Sana Dua is an Indian lawyer, motivational speaker, model and beauty pageant titleholder, who was declared as the Brand Ambassador of Election Commission Jammu & Kashmir for Lok Sabha Election 2019 by ECI. She won the title of Femina Miss India United Continents at Femina Miss India 2017. and became the First Miss India from J&K. She represented India at Miss United Continents 2017 contest in Guayaquil,

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in September 2017 and made it to the top 10.

Early life and background

Sana was born in

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in a

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family whose roots are in

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. Her father was in the Indian Army. Sana's elder brother Varun Dua, is a software engineer based in

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. She finished her graduation in law at

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in Chandigarh. She practised law before entering the glamour world in 2015. Sana worked in

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for a year while being attached with an advocate. Sana Dua won Femina Style Miss Diva North, 2016 award. She has worked extensively on the Save Water Campaign in Jammu.

After Miss India Competition

Sana recently inaugurated the opening of a showroom of a leading global furniture company from Bangladesh called Hatil in Jammu, India. She inaugurated her own startup, Image And Beyond By Sana Dua in 2019 which intends to help young girls find their true potential towards modeling and pageantry.

Overseas engagements

In Aug 2022, Sana was invited by the ISKCON Temple in Albert Park,

to join their 48th Krishna Janamasthmi celebrations as a Guest of Honour, along with Victorian MP John Berger, and former Victorian Premier Hon. Ted Baillieu. Sana was invited to the event as a guest by former Ministerial Adviser Mr. Nitin Gupta. During the same Melbourne trip, Sana had also attended an

n independence day event in Cranbourne as a Guest of Honour, along with Victorian MP Pauline Richards, and ALP's Manoj Kumar.

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