Sanya Arora, a 22-year-old dermal therapist from Melbourne, has been announced as the Miss India Australia 2021.
Due to COVID-19, the 2021 Miss India Australia winner and the 10 finalists were selected via an online auditions and interview process.
Sanya was born in Pune, Maharashtra, and her family moved to Australia when she was 10 years old.
She is very passionate about her Indian culture and loves contemporary Indian dance.
Sanya is multilingual can speak fluently English, Hindi, Punjabi and Marathi.
The group training sessions were conducted by Raj Suri, who is a well-known Indian-Australian photographer, talent mentor and founder of media firm Karigar Australia.
He says:
“I wan to empower Indian Australian women with self belief, cultural expression, and individuality so that they become the role models for the next generation.”
In the same event, the Mrs India Australia 2021 title was given to Priyanka M. Selvam.
Priyanka is a 38-year-old YouTuber, who lives in Ballard, Victoria.
She moved to Australia from Ernakulam, Kerela.
“My motivation to audition for Mrs India Australia 2021 was my Dad’s words he always use to remind me and my sister that never fear to try anything in life because you don’t know what the world have to offer you.”
Priyanka was also awarded Mrs Social Impact title for her fight against depression and motivating Indian-Australian women through her channel “Beauty bugs TV”.
The Miss India Australia 2021 titles announced are as follows:
- SANYA ARORA – Miss India Australia 2021 and Miss Photogenic 2021
- MANMEET Gulati– Miss India Australia International Student & Popular Choice 2021
- SANAH Aslam- Miss India Australia Social Impact 2021
- ALISHA Mathew – Miss India Australia Best Talent (Classical Dance) 2021
- VANSHIKA Puri – Miss India Australia Professional 2021
- PRIYANKA M Selvam – Mrs India Australia 2021 and Mrs Social Impact 2021
- NEERU A Krishnakumar (NSW) – Mrs India Australia Photogenic 2021
- SAVINDER (Smiley) Kaur – Mrs India Australia Best Catwalk 2021
- JYOTHSNA Suraj – Mrs India Australia Best Talent (Singing) 2021
- DEBLINA Sarkar – Mrs India Australia Beautiful Face 2021
Miss India Australia 2021 will officially represent Australia in the 30th Miss India Australia Worldwide 2021 in Mumbai, India in 2022.
This would be subject to COVID-19 restrictions at the time.