There are many winners in this world, but still, we always remember the one who won the first title. And, One such Indian model Rohit Khandelwal created a new record by owning the title of Mr. World. As he became the first Indian to win this title of First Mr. World from India.
The 26-year-old model Rohit, who hails from Hyderabad, won the title in 2016 and made the entire country proud. Born on 19 August 1989, Rohit was extremely excited about his victory.
This was the first time in the year 2016 that Mister Asian had got the title of Mr. World from India. Otherwise, not only in India but also in Asia nobody got this title. And, Rohit got fame overnight after getting this title.
So let’s know, how was Rohit’s journey to becoming Mr. World …
Let us tell you, before starting this journey for the title of Mr. World, Rohit was employed as ground staff in Spice Jet and before that he worked in Dell Company.
Rohit did his first advertisement for a jewelry brand with Kareena Kapoor. After this, Rohit got the line of advertisement, along with the advertisement, Rohit also continued modeling.
Rohit also worked on the small screen
Apart from this, he has also worked on the small screen ‘Ye Hai Aashiqui’, ‘Million Dollar Girl’ and ‘Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya’. However, Rohit’s Hindi was not as good due to his living in Hyderabad, for which he had also joined the class.
Rohit did not stop here even after popularity in TV, advertisement, he had to achieve more in life. He registered his name for Mr. India in 2015. On 23 July 2015, the finale of Mr. India took place at the Royalty Club of Mumbai, in which Rohit Khandelwal was declared Mr. India 2015. Along with this, he got 2 more awards in this competition, one was ‘Stay on Mr. Active’ and the other was ‘Provogue Personal Care Best Actor’.
After Mr. India, he won the title of Mr. World
After winning the title of Mr. India, Rohit was sent to the Mr. World competition to represent India. On 19 July 2016, 47 people from around the world took part in the competition of Mr. World Finale held in Southport, UK.
Rohit Khandelwal was honored with the title of Mister World 2016, along with this title, Rohit also received $ 50000 (34 lakh approx) prize money. This title was given to Rohit in 2014 by Mr. World Nicklas Pedersen.
In the competition of Mr. World, the contestant is selected through many rounds. Thousands of applications come from all over the world, out of which only 47 were selected at that time.
After that, there was a tough competition in these 47. To test the talent of all the contestants, they were given different types of challenges, after which some people got out one by one. The title of Mister World went to Rohit while the first runner-up was Ernando of Puerto and second runner-up was Aldo Esparajo of Mexico.
In fact, Rohit Khandelwal is not only the first Indian to win the title of Mister World but also the first Asian. He has worked hard to reach this point. and During training, he was trained in various manual labor classes including football.
Along with Rohit was also awarded Mister World Multimedia Award, Mr. World Talent, Mobstar People’s Choice Award, Mr. World Sports Event title.