Rubaru Mister India

Indian national men's beauty pageant

  • India
Membership
Mister International
Mister Global
Mister Model Worldwide
Mister Grand International
Mister Tourism World
Mister National Universe
Mister Friendship International
Caballero Universal
Mister Model International
Mister Pacific Universe
Mister Fashion Model
Official language
Hindi, English
Managing Director
Pankaj Kharbanda
President
Sandeep Kumar
Parent organisation
Rubaru Talent Promoting GroupWebsiterubarugroup.in/rubaru-group-mr-india-audition

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] The pageant stands as India's most ancient surviving national male competition and presently holds the title for the largest national male pageant globally. 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.[2]

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.[3]

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.[4] 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, Jason Dylan Bretfelean secured the title of Mister Global 2023 in Thailand, making history as the first Indian to achieve this prestigious honor. In addition to this, Rubaru Mr. India has produced multiple international runners-up.

Representatives to major beauty pageants

Color key
  •   Declared as Winner
  •   Ended as Runner-up
  •   Ended as one of the Finalists or Semi-finalists
  •   Ended as special awards winner

Mister International

Year Delegate State / Territory Placement Special Awards
Thailand 2023 Shashwat Dwivedi Mumbai Top 5
  • Smart Guy
Philippines 2018 Balaji Murugadoss Tamil Nadu
Myanmar 2017 Darasing Khurana Maharashtra
Thailand 2016 Mudit Malhotra New Delhi Top 9

Mister Global

Year Delegate State / Territory Placement Special Awards
Thailand 2023 Jason Dylan Bretfelean Telangana Mister Global 2023
  • Mister Body Perfect
Thailand 2022 Chena Ram Choudhary Rajasthan Top 15
  • Highest Scorer in Preliminary Segment
Thailand 2021 Tseteej Shiwakoty[5][6] Sikkim Top 17
  • Most Inspirational Person - Wi
Thailand 2019 Rishabh Kumar New Delhi Non-Finalist
Thailand 2017 Srikant Dwivedi Uttar Pradesh Top 10
Thailand 2016 Prateek Baid Rajasthan Top 15
  • Best Model
Thailand 2015 Sandeep Sehrawat Maharashtra

Mister Model International

Year Delegate State / Territory Placement Special Awards
Dominican Republic 2021 Armaan Hakim Maharashtra 3rd Runner-up
  • Best Internet Model - Winner
  • Best Headshot - Top 3
Thailand 2019 Aditya Bhadoria New Delhi
United States 2018 Mohit Sharma Karnataka
  • Best Model Asia Pacific
India 2016 Anurag Fageriya Rajasthan Top 16
United States 2015 Phany Padaraju Maharashtra 1st Runner-up
Dominican Republic 2014 Pratik Virk Punjab 4th Runner-up

Mister Tourism World

Year Delegate State / Territory Placement Special Awards
Brazil 2023 Mukesh Ravi Tamil Nadu Did not compete
Philippines 2022 Mithun Debbarma Tripura Top 17
Dominican Republic 2021 Shouryaditya Singh Jharkhand 2nd Runner-up
  • Mister Popularity - Winner
  • Best Speaker - Runner-up
Malta 2020 Lakshya Singh Madhya Pradesh
Myanmar 2017 Kunal Arora New Delhi
Philippines 2016 Sanju Ray Assam

Mister National Universe

Year Delegate State / Territory Placement Special Awards
Thailand 2024 Tachang Phassang Arunachal Pradesh
Thailand 2023 Biswajit Roy West Bengal Non-Finalist
Thailand 2022 Bharat Bhushan New Delhi Mister National Earth
Thailand 2019 Sahil Arora Gujarat Non-Finalist
Thailand 2018 Farhan Qureshi Madhya Pradesh Top 5
Thailand 2017 Pankaj Ahalwat New Delhi Mister National Universe 2017
  • People’s Choice Award
  • So Cool Guy

Mister Pacific Universe

Year Delegate State / Territory Placement Special Awards
Peru 2024 Vineet Sharma Madhya Pradesh Mister Pacific Universe 2024
  • Mister Top Model
Peru 2023 Neil Aryan Thakur Bihar Mister Pacific Universe 2023
  • Mister Fitness

