Our newly crowned queen, Miss Universe 2021 Harnaaz Sandhu, is deeply connected to her roots and visited the Golden Temple in Amritsar before her stint at Miss Universe.

She has a strong belief in God, and her faith is one of the reasons that helped her fulfill her dreams and win the crown. During her visit, Harnaaz adorned a beautifully detailed yellow Indian wear and looked elegant.

Chandigarh girl Harnaaz Sandhu has made the nation proud by winning the Miss Universe title. Born in 2000, when India had last won the same title by Lara Dutta, it seems it was meant to be as 21-year-old won it in the year 2021.

Before Harnaaz headed to Israel to represent India in the Miss Universe pageant, she had a telephonic interaction with The Tribune. Calling herself a raw contestant at the time she competed for Femina Miss India back in 2019, she says, “I had won Miss India Punjab title and it was then in that competition that I got to know what it meant to be representing your country. I developed a purpose and since then working on achieving it.”

From being an outsider aspiring to win to becoming an insider who won it at the national level and now another feather to her cap with the title of Miss Universe, her perception for pageants is firm, “It’s not at all about looking glamourous. It’s so much more than that. Having a huge stage to speak your mind, it demands a lot of courage which you instill through your ideas and perception towards different issues and problems. To win one has to showcase the world what’s inside you and baring your thoughts tests your mettle in the competition.”