Priyadarshini Chatterjee (born 5 September 1996) is an Indian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned

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in 2016. She represented India at the

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pageant. She is the first

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n to represent India at Miss World. She made it to the top 20 (semi-finalist) and also top-5 in

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Early life

She was born in Dhubri in a Bengali family and was brought up in

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city in the state of

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. She completed her schooling in Maria's Public School in Guwahati and moved to New Delhi to pursue higher studies. She is currently pursuing her bachelor's degree from

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Modeling and pageantry

While pursuing education in

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, she started a career in modeling. She has done many modeling assignments by working as a freelance model. In 2016 she won the title of Femina Miss Delhi, which gave her a direct entry to participate in Femina Miss India 2016, where she won the title of Femina Miss India World 2016. During her reign as Miss India, she was hospitalized because of anemia.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chatterjee, Priyadarshini 1996 births Living people People from Dhubri district People from Guwahati Femina Miss India winners Beauty pageant contestants from Assam Indian beauty pageant winners Miss World 2016 delegates Female models from Assam

Early life

Modeling and pageantry

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