# Miss India Worldwide 2015

Miss India Worldwide 2015 was the 24th edition of the Miss India Worldwide pageant, held on 5 September 2015. The event was held at Lalit Hotel in Mumbai, India.
Monica Gill of the United States crowned her successor Stephanie Lohale of Oman at the end of the event.

## Results

| Final result | Contestant |
| Miss India Worldwide 2015 | Oman – Stephanie Lohale |
| 1st Runner-up | India – Apeksha Porwell |
| 2nd Runner-up | South Africa – Shivani Govender |
| Top 5 | Qatar – Jyotsna Arora  United Arab Emirates – Nivetha Pethuraj |

### Special awards

| Award | Name | Country |
| Miss Congeniality | Soesoe Mustafa | Netherlands |
| Miss Talented | Jyotsna Arora | Qatar |
| Miss Photogenic | Priyanka Sebastian | Sri Lanka |
| Miss Social Media | Dipti Bhudrani | Sint Maarten |
| Miss Beautiful Smile | Nandini Kochar | Botswana |
| Miss Beautiful Skin | Lieve Blanckaert | Guyana |
| Miss Catwalk | Apeksha Porwal | India |
| Miss Beautiful Eyes | Kareen Seepersaud | French Guiana |
| Miss Chairman's Professional | Veena Gurbani | Jamaica |
| Miss Bollywood Diva | Grace Walia | Indonesia |

## Contestants

32 contestants competed for the title of Miss India Worldwide 2015.
| Country/Territory | Candidate | Age | Hometown |
| Australia | Nibedita Pal | 22 | Brisbane |
| Bahrain | Ritu Pamnani | 24 | Dubai |
| Botswana | Nandini Kochar | 17 | Gaborone |
| Canada | Samantha Rodrigues | 20 | Toronto |
| Fiji | Monisha Gounder | 17 | Auckland |
| France | Chanda Rughoo | | |
| French Guiana | Kareen Seepersaud | 18 | Cayenne |
| Guadeloupe | Trycia Ramaye | | Grande-Terre |
| Guyana | Lieve Blanckaert | 17 | Georgetown |
| India | Apeksha Porwal | 18 | Mulund |
| Indonesia | Grace Walia | 17 | Jakarta |
| Italy | Natasha Jabul | 20 | Bari |
| Jamaica | Veena Gurbani | 26 | Michigan |
| Kenya | Aliza Rajan | 24 | Nairobi |
| Kuwait | Sharola Prasad | 22 | Dubai |
| Malaysia | Mogansundari Mahalingam | | |
| Martinique | Nirmala Marimoutou | 17 | Fort-de-France |
| Mauritius | Lovna Peeharry | 23 | Rose-Belle |
| Netherlands | Soesoe Mustafa | 26 | Delft |
| New Zealand | Advaita Shetty | 20 | Auckland |
| Oman | Stephanie Lohale | 19 | Muscat |
| Qatar | Jyotsna Arora | 23 | Dubai |
| Russia | Ashita Munjely | | Moscow |
| Singapore | Durga Naidu | | Singapore |
| Sint Maarten | Dipti Budhrani | 17 | Cay Hill |
| South Africa | Shivani Govender | 22 | Johannesburg |
| Sri Lanka | Priyanka Sebastian | | |
| Sweden | Sanaya Singh | 24 | Gävle |
| Switzerland | Kanika Jain | | Zürich |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Melissa Hanoman | | |
| United Arab Emirates | Nivetha Pethuraj | 23 | Dubai |
| United Kingdom | Nandini Patel | | London |
| USA | Pranathy Gangaraju | 19 | Duluth |

## Judges

The Miss India Worldwide 2015 final judges were:
* Richa Sharma
* Hrishitaa Bhatt
* Niharika Raizada
* Nikkitasha Marwah
* Sandeep Soparkar
* Raj Suri
* Alesia Raut

## Contestant notes

* Natasha Jabul, has Mauritian origins on her parents' side.
* Samantha Rodrigues, is born in Guyana.

## Crossovers

Contestants who previously competed at other national and international beauty pageants:
* Bahrain – Ritu Pamnani placed top 5 at Miss India United Arab Emirates 2015.
* India – Apeksha Porwal represented India at Miss Teen International 2009 in Chicago. She was Femina Miss India Delhi 2015 but she unplaced at Femina Miss India 2015. She has finished 2st runner-up at Miss Diva 2017.
* Jamaica – Veena Gurbani was Miss South Asia USA 2014 and Miss India Global 2017.
* New Zealand – Advaita Shetty had competed at Miss Teen International New Zealand 2014 and placed 3rd runner-up. She has finished 1st runner-up at Miss India Worldwide New Zealand 2014.
* Russia- Dr. Ashita Munjely was Miss Himachal Face of The Year 2015. She was also crowned as Miss Himachal Runner up and Miss Himachal- Miss Style Diva 2015. She had also won Miss Tiara. She also won Miss SGMU 2018.