Meenakshii Chaudhary
Born
Panchkula, Haryana, India
Alma materNational Dental College and Hospital
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
  • beauty pageant titleholder
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Beauty pageant titleholder
Hair colourBlack
Eye colourBrown
Major
competition(s)

Meenakshii Chaudhary is an Indian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who works in Telugu and Tamil films. She represented the state of Haryana at the Femina Miss India 2018 pageant, where she was crowned as Femina Miss India Grand International 2018. Chaudhary represented India at Miss Grand International 2018 and was crowned as the 1st runner up.[1] She made her lead film debut with the Telugu film Ichata Vahanamulu Niluparadu in 2021.

Early life and education

Chaudhary was born in Panchkula, Haryana, India. Her late father B.R Chaudhary was a colonel in the Indian Army.[2] She completed her schooling from the St. Soldier International Convent School in Chandigarh. She is also a state level swimmer and badminton player.[3] Chaudhary completed her bachelor's degree in dental surgery from the National Dental College and Hospital in Dera Bassi, Punjab.[4]

Pageantry

Miss IMA 2017

In 2017, Chaudhary was adjudged as Miss IMA during the Indian Military Academy Autumn Ball Night, which is held towards the end of each term, to mark the culmination of the training schedule of military cadets.[5][6]

Femina Miss India

Chaudhary auditioned for the Fashion Big Bazaar sponsored Campus Princess 2018 where she was crowned as one of the winners from Patiala auditions.[7] She then auditioned for the title Femina Miss Haryana 2018, which she eventually won.[8] She represented the state of Haryana in the annual Femina Miss India competition.[9]

During the final question and answer round of Femina Miss India 2018, all the Top 5 finalists were asked a common question "Who is a better teacher in life – success or failure?" Chaudhary responded by expressing:

"I have had so many experiences of failures and success in life. Success taught me what it feels to be on the top of the world. However, failure taught me what it takes to push back and reach to the place which makes me feel what success is. That gives me the feeling to understand why I have to work hard for. No matter what you do and where you are, failure makes you understand the importance of success and what achieving your goals in life is all about. Therefore, I personally believe failure is the better teacher in life as it makes you understand what success means to you."[10]

She was crowned 1st runner up at the grand finale venued in Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium, Mumbai, on 19 June 2018.[11][12] She also won the sub-title 'Miss Photogenic' at the competition.[13]

Miss Grand International

Later, it was revealed by the Miss India Organization that Chaudhary had been considered as Miss Grand India, and would represent India at Miss Grand International 2018 pageant.[14] She was officially crowned as Miss Grand India 2018 by the then reigning Miss Grand International 2017, María José Lora of Peru.[15]

Chaudhary represented India at Miss Grand International 2018 pageant in Yangon, Myanmar, where she made it to the top 5 of the Miss Popular sub-contest.[16] Her national costume's theme was Prayer of Peace, which was a tribute to her father, Late Col. B.R Chaudhary.[17]

During the grand final event held on 25 October 2018, Chaudhary was asked, "If you were crowned as Miss Grand International 2018 tonight, which country would you choose to visit for your 'Stop the war and violence' campaign, and what would be your first message to them?" She replied by saying:

"If I was crowned as Miss Grand International 2018 tonight, the first country that I would want to visit would be Indonesia because of the recent calamity that it has gone through. While the world is busy fighting against each other, we need to understand that we as humans are fighting against bigger things in life, in our natural environment through natural calamities. We forget that we are humans first and our nationalities come later on. We need to come together and fight against what we humans are going through in our everyday life, because underneath every skin colour runs the same colour of blood, that is red. We need to understand that."[18]

At the end of the event, she won the first runner-up title to the eventual winner, Clara Sosa of Paraguay.[19] She is the first Indian woman to reach the said placement at the pageant.[20][21]

