Vishnu Raj Menon is an

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model and a beauty pageant titleholder who won Mr. India 2016.

Early life and career

Vishnu was born on 10 June 1991 in Pattikkad,

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. His father, Surendran is a retired PWD engineer, while his mother, Padmavati, is an assistant bank manager. He did his schooling from Don Bosco School, Mannuthy in

and shifted to

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for further studies. He is a civil engineer and a model by profession. He has graduated from

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. He was crowned

Mister India Grasim Mr. India (''formerly Adonis - Graviera Man of the Year'') was a national male beauty pageant in India that annually selected representatives to compete globally at Mr. International, Mister World, Mr. Intercontinental and Best Model of t ...

by the outgoing titleholder

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on 11 December 2016 in Mumbai.
Vishnu represented

at the

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pageant held on August 23, 2019 in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Menon, Vishnu Raj Living people Indian male models Indian beauty pageant winners Beauty pageant contestants from India 1991 births