Miss India Worldwide 2024: Meet Dhruvi Patel, Winner Of Longest-Running Indian Pageant Outside India

Dhruvi Patel, a Computer Information System student from the USA, has been declared the winner of Miss India Worldwide 2024, the longest-running Indian pageant outside of India. Dhruvi aspires to be a Bollywood actor and UNICEF Ambassador.

"Winning Miss India Worldwide is such an incredible honour. It's more than a crown - it represents my heritage, my values, and the opportunity to inspire others on a global scale," Dhruvi said after her crowning in Edison, New Jersey.

Meet Dhruvi Patel

Interestingly, Miss India Worldwide 2024 is not the first pageant win for Dhruvi. In 2023, she was crowned Miss India New England. She has also won Miss Rhode Island and was a contestant in the Miss World America Pageant. Dhruvi is a resident of Hamden, Connecticut, where she resides with her two siblings- a brother and a sister- and her parents. Dhruvi joined Quinnipiac University in 2021 and describes IT as her passion.  

Dhruvi has a home-based nonprofit called 3DCharities, which she runs with her siblings Dhriti and Darsh. In an old interview, she spoke about her passion for the fashion and ramp world, saying, "I became interested in pageants at the age of 8, fascinated by the glitz and glamour. Unfortunately, school commitments took precedence, and I couldn’t pursue my interest back then. Now, with a renewed passion, I am eager to balance academics and aspirations as I embark on my journey into the world of pageantry."

Dhruvi hobbies include painting, combat sports and...

According to her profile, Dhruvi has an inclination for combat and gym sports. She is well versed in Bollywood and freestyle dancing. Given her Gujarati roots, she is well-versed in the language too.

More about the Miss India Worldwide pageant

While Dhruvi Patel was crowned the winner of Miss India Worldwide 2024, Lisa Abdoelhak from Suriname was declared the first runner-up and Malvika Sharma from the Netherlands was adjudged the second runner-up in the same race. In the Mrs category, SuAnn Mouttet from Trinidad and Tobago was the winner, with Sneha Nambiar the first and Pawandip Kaur from the United Kingdom the second-runner up.

In the Teen category, Sierra Suret from Guadeloupe was crowned Miss Teen India Worldwide. Shreya Singh from the Netherlands and Shradha Tedjoe from Suriname were declared the first and second runners-up. The beauty pageant is organised by New York-based India Festival Committee and is headed by Indian-Americans Neelam and Dharmatma Saran.

The crown is celebrating its 31st anniversary this year.