Nikita Porwal crowned Femina Miss India 2024: Madhya Pradesh native Nikita Porwal has been crowned as the new Femina Miss India 2024. While Rekha Pandayy, representing Union Territories, was the first runner up, Ayushi Dholakia from Gujarat placed third at the annual beauty pageant. Porwal was crowned by Femina Miss India World 2023 winner Nandini Gupta, while beauty queen and Bollywood actor Neha Dhupia put the Miss India sash on her, as per the pagaent's Instagram account.

About Nikita Porwal: ‘Be a Life that matters...

’ From Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh, Porwal studied at the Carmel Convent Senior Secondary School, as per a Hindustan Times report. She is currently pursuing higher education at the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, it added. As per Femina, Porwal's motto in life is to “Be a life that matters, a loss that's felt.

” The Miss India winner is an actor and has been working since 18-years-old. She began her career as a TV anchor. She also enjoys theatre, which also ignited her passion for storytelling.

She has performed in over 60 plays and even wrote a 250-page play titled Krishna Leela. Reportedly, Nikita is also a part of a feature film that has been showcased at international festivals and will soon be released in India. Nikita Porwal is a fan of Aishwarya Rai Nikita told Femina that she is a fan of Miss World and actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.

She admires her elegance and intellect. The beauty queen told Femina, “She [Aishwarya] embodies the perfec.