Kerala’s 19-year-old Kaziah Liz Mejo was crowned the prestigious Miss Universe India 2026 at the grand finale held at Zee Studios in Jaipur on Sunday.
Mejo beat 52 finalists from across the country to win the title. During the grand finale, Miss Universe India 2025 Manika Vishwakarma crowned her successor.
Kaziah will now represent India at the 75th Miss Universe pageant, which will be held in Puerto Rico in November.
She said, “I feel so on top of the world. This is such an iconic moment and the moment that I’ve worked for for over three years now. And I’m so incredibly happy that I get to bring home this crown to my Kerala, to be able to show my hometown to the world, to be able to carry it to the Universe.”
She said, “I feel so on top of the world. This is such an iconic moment and the moment that I’ve worked for for over three years now. And I’m so incredibly happy that I get to bring home this crown to my Kerala, to be able to show my hometown to the world, to be able to carry it to the Universe.”
Shedding light on her future plans, she said, “My first plan is to bring home the crown of Miss Universe to India, and that will always be my biggest plan in life. And in everything I do, I want to be able to represent India, I want to be able to represent Kerala, and I want to be able to represent what it means to be India.”
