Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday expressed happiness and congratulated Manushi Chhillar in winning the Miss World title, after 17-long years.
Minutes after the results were announced, Khattar took to Twitter and said, Congratulations to Manishi Chillar, daughter of Haryana, on becoming Miss World 2017.
21-year-old Manushi competed with women from over 108 nations. She is a medical student hailing from Haryana.
She was crowned the new queen by Miss World 2016 winner Puerto Rico's Stephanie Del Valle today.
Besides Chhillar, the first runner-up was Stephanie Hill from England, while Andrea Meza, hailing from Mexico, was announced the second runner-up.
On that note, actress Priyanka Chopra was the last Indian to win Miss World in 2000.