Miss Earth India 2016 Top 10 Hot Picks

02 / 11

Adya Shrivastava Miss Earth India 2016 Finalist

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. 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.”

03 / 11

Apurva Kumarley Miss Earth India 2016 Finalist

24-years old Apurva 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.”

04 / 11

Bhavyata Sharma Miss Earth India 2016 Finalist

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”.

05 / 11

Hemal Devendra Ingle Miss Earth India 2016 Finalist

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”.

06 / 11

Nikeeta Bellgard Miss Earth India 2016 Finalist

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."

07 / 11

Pallavi Sirohi Miss Earth India 2016 Finalist

24 years old Pallavi Sirohi 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”.

08 / 11

Rashi Yadav Miss Earth India 2016 Finalist

22 years old Rashi Yadav 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, “Please Don’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”.

09 / 11

Shaan Suhas Kumar Miss Earth India 2016 Finalist

Next in line 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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Saumya Singh Miss Earth India 2016 Finalist

23 years old Saumya Singh is 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 bio-fuel which is abundant in nature and at the same they are cleanest means of energy”.

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Swetha V Gadad Miss Earth India 2016 Finalist

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”.