Miss Universe Is India’s Harnaaz Sandhu, 70th Winner

Miss Universe Is India’s Harnaaz Sandhu, 70th Winner
Miss Universe 2020 Andrea Meza (R) crowns India's Harnaaz Sandhu as Miss Universe 2021 during the 70th Miss Universe pageant in Eilat, Israel, on Dec. 13, 2021. Ariel Schalit/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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EILAT, Israel—Harnaaz Sandhu of India was crowned the 70th Miss Universe on Sunday, topping a field of some 80 contestants.

The previously reigning Miss Universe, Andrea Meza of Mexico, crowned her successor, a Bollywood actress, in the Israeli Red Sea resort town of Eilat. The pageant was held in the middle of the night, wrapping up at 5 a.m. local time (10 p.m. ET) to accommodate the primetime schedule in the United States.