4 min learnNew DelhiUp to date: Sep 4, 2026 02:00 PM IST
Miss World 2026 is underway, celebrating its seventy fifth Anniversary in Vietnam this time, between August 9 and September 5. From India, Nikita Porwal is working exhausting to deliver house the crown after 9 lengthy years, ever since Manushi Chhillar received the 67th Miss World 2017 crown in China.
Final evening, through the Dances of the World spherical, Porwal graced the stage in a customized Torani ensemble, channelling the “color, craft and the spirit of the Devi”, impressed by Goddess Meenakshi of Madurai.
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Decoding her look
Finishing her customized Torani ensemble, Porwal slipped right into a sculpted gold bustier by Amama Jewels, together with earrings, a head decoration, and physique jewelry that added luminous energy and regality to the outfit.
Taking to Instagram, she shared the imaginative and prescient behind her look:
Porwal in customized Torani. (Supply: Instagram/ @nikitaporwal_)
“A celebration of India, instructed by way of color, craft and the spirit of the Devi. For Dances of the World, I wore this extraordinary bespoke creation by @toraniofficial, impressed by Meenakshi, the Goddess in Color. The look brings collectively wealthy, kaleidoscopic hues, intricate embroidery, hand tapka detailing and a fluid dhoti type silhouette that superbly bridges heritage and modernity,” she talked about within the caption of her submit.
Porwal additional added that what made this look particular to her was the way in which “each aspect carried a way of motion and mythology”, to an extent that it “felt rooted, expressive and alive”.
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Based on her, it was a contemporary interpretation of custom, and her method of carrying the everlasting spirit of the Devi onto the world stage — the place she carried out a choreography curated by Sandip Soparrkar and Prashasti Maneshwar.
Who’s Nikita Porwal?
Porwal was topped Femina Miss India World 2024 two years in the past in Mumbai. Hailing from town of Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh, she began her profession as a TV anchor and later moved onto performing and theater. Through the years, Porwal has carried out in additional than 60 performs and even wrote a 250-page play titled Krishna Leela. She can be a part of a function movie that has been showcased at worldwide festivals and can quickly be launched in India.
She is at present representing India on the Miss World pageant, becoming a member of the ranks of iconic Miss World winners like Aishwarya Rai and Priyanka Chopra. In her introduction video shared on social media, she revealed her life motto: “Be a life that issues, a loss that’s felt” and added that she harbours goals of working with filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali some day.
The actor additionally credited her journey and development for uplifting her to be the most effective model of herself. “Once I look again and see how far I’ve come, I realise I’ve the facility to form my future,” she added, which additional motivates her to maintain pushing ahead.
Ever since snippets from the pageant circulated on-line, netizens have continued to cheer on Porwal within the feedback beneath her social media posts. From calling her “Queen” and “Goddess” to requesting her to “Please deliver again the crown after 9 years”, followers are trying ahead to seeing the following Miss World increase the Indian flag on the ultimate stage.
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