonika Roy for Miss Earth India 2016

The 21 years old Sonika Roy is the next finalist of Miss Earth India 2016. Standing at an astounding height of 5’8”, Sonika is a student, model and an actress. Her ambition in life is to be recognised by her good deeds after her death. She also wants to reduce global warming in every possible way!

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Soumya Saxena for Miss Earth India 2016

The next beauty queen to make it to Miss Earth India 2016 is 23 years old Soumya Saxena. Soumya aims high! She says, “My aim is to be known as a person who is an ‘achiever’ who puts her entire heart and soul to the job assigned and does it in the best possible manner. I am an Architect and currently pursuing masters .I believe” Education is the backbone of our nation’s bright and sparkling future ahead” .Thus I would work towards the target of 100% literacy rate in India. Being a MBA student, I aspire to design a business model that would empower women by giving them job opportunities”.

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Saumya Singh for Miss Earth India 2016

Next contestant is beautiful, Saumya Singh, 23, a Mechanical Engineer by profession. Her ambition in life is to make this world a better place for living by contributing her bit and serving her mother nature. She believes in living more in harmony with the natural world and protecting our natural resources for future generations. Her environmental advocacy includes, “Preservation of natural environment is essential for maintaining sustainable growth. We can look for the alternate energy resources which can help us to replace use of coal and petroleum. Like solar energy wind energy biofuel which is abundant in nature and at the same they are cleanest means of energy”.

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Swetha V Gadad for Miss Earth India 2016

Gorgeous Swetha V Gadad, 24, hails from Karnataka and is a beauty with brains. She is a software Engineer by profession and her ambition in life is, “To influence people through my positive thoughts and make my country, parents and friends proud”. Her message for ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ is "If you educate a girl she will educate entire generation. Empower her society,build her nation and change the world and make it strong”, while her message for ‘Green, Waste Free India’ is something unique. It says, “Follow the 3 p's * Promote use of recyclable and reusable products * Proper waste management * Pollution free environment”. She has a simple environmental advocacy – “Go green. Planting more and more trees to start green revolution and stop pollution”.

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Hemal Devendra Ingle for Miss Earth India 2016

Hemal Devendra, 19, is a professional model. She aims at making her nation proud. She has also won the title of NIEM Miss University India 2016. Her environmental advocacy says, “I would like to promote basic projects to begin with - Water usage, recycle reuse and reduce also optimum usage of all our conventional resources”.

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Pallavi Sirohi for Miss Earth India 2016

Pallavi Sirohi, 24, is an artist, entrepreneur and model by profession. She has an interesting ambition, as she shared, “I am an explorer. My ambition is to live a life of purpose, creativity and challenge. The binding commonality across the human race is the ability to feel emotions. As an artist, I want to create moments where people live more fully, express vividly and feel deeply. I want to create works of art that move people to ponder and take a stand on matters they care about.” Her environmental advocacy includes, “I will create a project around tree plantation and forest conservation, because trees are the easiest, fastest and effective way to tackle and resolve many environmental problems, including air pollution, floods, soil erosion, biodiversity conservation, global temperature rise and climate change”.

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Kirti Hanumant Pingale for Miss Earth India 2016

The 24 years old Kirti Hanumant Pingale is a dentist, artist, model by profession. Her Ambition in life is to enrich her life with knowledge and beautiful experiences. Also, she wants to b a good role model and spread her message around. Her message for ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ says, “India is a country that worships goddesses from centuries, together let’s take an oath to worship our daughters by educating and empowering them”, while her message for ‘Green, Waste Free India’ is, “Healthy mind, in a healthy body, in a healthy environment. This is the ultimate necessity of human life. It is a cosmic privilege to b born on earth as humans, lets us make it count by keeping our planet clean and green”. Her Environmental advocacy includes, “I would like to create forestation programs depending on the ecosystem of that particular region. I believe it’s the best, purest and everlasting way of giving back to the earth from who we receive in abundance. Also many communities today work on mass plantation which fails s a result of wrong trees planted in that ecosystem and I would like to ensure this changes. i would also like to create awareness for water conservation.”