Meet Rachel Gupta, the green-eyed beauty representing India at the prestigious Miss Grand International 2024 competition

One of the biggest and most prestigious international beauty pageants in the world, the Miss Grand International competition is currently taking place in Thailand. Representatives from different parts of the world are in Thailand, vying for this eminent title of Miss Grand International 2024. The world’s largest democracy, India is being represented by a very gorgeous and very tall, green-eyed beauty from the beautiful state of Punjab, her name, Rachel Gupta. She is currently in Thailand competing to win the very first Miss Grand International crown for India. The competition commenced on October 1, 2024. Delegates from different parts of the world travelled to Thailand to take part in this international extravaganza of beauty and fashion. This almost a-month long event comprises several preliminary events and pre-finale activities including photo shoots, runway shows, individual interviews, talent competition amongst others. The closing ceremony and world finals of the event will take place at MGI Hall in Bangkok, Thailand on October 25, 2024, where the reigning titleholder from Peru, Luciana Fuster will crown her successor.

The Indian representative, Rachel Gupta hails from the city of Jalandhar in Punjab. Standing at a towering height of 5 ft. and 10 inches, Rachel is a professional model, actress and entrepreneur. She is a trilingual and is fluent in English, Hindi and Punjabi. Earlier this year, she was crowned Miss Grand India 2024 at the national finals of Glamanand Supermodel India 2024 competition, held at the Zee Studios in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Alongside winning the prestigious crown of Miss Grand India 2024, she also won 4 major special awards at the event including Miss Top Model, Miss Beauty with a Purpose, Best in Rampwalk and Best National Costume. Rachel was a crowd favorite candidate even before the national competition commenced. She gained attention for her pulchritudinous appearance, especially her serene and perfectly chiseled face and hypnotic siren eyes. After acing almost every major segment in the national competition, she was subsequently crowned the event’s winner by the outgoing titleholder, Arshina Sumbul on August 11, 2024. The major responsibility that came on her shoulders as the winner of the Miss Grand India 2024 title was to represent India at the Miss Grand International 2024 competition.

Miss Grand International is one of the biggest and most anticipated international beauty pageants in the world. The event is based in Thailand and is owned by Thai celebrity, entrepreneur and media personality, Nawat Itsaragrisil. Miss Grand International is the world’s fastest growing major beauty pageant and has been hosted by different nations like Venezuela, Indonesia, Myanmar, the United States and Vietnam in the past. It is famous for its colossal and very magnificent production value, highly extravagant and glittering grand finale and several scintillating, entertaining and productive pre-finale activities. Over the years, the Miss Grand International competition has established itself as one of the leading international fashion events in the world and has produced some of the most gorgeous beauty queens in the history of pageantry.

In India, the biggest beauty pageant franchise holder, the Glamanand Group is responsible for selecting India’s representative(s) for the Miss Grand International competition. Established in the year 2013, the Glamanand Group is managed by its founder and chairman, Nikhil Anand. The organization is headquartered in New Delhi and is the owner of the maximum number of beauty pageants in India. The organization is popular amongst the Indian pageant community and worldwide for its highly glitzy and spectacular national finale and its association with some of the most well-known fashion designers and media personalities in the world. Over the years, the Glamanand Group has produced multiple beauty pageant winners that have made India proud at the international arena and now it’s Rachel Gupta’s turn to raise the Indian flag and make India shine at the world stage.