Meet Anukreethy Vas, 19 YO Tamil Nadu College Student Who Has Been Crowned Miss India 2018

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Growing up a dark-skinned girl in India, with others saying things like “Oh, you’re still kind of pretty even though you are dark,” took its toll on me. Especially when there were hardly any dark women represented in positions of glitz and glamour. Our actresses have always been ‘fair and lovely’ and so have all our Miss Indias, Miss Worlds and so on.

Which is why today I am glad for how far we have come along. Young dark-skinned girls can now look up to and admire the amazing Anukreethy Vas.

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This gorgeous 19-year-old student from Tamil Nadu has just been crowned Miss India 2018! Look look look…

Yaaaasss Queen!

The 55th Femina Miss India World 2018, held at Dome, NSCI SVP Stadium in Mumbai was hosted by Karan Johar and Ayushmann Khurrana.

Meenakshi Chaudhary, 21, from Haryana and Andhra Pradesh’s Shreya Rao Kamavarapu, 23 were declared the first and second runner-ups in the annual beauty pageant.

That’s a whole lot of beauty in one frame!

Even they can’t get over how surreal it all is!

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The star-studded event also saw performances by Madhuri Dixit, Jacqueline Fernandez and Kareena Kapoor Khan.

This woman! God, can we get a crown for Madhuri too? She certainly deserves one.

Here’s Jacqueline on fire. Or rather, setting the stage on fire.

Kareena styled by Manish Malhotra is just wow! Swipe to be mesmerised.

The judges for the pageant included Malaika Arora, cricketers Irfan Pathan, K L Rahul, fashion designer Gaurav Gupta and Bollywood actors Bobby Deol and Kunal Kapoor.

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I’m dead.

K L Rahul sure cleans up gooood!

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Neha Dhupia was also in attendance, looking like a vision in black.

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And of course, this gorgeous Queen, Manushi Chillar, who passed on her title to Anukreethy.

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She even dropped a few moves to ‘Desi Girl’ with Jacqueline.

Oh, and in case you were wondering, here’s Anukreethy’s answer to her final question: “Who is a Better Teacher in Life; Success or Failure ?”

Well said, Miss India! What you’ve achieved at such a young age is phenomenal, to say the least. Congratulations on winning the title, you truly deserve it.

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