Shraddha Shashidhar (born 3 September 1996) is an Indian beauty pageant winner who was crowned Miss Diva Universe 2017 and represented India at

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. She has modelled for brands like Nike, Yamaha Fascino etc. As her time at Miss Universe India 2017- she has travelled internationally as an Indian representative for promoting events in textile, tourism and real estate in countries like Ghana, Thailand, Philippines etc.

Early life

Shraddha was born in

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, India. She did her schooling from Army Public School,

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and enrolled in

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and has a degree in

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Pageantry

Miss Diva - 2017

Shraddha was crowned Yamaha Fascino Miss Diva Universe 2017 by the outgoing titleholder Yamaha Fascino Miss Diva Universe 2016, Roshmitha Harimurthy.

Miss Universe 2017

She represented India at

which was held at

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on 26 November 2017, but was unplaced.

References

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