48 Miss Universe India 2025 candidates competing in Jaipur, Rajasthan

Rhea Singha of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India competed against 50 other Miss Universe India 2024 candidates at the Zee Studios in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India and won the title. On December 10, 2024, she turned 20.

Miss Universe India 2025 contestants

On August 18, 2025, Singha will go back to Jaipur to crown her successor. It is the second edition of the national beauty pageant that selects the country’s Miss Universe candidate.

Currently, India has 28 Miss Universe placements including the coronation of Sushmita Sen in 1994, Lara Dutta in 2000 and Harnaaz Sandhu in 2021. The country was represented in the international beauty pageant by Miss India in 1952, Femina Miss India from 1964 to 2009, I Am She – Miss Universe India from 2010 to 2012 and Miss Diva from 2013 to 2023.

There are 48 women competing for the Miss Universe India 2025 crown. Here are the candidates.

1. Aiswarya Sreenivasan, 25, Kerala
2. Akanksha Choudhary, 22, Rajasthan
3. Amishi Kaushik, 23, Haryana
4. Anjali Pawar, 29, Chhattisgarh
5. Anushka Ghosh, 21, Odisha
6. Asmita Chowdhury, 23, Gujarat
7. Bhanvi Bharadwaj, 24, Jammu and Kashmir
8. Chaivalry Lartang, 23, Meghalaya
9. Divyanshi Sachi, Bihar
10. Evelyn Zachhingpuii, 26, Mizoram
11. Himanshi Singh, 25, Haryana
12. Jackielynn Pradhan, 21, Sikkim
13. Jahnvi Malhotra, 26, Madhya Pradesh
14. Kaamaakshee Aathreya, 19, Tamil Nadu
15. Kashvi, 19, Telengana
16. Kelulu Dawhuo, 19, Nagaland
17. Khumjar Debbarma, 21, Tripura
18. Lekana Hegde, 24, Karnataka
19. Longku Komal, 23, Arunachal Pradesh
20. Lucky Barrot, 20, Gujarat
21. Manika Vishwakarma, 22, Rajasthan
22. Mehak Dhingra, 19, Delhi
23. Neha Baruah, 26, Assam
24. Ojasvi Sharma, 28, Delhi
25. Prakruthi Kambam, 25, Andhra Pradesh
26. Radhika Singhal, 23, Uttarakhand
27. Raksha Jaiswal, Maharashtra
28. Ravitanaya Sharma, 25, Punjab
29. Riddhi Kumar, 27, Maharashtra
30. Riya Tirkey, 27, Jharkhand
31. Rizul Singh, 23, Himachal Pradesh
32. Roosh Sindhu, 25, Gujarat
33. Saanvi Sharma, 23, Uttar Pradesh
34. Sachi Kudale, 24, Maharashtra
35. Samiksha Singh, 25, Delhi
36. Sanjana Sood, 21, Delhi
37. Sarangthem Nirupama, 24, Manipur
38. Saumya Verma, 20, Delhi
39. Shambhavi Jha, 24, Bihar
40. Shaswati Bala, 26, West Bengal
41. Sheena Parashar, 24, Rajasthan
42. Smiti Chhabra, 26, Delhi
43. Tanya Sharma, 22, Uttar Pradesh
44. Tasneem Raza, 41, United Arab Emirates’ Indian community
45. Tokmem Mengu, Arunachal Pradesh
46. Vaamshi Uday, 27, Karnataka
47. Vaishanavi Thakur, 21, Goa
48. Wachi Pareek, 23, Chhattisgarh

The following were originally listed as candidates but they later withdrew from the competition:

1. Andleeb Zaidi, 28, Maharashtra
2. Chanchal Kaur, 27, Australia’s Indian community
3. Ghazal Gill, 31, United States’ Indian community
4. Manju Bangalore, 27, United States’ Indian community
5. Maruschka Sahiboe, 32, Netherlands’ Indian community
6. Shivin Ganesan, 29, Tamil Nadu
7. Varshini Murugan, 25, Tamil Nadu