Srishti Rana is an Indian model and beauty pageant titleholder from Haryana. She participated in Miss Diva - Miss Universe India 2013 and won the title of Miss India Asia Pacific 2013. She went on to represent India at Miss Asia Pacific World 2013 in October 2013, which took place in Seoul, Korea. She emerged as the winner of the Miss Asia Pacific World title, beating 51 other contestants from different countries .The title sounds similar to the coveted Miss Asia Pacific International title won by Dia Mirza in 2000.^[1]

She was also a contestant of Femina Miss India 2013 and finished in Top 5. She was featured in the Times of India's list of 50 most desirable women for the years 2014 and 2015.

She has walked for several designers as a show stopper and as a closing model. She has walked for designers including Manish Malhotra, Anju Modi, Varun Bahl, Gaurav Gupta, Rohit Bal, Shehla Khan, Shantanu and Nikhil, Rocky S, Saisha Shinde, Mandira Wirk, and Neeta Lulla.

Early life and education

Rana was born to Anand Rana and Suman Rana. Her father is an advocate and mother a homemaker. She did her schooling from Modern Vidya Niketan schools in Faridabad, and is a major in English Honors from University of Delhi. She also attended Manav Rachna International University where she did a Journalism and Mass Communication course, followed by a postgraduate degree in Mass Communication and Journalism from Asian Academy of Film & Television.^[2]

Awards and recognition

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