Manushi Chhillar (Miss World 2017) Wiki, Age, Boyfriend, Family, Biography & More

Physical Appearance

Height (approx.): 5′ 8″

Weight (approx.): 55kg

Hair Colour: Black

Eye Colour: Black

Body Measurements (approx.): 34-26-34

Family & Caste

She was born into a Haryanvi Jat family. Her ancestral home is in the Bamnoli village of Jhajjar district in Haryana.

Parents & Siblings

Her father Dr Mitra Basu Chhillar is a senior scientist at the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). His credentials include an M.B.B.S., M.D., FAM (Fellowship in Aesthetic Medicine), M.B.A.. (Healthcare). Her mother Dr Neelam Chhillar is an associate professor and the department head of Neurochemistry at the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IHBAS). She has two siblings, her sister, Dewangana Chhillar is a lawyer, and her younger brother, Dalmitra Chhillar, is an entrepreneur.

Relationships/Affairs

Nikhil Kamath

In 2021, she started dating the co-founder of Zerodha, Nikhil Kamath; ^[1]Hindustan Times however, in 2023, reports of their separation surfaced.

Signature/Autograph

Career

Modelling

Manushi Chhillar started participating in modelling competitions in school and college. She was named Miss Fresher in her college.

In 2014, she represented India in a cultural exchange program held in Japan. On 25 June 2017, she took part in the Femina Miss India 2017 and represented the state of Haryana. During the competition, she was also crowned Miss Photogenic title during the sub-contests.

On 18 November 2017, she won the 54th Miss World 2017 contest and was crowned by Miss World 2016, Puerto Rico’s Stephanie Del Valle.

Manushi quit medical school to pursue a career in modelling and acting. When asked about her decision, she said,

After winning Miss World, I worked really hard to clear my medical entrance in college. I always wanted to be a doctor, I wanted to use the experience I got as Miss World and combine that with my medical degree. But life had other plans. I never thought I want to pursue acting as a profession.” ^[2]BollywoodShaadis.com

Miss World 2017

As Miss World 2017, Manushi Chhillar came back to India on November 26, where she did a lot of work relating to charity and public well-being. Chhillar’s first press conference as Miss World was at the St Regis Hotel in Mumbai. In December 2017, the Haryana government named her the brand ambassador for the project Anaemia Free Haryana (Anaemia Mukt Haryana).

Her project called ‘Project Shakti’ got funding of Rupees 18 crore from the government to distribute free sanitary napkins to all girls in government schools in Haryana. Under this project, she visited 20 villages and helped about 5000 women. She also educated women about HIV/AIDS. She was on SET India’s Super Nights With Padman to talk about her project on menstrual hygiene with Akshay Kumar’s movie, Pad Man.

In February of 2018, she commenced her Beauty With A Purpose tour alongside other Miss World titleholders, journeying to Hyderabad and Kolkata to advocate for feminine hygiene awareness. Visiting an NGO in Kolkata, they acquired the skills to produce affordable sanitary pads and worked to ensure their availability in rural regions. After covering Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, and Delhi during her 42-day tour in India, she then went to Hong Kong and China and extended the tour to Indonesia.

In Indonesia, she looked over a local project and crowned Miss Indonesia 2018. Additionally, in 2018, she contributed to a charity initiative in the British Virgin Islands and participated in a gala dinner and auction, along with attending the ‘Beauty with A Purpose’ philanthropic award ceremony. In the United States, she was featured in a 16-hour TV program and joined a gala event on International Women’s Day. She presented at the South Asian Empowerment Awards before returning to India to speak at The Economic Times Women’s Forum 2018. In Brazil, she made efforts to fight and educate people on leprosy and interacted with children from a Down Syndrome organization. For her efforts, she received recognition from the Brazilian Parliament. She then went to the Philippines for a competition in May 2018 and headed to New Zealand for her campaign, where she volunteered at a charitable establishment in Auckland. After judging the Femina Miss India 2018 contest and crowning the victor, she then went to South Africa to continue her menstrual hygiene project. In South Africa, she inaugurated a Sanitary Pads Unit in Nelson Mandela’s birthplace. She also donated blankets and bicycles to those in need.

Manushi’s work as Miss World 2017 ended when she went on to crown the next Miss World, Silvia Vanessa Ponce de León Sánchez, in December 2018.

Social Work

In May 2018, Manushi walked with many women in Delhi to tell people about how important it is to manage periods well. She also helped start a big bike ride in Delhi to celebrate World Bicycle Day. Manushi worked with UNICEF to educate people about the coronavirus pandemic and to stay safe. She campaigned to get governments to give sanitary pads to female workers during the lockdown in India. In 2021, she joined with the United Nations Women to speak out against violence against women. She also supports a project called ‘Orange the World’ and advocates to stop online harassment of women.

