Indian national men's beauty pageant
Mr India or Rubaru Mr. India is a national beauty pageant for men in India . The pageant was created by Rubaru Group in the year 2004. It is responsible for sending India’s representatives to international pageants – Caballero Universal, Mister Global , Mister Model International , Mister Model Worldwide, Mister Grand International, Mister Tourism World, Mister International , Mister National Universe, Mister Friendship International, Mister Pacific Universe and Mister Fashion Model.[ 1] [ 2] The pageant is India’s oldest surviving national male pageant. It was founded by the president of Rubaru Group, Sandeep Kumar in the Indian state of Haryana, and Pankaj Kharbanda is the vice president of the pageant.[ 3]
History
Rubaru Mr. India pageant was created in 2004, however it started sending India’s representatives to international pageants from 2014. Pratik Virk became the first Rubaru Mr. India winner to go to an international pageant. He represented India at Mister Model International 2014 competition held in Dominican Republic and was adjudged fourth runner-up. The following years, Rubaru Mr. India pageant acquired franchise rights of other international pageants in India. In 2016, Prateek Baid represented India at Mister Global 2016 contest held in Thailand and won Best Model award.[ 4]
International victories and achievements
The Rubaru Mr. India organization has produced 4 international pageant winners and several runners-up. In 2016, Mohit Singh became the first Rubaru Mr. India titleholder to win an international competition. He won the title of Mister United Continents 2016 in the Philippines . The following year, in 2017, Dr. Pankaj Ahlawat became the first candidate to the win the Mister National Universe title in Thailand . In 2019, Ashwani Neeraj travelled to Brazil as India's representative to the Mister Grand International competition. He later became the first Asian candidate to win the Mister Grand International title.[ 5] In 2023, Rubaru Mr. India winner, Neil Aryan Thakur from Bihar created history by becoming the first Asian candidate to the Mister Pacific Universe title in Peru . In the same year(2023), Jason Dylan Bretfelean secured the title of Mister Global 2023, making history as the first Indian to achieve this prestigious honor. In addition to this, Rubaru Mr. India has produced multiple international runners-up.
Titleholders
Mister International
Mister Global
Mister Model International
Year
Delegate
Placement
Special Awards
2021
Armaan Hakim
Maharashtra
3rd Runner-up
Best Internet Model - Winner
Best Headshot - Top 3
2019
Aditya Bhadoria
New Delhi
2018
Mohit Sharma
Karnataka
2016
Anurag Fageriya
Rajasthan
Top 16
2015
Phany Padaraju
Maharashtra
1st Runner-up
2014
Pratik Virk
Punjab, India
4th Runner-up
Mister Tourism World
Year
Delegate
Placement
Special Awards
2022
Mithun Debbarma
Tripura
Top 17
2021
Shouryaditya Singh
Jharkhand
2nd Runner-up
Mister Popularity - Winner
Best Speaker - Runner-up
2020
Lakshya Singh
Madhya Pradesh
2017
Kunal Arora
New Delhi
2016
Sanju Ray
Assam
Mister National Universe
Year
Delegate
Placement
Special Awards
2023
Biswajit Roy
West Bengal
2022
Bharat Bhushan
New Delhi
Mister National Earth
2019
Sahil Arora
Gujarat
2018
Farhan Qureshi
Madhya Pradesh
Top 5
2017
Pankaj Ahalwat
New Delhi
Mister National Universe 2017
People’s Choice Award
So Cool Guy
Mister Pacific Universe
Year
Delegate
Placement
Special Awards
2023
Neil Aryan Thakur
Bihar
Mister Pacific Universe 2023
Mister Heritage International
Year
Delegate
Placement
Special Awards
2023
Banner Lanamai James
Manipur
1st Runner-up
Best in Runway
Best in Resort Wear
Best in Formal Wear
Mister Elegance
Mister Glam International
Year
Delegate
Placement
Special Awards
2023
Vyasan A Nair
Caballero Universal
Year
Delegate
Placement
Special Awards
2022
Kramik Yadav
Gujarat
2nd Runner-up
Mister Friendship International
Year
Delegate
Placement
Special Awards
2022
Songashim Rungsung
Manipur
2nd Runner-up
Mister Grand International
Year
Delegate
Placement
Special Awards
2022
Nehal Patil
Goa
Top 18
2019
Ashwani Neeraj
New Delhi
Mister Grand International 2019
2017
Debojit Bhattacharya
Assam
Mister Landscapes International
Year
Delegate
Placement
Special Awards
2019
Dilip Patel
Maharashtra
Mister Model Worldwide
Year
Delegate
Placement
Special Awards
2019
Yogesh Sharma
Rajasthan
Mister Model Worldwide Asia
Best Runway Model
2018
Suraj Dahiya
New Delhi
2nd Runner-up
Mister Perfect Body - Winner
Best National Costume - 2nd Runner-up
The Mister
Year
Delegate
Placement
