Kerala’s 19-year-old Kaziah Liz Mejo was topped the distinguished Miss Universe India 2026 on the grand finale held at Zee Studios in Jaipur on Sunday.
Mejo beat 52 finalists from throughout the nation to win the title. In the course of the grand finale, Miss Universe India 2025 Manika Vishwakarma topped her successor.
Kaziah will now signify India on the seventy fifth Miss Universe pageant, which can be held in Puerto Rico in November.
She stated, “I really feel so on prime of the world. That is such an iconic second and the second that I’ve labored for for over three years now. And I am so extremely completely happy that I get to carry house this crown to my Kerala, to have the ability to present my hometown to the world, to have the ability to carry it to the Universe.”
Speaking concerning the difficulties she confronted, “I consider that probably the most tough battle that you simply face will all the time be inside, and that’s to consider that you’re price greater than what you assume. So, having the ability to be on a stage as large as Miss Universe India at simply 19 years previous, I believe that took loads of audacity inside, it took loads of braveness. And I used to be in a position to overcome that and now I stand right here with the crown.”
Shedding mild on her future plans, she stated, “My first plan is to carry house the crown of Miss Universe to India, and that may all the time be my largest plan in life. And in all the things I do, I need to have the ability to signify India, I need to have the ability to signify Kerala, and I need to have the ability to signify what it means to be India.”
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The judging panel included India’s first Miss Universe, Sushmita Sen; former Miss Universe India Urvashi Rautela; Miss Universe India 2024 Rhea Singha; and environmentalist and movie producer Pragya Kapoor. Former Miss India Universe and Miss Universe runner-up Celina Jaitly was additionally a part of it.
The primary runner-up and Miss Worldwide India 2026 was Vaishnavi Gannesh, whereas Anushri Satavlekar was named the second runner-up. Tejaswini Shrivastava secured the place of third runner-up, and Anubha Vashist Chaudhary was declared the fourth runner-up.
