Chandigarh Girls College student Harnaaz Kaur wins Miss Universe 2021; college, students erupt in joy

Harnaaz Kaur did her schooling from Shivalik Public School and graduation from the Post Graduate Government College for Girls, Sector 42, Chandigarh. She is presently pursuing Masters in Public Administration from the same college. 

Chandigarh-based model Harnaaz Sandhu made her family and the country proud by winning the Miss Universe 2021 title at the 70th edition of the pageant held in Eilat, Israel. Harnaaz won the coveted title by beating Paraguay’s Nadia Ferreira and South Africa’s Lalela Mswane. Sandhu was crowned by former Miss Universe 2020 Andrea Meza. 

The 21-year-old did her schooling from Shivalik Public School, Mohali, and graduation in information technology from the Postgraduate Government College (PGC) for Girls, Sector 42, Chandigarh. She is currently pursuing masters in public administration from the same college. 

She started her journey in pageantry at the age of 17 when she won Times Fresh Face in 2017, representing Chandigarh. She won several beauty pageants. She was crowned Miss Diva in 2021 and won the title of Femina Miss India Punjab in 2019. Harnaaz’s family, which originally belongs to Batala, has been staying in the Kharar area of Mohali district since 2008. Her mother Dr Rabinder Kaur Sandhu is a senior medical officer and a gynaecologist at a hospital in Mohali and father Pritampal Singh Sandhu is in the real estate business. 

Before Harnaaz, only two Indians brought home the title of Miss Universe – actors Sushmita Sen in 1994 and Lara Dutta in 2000. Sandhu has also worked in Punjabi films such as ‘Yaara Diyan Poo Baran’ and ‘Bai Ji Kuttange’. 

As soon as the winner of Miss Universe 2021 was announced, netizens flooded Twitter with congratulatory messages. Check below what Twitter users are saying: 

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