Special Awards
2019
Mohit Sharma
Karnataka
Mister United Continents
Year
Delegate
Placement
Special Awards
2018
Pardeep Kharera
Haryana
Best in Swimwear - Finalist
2017
Mitendra Singh
Madhya Pradesh
1st Runner-up
Mister Photogenic
Mister Online Popularity
2016
Mohit Singh
Haryana
Mister United Continents 2016
2015
Dheeraj Sharma
Haryana
4th Runner-up
Mister Universal Ambassador
Year
Delegate
Placement
Special Awards
2017
Rohit Jakhar
Haryana
4th Runner-up
Mister Universal Ambassador Asia 2017
2016
Parmeet Wahi
New Delhi
2015
Jagjeet Singh
Punjab, India
3rd Runner-up
Top International Model of the World
Year
Delegate
Placement
Special Awards
2017
Rohit Choudhary
New Delhi
2nd Runner-up
Man of the Year
Year
Delegate
Placement
Special Awards
2016
Abhishek Shah
New Delhi
Finalist
Mister Worldwide
Year
Delegate
Placement
Special Awards
2015
Sandeep Chhikara
New Delhi
2nd Runner-up
Mister Pancontinental
Year
Delegate
Placement
Special Awards
2015
Ashish Malhan
New Delhi
2nd Runner-up
Mister India titleholders
Year of International representation
Representative
State / Territory
National Title
2023
Biswajit Roy
West Bengal
Rubaru Mr. India National Universe 2022
Neil Aryan Thakur
Bihar
Rubaru Mr. India Asia Pacific 2022
Banner Lanamai James
Manipur
Rubaru Mr. India Youth Icon 2022
2022
Bharat Bhushan [ 8]
New Delhi
Rubaru Mr. India Intercontinental 2020-21
Chena Ram Choudhary
Rajasthan
Rubaru Mr. India Global 2022
Mithun Debbarama
Tripura
Rubaru Mr. India Tourism World 2022
Nehal Patil
Goa
Rubaru Mr. India Grand International 2022
Kramik Yadav
Gujarat
Rubaru Mr. India Universal 2022
Songashim Rungsung
Manipur
Rubaru Mr. India Friendship International 2020-21
2021
Gopinath Ravi [ 9]
Tamil Nadu
Rubaru Mr. India Asia Pacific 2020-21
Shouryaditya Singh [ 10]
Jharkhand
Rubaru Mr. India Tourism World 2020-21
Tseteej Shiwakoty [ 11]
Sikkim
Rubaru Mr. India Global 2020-21
Paras Arora [ 12]
Haryana
Rubaru Mr.. India Grand International 2020-21
Ankit Sharma
Jammu and Kashmir
Rubaru Mr. India Worldwide 2020-21
Armaan Hakim
Maharashtra
Rubaru Mr. India Model International 2020-21
Sagar Amale [ 13]
Maharashtra
Rubaru Mr. India Star Universe 2019-20
Songashim Rungsung [ 14]
Manipur
Rubaru Mr. India United Continents 2020-21
2020
Lakshya Singh
Madhya Pradesh
Rubaru Mr. India Tourism World 2019
2019 [ 15]
Rishabh Chaudhary[ 16]
New Delhi
Rubaru Mr India Global 2019
Aditya Bhadoria
New Delhi
Rubaru Mr. India Model International 2018
Dilip Patel
Maharashtra
Rubaru Mr. India Landscapes International 2018
Ashwani Neeraj
New Delhi
Rubaru Mr. India Grand International 2018
Balaji Murugadoss [ 17]
Tamil Nadu
Rubaru Mr. India International 2018
Yogesh Sharma
Rajasthan
Rubaru Mr. Indian Model Worldwide 2019
Mohit Sharma
Karnataka
Rubaru Mr. India Model International 2017
Sahil Arora[ 18]
Gujarat
Rubaru Mr. India National Universe 2019
2018
Darasing Khurana
Maharashtra
Rubaru Mr. India International 2017
Pardeep Kharera
Haryana
Rubaru Mr. India United Continents 2018
Farhan Qureshi
Madhya Pradesh
Rubaru Mr. India National Universe 2018
Mohit Sharma
Karnataka
Rubaru Mr. India Model International 2017
Suraj Dahiya
New Delhi
Rubaru Mr. India 2018
2017
Rohit Jakhar
Haryana
Rubaru Mr. India Universal Ambassador 2017.
Mitendra Singh
Madhya Pradesh
Rubaru Mister United Continent India 2017
Kunal Arora
New Delhi
Rubaru Mr. India Tourism World 2017
Dr. Pankaj Ahalwat
New Delhi
Rubaru Mr. India National Universe 2017
Srikant Dwivedi[ 19]
Uttar Pradesh
Rubaru Mr. India Global 2017
Debojit Bhattacharya[ 20]
Assam
Rubaru Mr. India Grand International 2017
Rohit Choudhary
New Delhi
Rubaru Mr. India Top International Model 2017
2016
Prateek Baid [ 21]
Rajasthan
Rubaru Mr. India Global 2016
Mohit Singh
Haryana
Rubaru Mr. India United Continents 2016
Anurag Fageriya
Rajasthan
Rubaru Mr. India Model International 2016
Mudit Malhotra
New Delhi
Rubaru Mr. India International 2016
Parmeet Wahi
New Delhi
Rubaru Mr. India Universal Ambassador 2016
Sanju Ray
Assam
Rubaru Mr India Tourism World 2016
Abhishek Shah
New Delhi
Rubaru Mr India Man of the year 2016
2015
Phany Padaraju
Maharashtra
Rubaru Mr. India Model International 2015
Sandeep Sehrawat
Maharashtra
Rubaru Mr. India Global 2015
Sandeep Chhikara
New Delhi
Rubaru Mr. India Worldwide 2015
Jagjeet Singh
Punjab, India
Rubaru Mr. India Universal Ambassador 2015
Dheeraj Sharma
Haryana
Rubaru Mr. India United Continents 2015
Ashish Malhan
New Delhi
Rubaru Mr. India Pancontinental 2015
2014
Pratik Virk
Punjab, India
Rubaru Mr. India 2014
See also
References
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