Purva Rana (born 12 February 1991) is an Indian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned
Femina Miss India 2012 1st runner up and was later crowned
Femina Miss India United Continents 2012. She represented India at
Miss United Continents 2013 pageant and was crowned as Vice Queen of
Miss United Continents
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The current Miss United Continents is Joanna Camelle Mercado of Philippine ...
2013 on 14 September 2013.
Purva Rana strikes gold for India
''Yahoo News''. Retrieved 17 September 2013 She was previously crowned as first Runner up at Miss Tourism International
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The current Miss Tourism International is Liana Barrido from the Philippines. She will crown he ...
2012 pageant.
Early life
Born in Himachal Pradesh
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, India. Rana speaks Hindi
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and English. She was a student of Electronic engineering
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at Himachal Pradesh Technical University.
Pageants
Rana, who stands tall, competed as a representative of Himachal Pradesh, one of 20 contestants in her country's national beauty pageant, Femina Miss India, on 30 March 2012, where she obtained the ''Miss Dream Girl 2012'' award, and was placed in the top five. She also won Miss Himachal crown in 2010.
On 19 December 2012 Rana represented India at the Miss Tourism 2012 pageant in Bangkok
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, Thailand. She placed as first runner-up.
On 14 September 2013 Rana was crowned as Vice Queen United Continent 2013 pageant in Guayaquil
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, Ecuador.
Filmography
References
External links
Official Miss United Continent websiteOfficial Miss Femina India website
1991 births
Living people
People from Dharamshala
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