--- title: "Who has been crowned Miss India USA 2017?" description: "Who has been crowned Miss India USA 2017?" author: "Sunita Singh" published: 2017-12-27 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32105/who-has-been-crowned-miss-india-usa-2017 category: "general knowledge" tags: ["general knowledge"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # Who has been crowned Miss India USA 2017? Who has been [crowned Miss](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/30531/aishwarya-rai-was-crowned-miss-world-in-which-year) India USA 2017? ## Answers ### Answer by UTKARSHA SINGHROUL **“Shree Saini” has been crowned the [Miss India](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/31015/what-is-the-height-criteria-for-miss-india) USA of 2017**, at the Royal Alberts Palace in Edison, New Jersey. Whereas, **Prachi Singh from Connecticut has crowned the first runner-up and from the North Carolina Fareena was crowned the second runner-up of the 2017 Miss India USA pageant.** ![Who has been crowned Miss India USA 2017?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/91251dac-19e1-4ce3-a94c-b94ac1711fe0/images/c689159f-817e-4eed-b8a3-0b8fe7e47364.jpeg)\ \ Shree Saini was the student of the University of [Washington](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/43256/who-was-the-first-president-inaugurated-in-washington-d-c). She is also an anti-bullying activist. At the beauty pageant, **the cancer surgeon from Florida Kavita Malhotra Pattani has declared 2017 Mrs. India USA**. **Swapna Mannam (17) from [New Jersey](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42639/what-were-the-conflicts-between-the-new-jersey-colonists-and-the-native-americans) won the sash of 2017 Miss Teen India [USA](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/43165/what-helped-the-suburbs-grow).** While Simran was the first runner-up, and Kritika bagged the sash as the second runner-up of 2017 Miss Teen India USA. However, **more than 50 contestants participated** from over the two dozen states in these **three different beauty pageants namely, Miss Teen India USA, Miss India USA, and Mrs. India USA**. The winners of the pageants used to get a good opportunity to face the camera and have got the opportunity to act in various [Bollywood](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/20416/indian-history-vs-bollywood) movies as well. The 2017 Miss India USA, the pageant was judged by a panel of 6 judges, which includes Prabhakar Sharan, the first Indian to establish a mark in the Latin American movie industry. **The Miss India USA pageant was started in the year 1980, by a [New York](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40518/why-did-the-british-plan-to-seize-control-of-albany-new-york-in-1777) based Indian-Americans namely Mr. and Mrs. Dharmatma and Neelam Saran**. It is been the longest running Indian pageant taking place outside of India till now and has also provided a **good platform to several renowned Indian artists such as Bollywood actresses Aarti Chhabria, Pooja Kumar, and Monica Gill.** --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32105/who-has-been-crowned-miss-india-usa-2017 Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.