Purva Rana (born 12 February 1988) is a model and an Indian beauty pageant titleholder who participated in
Femina Miss India 2012 pageant. She also competed in Miss United Continents 2013 and was crowned as Vice Queen United Continent 2013 on 14 September 2013.
Purva Rana strikes gold for India
''Yahoo News''. Retrieved 17 September 2013 She was also placed as first Runner up at Miss Tourism 2012 pageant.
Early life
Born in Himachal Pradesh
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, India. Rana speaks Hindi
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and English. She was a student of Electronic engineering
Electronics engineering is a sub-discipline of electrical engineering which emerged in the early 20th century and is distinguished by the additional use of active components such as semiconductor devices to amplify and control electric current ...
at Himachal Pradesh Technical University.
Pageants
Rana, who stands tall, competed as a representative of Himachal Pradesh, one of 20 contestants in her country's national beauty pageant, Femina Miss India, on 30 March 2012, where she obtained the ''Miss Dream Girl 2012'' award, and was placed in the top five. She also won Miss Himachal crown in 2010.
On 19 December 2012 Rana represented India at the Miss Tourism 2012 pageant in Bangkok
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, Thailand
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. She placed as first runner-up.
On 14 September 2013 Rana was crowned as Vice Queen United Continent 2013 pageant in Guayaquil
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, Ecuador
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.
Filmography
References
External links
Official Miss United Continent websiteOfficial Miss Femina India website
1991 births
Living people
People from Kangra district
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