Anukreety Vas, a 19-year-old college student from Tamil Nadu, was crowned Femina Miss India 2018 in Mumbai on Tuesday. The extravagant ceremony was hosted by Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar and actor Ayushmann Khurrana.
The crowning ceremony saw performances by Bollywood stars like Kareena Kapoor Khan, Jacqueline Farnandez and Madhuri Dixit, and also by Miss World 2017 Manushi Chillar.
The judges panel included cricketers K.L. Rahul and Irfan Pathan and actors Bobby Deol, Malaika Arora and Kunal Kapoor.
Anukreety was previously crowned fbb Colours Femina Miss Tamil Nadu. Meenakshi Chaudhary, 21, from Harayana was declared the first runner-up while Andhra Pradesh's Shrey Rao Kamvarapu, 23, stood as the second runner-up in the beauty competition.
And now for the moment of glory!
— COLORS (@ColorsTV) June 19, 2018
We have the Femina Miss India World 2018, @anukreethy_vas being crowned by @missworld @ManushiChhillar! @feminamissindia #MissIndiaFinale #FeminaMissIndia2018 pic.twitter.com/EJk1TxO26h
The runners-up will represent India at Miss Grand International 2018 and Miss United Continents 2018, respectively.
-with inputs from PTI