Top Of The World

Manushi Chhillar makes India proud by becoming Miss World 2017.

- Dhriti Gandhi Ranjan

Until a year ago, Manushi Chhillar was like any other college-going student, one who was studying MBBS from Bhagat Phool Singh Government Medical College for Women in Sonepat. She attended classes, made rounds at the hospital for practical sessions and studied hard to eventually become a cardiac surgeon. A year later, the 20-year-old not only wrote history by winning the Miss World 2017 title, but also fulfilled a teenage dream.

Born on May 14, 1997 in Rohtak, Manushi loved wearing fashionable clothes and putting her creativity to the test as a child. “Manushi used to take out old and discarded clothes from her grandmother’s almirah and drape them over her dresses, and also on her doll’s. Then she would come to us for our opinion,” recalls her maternal uncle Sandeep Sehrawat.

While the love for fashion continued, it was ultimately her poise and style that made her stand out from the rest. What made her everyone’s favourite in the end was her whole-hearted commitment. “She was very focussed in whatever she did. She would study with dedication, and when she was not studying, she would keep herself busy with other things,” says grandfather Chander Singh Sehrawat.