Films

Chhillar signed a contract to act in three films with Yash Raj Films. Her first movie was Samrat Prithviraj (2022), where she played the role of Sanyogita, the wife of Prithviraj, played by Akshay Kumar. Chhillar said it was a big responsibility to play Sanyogita, a strong character who made her own important decisions. The movie didn’t do well at the box office, and critics didn’t like her performance.

In 2023, she appeared in The Great Indian Family. She faced criticism for her acting after her role in this film as well. In 2024, she starred in “Operation Valentine” with Varun Tej. In 2024, she appeared in Bade Miyan Chote Miyan with Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff, where she played the role of Misha.

She is set to star opposite John Abraham in Tehran (to be released in 2024), which Dinesh Vijan directs.

Other Work

In 2018, she hosted and presented awards at the South Asian Empowerment Awards event in New York. Manushi Chhillar has appeared in an advertisement alongside Ranveer Singh for Club Factory.

In 2020, Manushi was named the brand ambassador of Adidas. In March 2021, she joined the Make a Move campaign by Adidas to encourage women to overcome psychological and social challenges.

In May 2023, Estée Lauder named Manushi as their Global Brand Ambassador, making her the first Indian to do so. Estee Lauder is a popular American multinational cosmetic company. ^[3]Koimoi

Awards & Achievements

• She was given a Special Achievement Award at the 2017 CNN-IBN (also known as CNN-News18)  Indian of the Year Awards after winning Miss World.
  

  Manushi Chhillar giving a speech after Virat Kholi presented her with the Special Achievement Award in 2017

• Manushi won the Proud Maker of India award at the Six Sigma Healthcare Leadership Summit, New Delhi in 2017.

• She won an award under the Fresh Face category at the Lokmat Stylish Awards in 2019.

• PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) India named Manushi the Sexiest Vegetarian Personality in 2019 along with Sunil Chhetri.

• In 2021, she won the Social Good Award for her “Project Shakti” at Filmfare Middle East’s award show.
  

  Manushi Chhillar posing with her Social Good Award

• She won the Fresh Face of the Year category at the GlobalSpa Fit & Fab Awards 2021.
  

  Manushi Chhillar posing with her Fresh Face of the Year award in 2021

• In 2022, she won the Super Stylish Emerging Talent (Female) award at the Pinkvilla Style Icons Awards.

• Femina Magazine awarded Manushi with the Youth Icon of the Year award in 2022.
  

  Manushi Chhillar posing with her Youth Icon of the Year award

Car Collection

Manushi’s car collection includes the Porsche Panamera Turbo, Mercedes-Benz E-Class E 220d, Mercedes GLS 350D, BMW X1, and the Toyota Innova Crysta.

Favourites

• Food: Roasted chicken/grilled vegetables with a side of soup

• Actor: Ranveer Singh

• Actress: Priyanka Chopra

• Model: Reita Faria

• Politician: Narendra Modi

• Beauty Icon: Angelina Jolie

• Fragrance: D.S & DURGA

• Film: Dangal (2016)

Facts/Trivia

• She is adventurous and loves paragliding, horse riding, scuba diving, bungee jumping, and snorkelling.
  

  Manushi Chillar in horse-riding attire, feeding a horse

• In 2017, Manushi was the most searched person on Google in India.

• As of April 2024, she has 6.5 million followers on Instagram, 384.8K followers on Twitter (Now X), and 3.7 million followers on Facebook.

• She is a trained Kuchipudi dancer and has received training from Raja & Radha Reddy and Kaushalya Reddy.
  

  Manushi Chhillar is a trained Kuchipudi Dancer

• She is also a trained singer.

• She grew up in Delhi and lived in Bengaluru until she was seven years old.

• Manushi is a poet and painter.
  

  Manushi Chhillar showing off her painting skills

• In an interview with The Times of India, she said that the most influential person in her life is her mother who has supported her throughout her journey and added,
  

  Her infinite love, passion, courage, and determination to achieve her goals always keeps me going. Her gentle heart yet bold personality inspires me to be compassionate and ambitious.”

• On 4 July 2017, honourable Haryana Chief Minister Mr Manhohar Lal Khattar presented a memento to her for representing Haryana.
  

  Manushi Chhillar with honourable Haryana Chief Minister Mr Manhohar Lal Khattar

• After winning the Miss World 2017, her college video of the 1st year went viral on social media.