In May 2019, Chaudhary was voted to the 2nd place in the list of Times 50 Most Desirable Women of India 2018, in an internet survey conducted by The Times of India.[22] At the Femina Miss India 2019 sub-contest crowning ceremony, she was felicitated by the Miss India Organization for her accomplishments at Miss Grand International.[23]

Acting career

Chaudhary made her acting debut with the web series titled Out of Love, which is an official adaptation of BBC drama series Doctor Foster. She played the role of Alia Kashyap, a 22-year-old who faces adversity, stress and the repercussions for having a relationship with a married person.[24]

In 2020, she was cast as a lead, opposite Sushanth in a Telugu movie, titled Ichata Vahanamulu Niluparadu.[25] Apart from pursuing her dental degree and modelling assignments, Chaudhary had enrolled in workshops. It was here that she initially met the actor Sushanth Akkineni.[26] In connection with her debut film alongside the actor, she expressed – "Funnily, neither of us knew who the other was. I did not know he was an actor and he did not know I was a pageant winner". A month after the workshop, she was called by Sushanth to share a film script, which she accepted. She stated – "In other words, it was my workshop that became my audition trials."[26] She was later signed up in Ramesh Varma Penmetsa's film titled Khiladi.[27]

She has also acted as one of the female lead in the mystery-thriller film in Telugu language, titled HIT 2, which is a sequel to the 2020 film HIT: The First Case.[28][29]

Filmography

Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released

Films

List of Meenakshi Chaudhary film credits
Year Title Role Language Notes Ref.
2019 Upstarts Veer's girlfriend Hindi Uncredited cameo
2021 Ichata Vahanamulu Niluparadu Meenakshi "Meenu" Yadav Telugu
2022 Khiladi Pooja [27]
HIT: The Second Case Aarya [30]
2023 Kolai Leila Borkar Tamil [31]
2024 Guntur Kaaram Raji Telugu [32]
#VS10 † TBA [33][34]
TBA Matka † TBA [35]
TBA Singapore Saloon † TBA Tamil Completed [36]
TBA Lucky Baskhar † TBA Telugu Filming [37]
TBA The Greatest of All Time † TBA Tamil [38]

Television

List of Meenakshi Chaudhary television credits
Year Title Role Language Ref.
2019–2021 Out of Love Alia Kapoor (née Kashyap) Hindi [24][39]

Music videos

List of Meenakshi Chaudhary music video credits
Year Title Singer Label Language Ref.
2018 Ki Mai Kalli Aa Sara Gurpal HSR Entertainment Punjabi [40]
2019 Kyun Sushant Rinkoo Times Music Hindi [41]

