Miss India crowned Miss Universe 2021

Harnaaz Kaur Sandhu on Monday (December 13, 2021) made history as she was crowned Miss Universe 2021, 21 years after India last brought home the title.

The 21-year old has now joined the list after Sushmita Sen in 1994 and Lara Dutta in 2000.

'Welcoming' Harnaaz to the club, Lara said that India has waited 21 long years for this. 

"You make us SO SO proud!!! A billion dreams come true!!!," she wrote on Twitter. 

Harnaaz Kaur Sandhu, who hails from Chandigarh, bagged the coveted pageant during the 70th edition of the event in Eilat, Israel.