Mister Heritage International

Year Delegate State / Territory Placement Special Awards
Philippines 2024 Sukhbir Ashat Maharashtra Mister Heritage International 2024
Philippines 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 State / Territory Placement Special Awards
Philippines 2023 Vyasan A Nair Kerala 3rd Runner-up
  • Mister Popular
  • Mister Super Model
  • Pageantry King

Mister Planet Universe

Year Delegate State / Territory Placement Special Awards
Georgia (country) 2023 Abhishek Mane Mumbai 2nd Runner-up
  • Mister Planet Asia 2023
  • Best Typical Costume
  • Mister Planet Copper World

Caballero Universal

Year Delegate State / Territory Placement Special Awards
Venezuela 2022 Kramik Yadav Gujarat 2nd Runner-up
  • Mister Elegance

Mister Friendship International

Year Delegate State / Territory Placement Special Awards
Thailand 2023 Daksh Chaudhary New Delhi 3rd Runner-up
  • Mister Popular
Thailand 2022 Songashim Rungsung Manipur 2nd Runner-up
  • Best Personality

Mister Grand International

Year Delegate State / Territory Placement Special Awards
Brazil 2023 Tushar Kapoor Jammu and Kashmir Did not compete
Trinidad and Tobago 2022 Nehal Patil Goa Top 18
Brazil 2019 Ashwani Neeraj New Delhi Mister Grand International 2019
  • Best National Costume
Philippines 2017 Debojit Bhattacharya Assam

Mister Landscapes International

Year Delegate State / Territory Placement Special Awards
China 2019 Dilip Patel Maharashtra

Mister Model Worldwide

Year Delegate State / Territory Placement Special Awards
India 2019 Yogesh Sharma Rajasthan
  • Mister Model Worldwide Asia
  • Best Runway Model
India 2018 Suraj Dahiya New Delhi 2nd Runner-up
  • Mister Perfect Body - Winner
  • Best National Costume - 2nd Runner-up

The Mister

Year Delegate State / Territory Placement Special Awards
United States 2019 Mohit Sharma Karnataka Top 10

Mister United Continents

Year Delegate State / Territory Placement Special Awards
Philippines 2018 Pardeep Kharera Haryana
  • Best in Swimwear - Finalist
Philippines 2017 Mitendra Singh Madhya Pradesh 1st Runner-up
  • Mister Photogenic
  • Mister Online Popularity
Philippines 2016 Mohit Singh Haryana Mister United Continents 2016
  • Mister Online Popularity
Philippines 2015 Dheeraj Sharma Haryana 4th Runner-up
  • Best in Barong

Mister Universal Ambassador

Year Delegate State / Territory Placement Special Awards
Indonesia 2017 Rohit Jakhar Haryana 4th Runner-up
  • Top Model
  • People's Choice Award
  • World Speech Competition
Indonesia 2016 Parmeet Wahi New Delhi
Indonesia 2015 Jagjeet Singh Punjab, India 3rd Runner-up
  • Best in Swimwear

Top International Model of the World

Year Delegate State / Territory Placement Special Awards
Bulgaria 2017 Rohit Choudhary New Delhi 2nd Runner-up
  • Best Catwalk Model

Man of the Year

Year Delegate State / Territory Placement Special Awards
Indonesia 2016 Abhishek Shah New Delhi Finalist
  • Mister Manl

Mister Worldwide

Year Delegate State / Territory Placement Special Awards
Mexico 2015 Sandeep Chhikara New Delhi 2nd Runner-up

Mister Pancontinental

Year Delegate State / Territory Placement Special Awards
Philippines 2015 Ashish Malhan New Delhi 2nd Runner-up

See also

References

  1. ^ Singh, Gagan. "How Rubaru Mr. India became the nation's most celebrated pageant for men". www.newsfrenzy.org. Archived from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  2. ^ "An Achiever with an Unusual Story – Pankaj Kharbanda". in.news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  3. ^ "India's biggest men's pageant - Rubaru Mr. India returns with an all-new season". ANI News. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  4. ^ "10 photos that prove Ashwani Neeraj is one of the sexiest Mr. India winners of all time". Misterology. 2019-05-13. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
  5. ^ "India's biggest men's pageant - Rubaru Mr. India culminates in Goa". ANI News. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
  6. ^ Release, ANI Press. "India's biggest men's pageant - Rubaru Mr. India culminates in Goa". www.business-standard.com. Retrieved 2021-07-13.

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