Alankrita Sahai

Alankrita Sahai is an Indian model-turned-actor and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned as Miss India Earth 2014. She is the first Indian to win 7 titles at the Miss Earth pageant held in the Philippines. In 2018, she made her acting debut with the Netflix romantic comedy film called Love per Square Foot. The same year, she also played the role of Alisha in the film Namaste England. She is also a Tedx Speaker. She has worked with over 200 brands and has been the face of many leading brands. She is the last India's representative at Miss Earth who was chosen by Femina Miss India and Miss Diva.

Alankrita Sahai
Sahai in 2016
Nationality	Indian
Education	Gargi College,USC University of Delhi The Khaitan School, Noida
Occupation	Actor
Awards	Miss India Earth 2014 Face of the year 2018 - Most promising New Comer 2019 Mumbai Achievers Award 2019 Aspiring She award - Most Fascinating Face Of The Year 2019 Aspiring She PowerChangeMaker 2020 Best Supporting Female actor - Namaste England 2020 Aspiring She Woman Of Substance

Biography

Early life

Sahai was born in New Delhi, India. She did her schooling from the American Embassy School in Delhi and from Khaitan Public School Noida. For her higher studies she got enrolled in Gargi College, in the University of Delhi and USC [1]

Pageantry

Miss Diva 2014

Sahai joined the second Miss Diva contest. She was proclaimed as the first runner up, gaining the title of Miss India Earth 2014. She succeeded Gurleen Grewal as the first runner from Miss Diva and Sobhita Dhulipala as Miss India Earth. Grewal was sent to Miss International 2013.

During the entire course of the competition, Sahai won in various categories including Miss Style Icon, Miss Perfect Body and Miss Talent. In Miss Talent award, she and Shruti Iyer were the winners.

Miss Earth 2014

By gaining Miss India Earth title, Sahai flew to the Philippines to compete with almost 100 other candidates to be Alyz Henrich's[2][3] successor as Miss Earth.

During the entire run of the competition, she was able to bag some awards such as best in evening gown, second place for Miss Photogenic award, and third place both for swimsuit and national costume rounds (designed by Melvyn Noronha). Sahai was also awarded as one of the ten winners for the "Eco Beauty Video" category. However, she won 6 titles internationally and was the first Indian to win so many titles at a beauty pageant and won the crown as Miss Pagudpud at the same competition.

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Director	Notes	Ref
2018	Love per Square Foot	Rashi Khurana	Anand Tiwari	Netflix movie Debut film	[4][5]
	Namaste England	Alisha	Vipul Shah		2020 Tipsy

Music videos

Year	Album	Song	Co-Star	Ref
2016	Aap Se Mausiiquii	"Menu Kehn De"	Himesh Reshammiya
		"Tonight"
		"So Much in Love"
2016	Kehta Hai Pal Pal Tumse	"Kehta Hai Pal Pal Tumse" by Armaan Malik & Shruti Pathak	Sachiin J. Joshi
2019	Coka	"Coka"	Sukhe	Desi music records
2019	Allah Ve with Jassi Gill	"Allah Ve with Jassi Gill"	Jassi Gill

References

1. "Alankrita Sahai - Contestants 2014". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
2. Blanco, Eunice (2013). "Alyz Henrich of Venezuela is Miss Earth 2013". Philippine Star. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
3. "Venezuela's Alyz Henrich wins Miss Earth 2013". MSN. 2013. Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
4. "Alankrita Sahai career". Crunchwood. Crunchwood. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
5. Bhatnagar, Rohit (12 February 2018). "Alankrita Sahai on her debut film Love Per Square Foot: I love the camera". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 13 February 2018.

External links

• Miss Earth official website