References

  1. ↑ "India's Meenakshi Chaudhary is first runner-up at Miss Grand International 2018". India Today. Press Trust of India. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  2. ↑ "Everything you need to know about Miss Grand International contestant, Meenakshi Chaudhary". Times Now. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "In Pics: Know more about Meenakshi Chaudhary, Miss Grand India 2018". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  4. ↑ "Meenakshi Chaudhary : Most beautiful photos of Femina Miss India 2018 first runner-up Meenakshi Chaudhary". NewsX. 20 June 2018.
  5. ↑ "Mister IMA, Miss IMA held in Dehradun". The Pioneer. 28 November 2017. Archived from the original on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  6. ↑ "IMA's Pride". The Tribune. 29 November 2017. Archived from the original on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  7. ↑ "Meenakshi Chaudhary's journey from a dentist to a beauty queen". 25 September 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  8. ↑ "Fbb Colors Femina Miss India 2018: Meet The Contestants". Archived from the original on 10 August 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  9. ↑ "Meenakshi Chaudhary On Gender Equality In Haryana: My State Has Really Done An Excellent Job". 21 July 2018.
  10. ↑ Vagisha Mishra (6 July 2018). "Femina Miss India 2018: An Insight To Final Question And Answer Round".
  11. ↑ "Dreamt of title looking at pictures of Miss India winners: Meenakshi Chaudhary". Business Standard. 24 June 2018.
  12. ↑ "Fbb Femina Miss India 2018, 1st runner-up Meenakshi Chaudhary's Homecoming at Chandigarh Airport". The Times of India. 6 July 2018.
  13. ↑ "Miss India sub-contest winners announced at a glitzy eve in Mumbai". The Times of India. 16 June 2018.
  14. ↑ "Meenakshi Chaudhary on representing India at Miss Grand International 2018". Deccan Chronicle. 3 September 2018.
  15. ↑ "Meenakshi Chaudhary to represent India at Miss Grand International 2018". The Times of India. 23 July 2018.
  16. ↑ "Meenakshi Chaudhary's national costume for Miss Grand International 2018". ETimes. 13 October 2018.
  17. ↑ "Miss Grand International 2018 Top National Costume". Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  18. ↑ "The answer that made India win 1st runner-up at Miss Grand International 2018". Miss India Organization. 25 July 2018.
  19. ↑ "Paraguay's Clara Sosa faints after being declared Miss Grand Int'l 2018". GMA News. 26 October 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  20. ↑ "Miss Grand India 2018, Meenakshi Chaudhary is 1st runner-up at Miss Grand International 2018". The Times of India. 26 October 2018.
  21. ↑ "Meenakshi Chaudhary is 1st runner-up at Miss Grand International 2018". Femina. 25 October 2018.
  22. ↑ "Meet India's most desirable divas". The Times of India. 24 May 2019.
  23. ↑ "fbb Colors Femina Miss India 2019 Awards Night: Pride of India". ETimes. 4 June 2019.
  24. 1 2 Kalyanam, Rajeshwari (22 December 2019). "A promising debut: Meenakshi Chaudhary". The Hans India. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  25. ↑ Nyayapati, Neeshita (30 January 2020). "Sushanth A and Meenakshi Chaudhary's 'Ichata Vahanamulu Nilupa Radu' launched". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  26. 1 2 Adivi, Shashidhar (6 July 2020). "Meenakshi Chaudhary talks about her route to Tollywood from dentistry". Deccan Chronicle.
  27. 1 2 "'Khiladi': Ravi Teja unveils first look of his forthcoming Telugu film with Meenakshi Chaudhary". Jagran (English).
  28. ↑ "Meenakshi Chaudhary on a signing spree in Telugu". 20 March 2021.
  29. ↑ "Adivi Sesh and Meenakshi Chaudhary to star in Sailesh Kolanu's HIT 2". The Times of India. 20 March 2021.
  30. ↑ "Adivi Sesh's HIT The Second Case to release in theatres on July 29. New poster out". India Today. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  31. ↑ "'Vijay Antony and Ritika Singh's movie titled Kolai". The Times of India. 15 October 2021.
  32. ↑ "Meenakshi to share screen with Mahesh".
  33. ↑ Today, Telangana (19 March 2023). "Vishwak Sen and Meenakshi Chaudhary's new film announced". Telangana Today.
  34. ↑ "VS 10: Vishwak Sen expresses gratitude as he gears up for the second schedule". The Times of India. 21 July 2023.
  35. ↑ Team, BOIncome (27 July 2023). "Varun Tej and Meenakshi Chaudhary's Pan-India Film 'VT14' Gets A Titled - 'Matka'".
  36. ↑ "RJ Balaji's Singapore Saloon to release in July". CinemaExpress.
  37. ↑ "Dulquer Salmaan's 'Lucky Baskhar' goes on floors". The Hindu. 25 September 2023.
  38. ↑ "Meenakshi Chaudhary roped in for Vijay's 'Thalapathy 68'?". The Times of India.
  39. ↑ "Out of Love (Web Series) – Review". webfare.live. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  40. ↑ "Ki Mai Kalli – HSR Entertainment". 28 August 2018 – via YouTube.
  41. ↑ "'Kyun' is a story of unconditional love told in just 3 minutes". Urban Asian. 8 October 2019.
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