Rohit is Mr. World Title |
Until recently, India was known for her female beauties likes of Sushmita Sen, Aishwarya Rai, Yukta Mukhi, Lara Dutta and Dia Mirza who won international beauty pageants. This time, Rohit Khandelwal, a 26-year-old model-actor from Hyderabad ( India) has put Indian male beauty on the international platform by winning the coveted Mr. World 2016 title. Rohit has become the first Indian to win the Mr. World title at the grand finale of the 2016 competition in the UK, defeating 46 contestants from across the world. He looked dapper in a tuxedo by designer Nivedita Saboo. Rohit has received a cash prize of $50,000 on winning this celebrated title at the Southport Theatre and Convention Centre in Southport on July 19, 2016. He is very much proud of bagging this title for India for the first time and grateful to the Miss India Organization for giving him this opportunity Mr. World 2014 Nicklas Pedersen passed on the title to the new winner. Fernando Alvarez, 21, from Puerto Rico and Aldo Esparza Ramirez, 26, from Mexico were the first and second runner-ups, respectively. Rahul also competed for various sub-titles at the pageant like Mr. World Multimedia Award, Mr. World Talent, Mobstar People`s Choice Awards and Mr. World Sports Event, and won the Mr. World Multimedia Award.
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