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WINNER India: Harnaaz Sandhu Miss Universe India 2021

Country: India

Age: 21

Instagram: @harnaazsandhu_03

MEET HARNAAZ

Harnaaz draws her inspiration from her mother, who broke generations of patriarchy to become a successful gynecologist and led her family. Driven to support other women the same way, Harnaaz grew up working with her mother at health camps addressing women's health and menstrual hygiene.

Deeply conscious of the privilege her mother's struggles have gifted her, Harnaaz today is a strong advocate for women's empowerment, particularly their constitutional rights to education, careers, and their freedom of choice. Professionally, Harnaaz is an actor with two Punjabi LMS slated for release in 2022 and hopes to essay characters in LMS that break stereotypes that the world has of women.

Her favorite actor is Priyanka Chopra, and she draws inspiration from her body of work. In her spare time, Harnaaz enjoys the company of friends, loves yoga, dancing, cooking, horse riding, and playing chess. She is a water baby and never misses a chance to jump into a pool to rejuvenate herself. She believes in the saying - “Great things happen to those who don’t stop believing, trying, learning, and being grateful."

FUN FACTS

  • I mimic almost anyone including animals.
  • I am a closet singer.
  • I love writing couplets in my mother tongue Punjabi.

1st Runner-up Paraguay: Nadia Ferreira Miss Universe Paraguay 2021

Country: Philippines

Age: 26

Instagram: @beatriceluigigmz

MEET BEATRICE

Beatrice Luigi Gomez is a community development worker, a Philippine Navy Marines Reservist under the 82nd Marine Battalion Reserve of the Naval Reserve Center of Eastern Visayas, and a proud bisexual who became the first member of the LGBTQIA+ community to win the Miss Universe Philippines title.

She was the appointed president of Rotaract Club of Metro Mandaue 2006, a Rotary-sponsored service club and a non-profit organization that aims to address the concerns of the community, enhance the professional and leadership skills of an individual, and promote good relations between all people worldwide.

She is currently taking up a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication at the University of San Jose. She is passionate about social welfare offering outreach programs to the most vulnerable communities in Cebu City.

She is an advocate of youth empowerment and has been closely working with Children in Contact with the Law at a juvenile facility called Operation Second Chance of the Department of Social Welfare Services of Cebu City.

FUN FACTS

  • I'm a sports enthusiast and played in the volleyball varsity team for 6 years from high school to college.
  • I used to be a socially awkward person who suffered social anxiety for many years and my dream is to one day become a life coach and motivational speaker.
  • A few weeks before the Miss Universe Philippines competition, I joined a virtual race and ran 42 kilometers for the benet of children who are victims of the armed conflict in Negros.

2nd Runner-up South Africa: Lalela Mswane Miss Universe South Africa 2021

Country: South Africa

Age: 24

Instagram: @Lalela_Mswane

MEET LALELA

Lalela Mswane was crowned Miss South Africa 2021 on October 16, 2021, in Cape Town. Model, ballerina, and Bachelor of Law graduate, Mswane, comes from KwaSokhulu, in Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal.

For high school, Mswane attended Pro Arte Alphen Park in Tshwane which combines the arts and business in its curriculum, and studied ballet with the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) before graduating from the University of Pretoria. 

Mswane says she entered Miss South Africa 2021 in pursuit of a childhood dream and because she possesses the compassion, tenacity, leadership, and people skills that make her a worthy titleholder. For her year of reign, she hopes to make an impact on addressing South Africa’s unemployment problem.

FUN FACTS

  • I am a proud Zulu woman.
  • I do flamenco dancing.
  • My real name is Lalela Umkhosi Wephaseka – being born over Easter, it means “listen to the commemoration of the Passover”.

 

     

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