Anukriti Gusain
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Anukriti Gusain | |
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| Born | 25 March 1994 Lansdowne, Uttarakhand, India |
| Occupation(s) | Politician, Social activist, model, television host and presenter |
| Spouse | Tushit Rawat |
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
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| Hair color | Black |
| Eye color | Brown |
| Major competition(s) | Miss Asia Pacific World 2014 (4th Runner Up) Femina Miss India 2013 (Top 5 - Finalist) Femina Miss India Delhi 2013 (Winner) Femina Miss India Uttarakhand 2017 (Winner) Femina Miss India 2017 (Miss Grand India 2017) Miss Grand International 2017 (Top 20) |
Anukriti Gusain (born 25 March 1994) is an Indian model, activist and beauty pageant titleholder. She won the title of Femina Miss India Grand International 2017 at Femina Miss India 2017 pageant. She was previously crowned Miss India Asia Pacific World 2014 and represented India at Miss Asia Pacific World 2014. She made a comeback to pageantry in 2017, when she won Femina Miss India Uttarakhand 2017 and represented India in Miss Grand international in Vietnam.
Early life and education
[edit]Anukriti was born in Lansdowne of Pauri Garhwal district in north Indian state of Uttarakhand, She is from village Kandoli. She is the first of the three children of Uttam Singh Gusain and Narmada Devi.[2][3] Anukriti has completed her schooling from Army Public School, Lansdowne. Then she graduated from DIT Dehradun pursued her Engineering from computer science. She unsuccessfully contested Uttarakhand Assembly election in 2022.
Career
[edit]- Executive Director Doon Institute of medical sciences Dehradun 2018 Present. 3 yrs
- Joint CEO Ingreen nature's herb private limited 2018 Present • 3 yrs
- President Mahila Utthan Evam Bal Kalyan Sansthan (NGO) 2018 Present • 3 yrs
- Software Developer Cognizant (2017)
- Bennett Coleman and Co. Ltd. (Times Group) 1 yr 10 months.
- Miss Asia Pacific World India 2014
- Miss Grand International 2017
Femina Miss India
[edit]Femina Miss India Delhi 2013 was a regional pageant for participation Internationally. She won Femina Miss India Delhi 2013. She won two sub titles there including Femina Miss Timeless Beauty and Femina Miss Glowing Skin.
Gusain was one of the top five finalist of Femina Miss India 2013,[4] which was held in Mumbai on 24 March 2013. Gusain has also titled with Miss Beautiful Smile[5] and Miss Photogenic[6] in Sub Contest Awards of Miss India 2013. Gusain is winner of Pond's Femina Miss India Delhi 2013, there were 14 finalists in the last round of Pond's Femina Miss India Delhi 2013.[7] In addition to winning the competition, she also won PCJ Femina Miss Timeless Beauty and Pond's Femina Miss Glowing skin.
Miss Supertalent of the World
[edit]She was crowned Femina Miss India 2014 and represented India at Miss Supertalent of the World 2014 held at Grand Hilton Hotels in Seoul, Korea and was crowned the 4th Runner up.[8] Gusain wore gold gowns, a cocktail sari and a bodysuit for the main event designed by Raakesh Agarvwal.[9]
Miss Grand International 2017
[edit]Anukriti represented India at Miss Grand International 2017. She was considered as one of the top contenders for the pageant. Being consistent in all the activities, she won people's hearts. She was able to earn a spot in top 20 at the pageant which was held in Vietnam on 25 September 2017, but was not able to go further. Apart from this, she was a top 10 for best in national costume and swimsuit competition.
Awards
[edit]- She is awarded, Mahatma Gandhi Samman 2014 for representing India in international beauty pageant.
- Award from Uttarakhand Film Association to felicitated for her contribution in respective creative field.[10]
Social work
[edit]- Her NGO is running several skill training centre to skill the women of Uttarakhand. The centre provide free skill training and entrepreneurship opportunities in various fields like food processing, general duty assistant, COVID CARE Frontline Workers, agriculture, mason tiling, floriculture, hospitality, etc. and has employed several people through these schemes.[citation needed]
Politics
[edit]She contested 2022 Uttarakhand Assembly elections on the ticket of Congress from Lansdowne constituency. She received a total of 14636 votes. She was defeated by Bhartiya Janta Party candidate Daleep Singh Rawat. Daleep received total 24504 votes.
TV shows
[edit]| Year | Show name | Role | Channel |
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| 2015 | Planet Bollywood News | Host | Zoom TV |
External links
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References
[edit]- ^ "Unknown side of Miss India Uttarakhand 2017". The Times of India. 21 April 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- ^ "Votes sought for Miss India contestant". htsyndication.com. 5 March 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- ^ "Anukriti Gusain - Profile". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 15 May 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- ^ "Femina Miss India 2013 Grand Finale". Times of India Portal.
- ^ "Anukriti Gusain wins the title of 'Closup Femina Miss Beautiful Smile'". The Times of India.
- ^ "Sub-Title 'Femina Miss Photogenic' Anukriti Gusain". The Times of India.
- ^ "POND'S Femina Miss India Delhi 2013 WINNERS UNVEILED!". IndiaTimes Portal. Archived from the original on 29 January 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- ^ "Miss India 2013 finalist Anukruti Gusain is the fourth runner-up at Miss Asia Pacific World 2014". Times of India News. 1 June 2014.
- ^ "What will Indian beauty Anukriti Gusain wear at Miss Asia Pacific World pageant? Anukriti to flaunt Agarvwal's designs at Miss Asia Pacific World". apunkachoice.com. 24 May 2014. Archived from the original on 27 May 2014.
- ^ "Kumaoni singer Rana gets lifetime award". The Tribune.
External links
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Media related to Anukriti Gusain at Wikimedia Commons
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Indian women television presenters
- Indian television presenters
- Female models from Uttarakhand
- Indian beauty pageant winners
- People from Pauri Garhwal district
- Indian women engineers
- Engineers from Uttarakhand
- 21st-century Indian women engineers
- Miss Grand India
- Miss Grand International 2017 delegates