Manushi Chhillar
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About
Model and beauty pageant titleholder crowned as Miss World 2017 after previously earning the title of Femina Miss India 2017.
Before Fame
She trained as a Kuchipudi dancer and attended the National School of Drama.
Trivia
While competing in pageantry, she pursued a medical degree at the Bhagat Phool Singh Government Medical College for Women in Sonipat.
Family Life
Both of her parents worked in medicine. Her mom, Dr. Neelam Chhillar, was the department head of neurochemistry at the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences while her father Dr. Mitra Basu Chhillar worked as a scientist for he Defence Research and Development Organisation.
Associated With
She was the sixth woman to win the title of Miss World, and the first since Priyanka Chopra in 2000.