Puja Gupta

Femina Miss India Universe Puja Gupta strikes a pose at Miss India cookout party in New Delhi (Photo/Nitin Malik) (BCCL)

Femina Miss India Universe Puja Gupta is enjoying every moment of her life. (Photo/Manoj Kesharwani)  (BCCL)

Giving a tough competition to her fellow contendors at the contest, Puja remained at her best to reach the finals and win the title. (Photo/Manoj Kesharwani)  (BCCL)

For Puja winning has never been the only important thing rather she has always believed in putting her best foot forward in whatever she does. (Photo/Manoj Kesharwani) (BCCL)

Puja Gupta's journey to Miss India Universe has been full of hard work, stress and positive hopes. (Photo/Uma Kadam) (BCCL)

Puja Gupta's crowning glory moments being crowned by Priyanka Chopra will remain the most cherished ones for her. (Photo/Uma Kadam) (BCCL)

Puja Gupta's stunning looks teamed up with a pretty smile makes her a complete Miss India package. (Photo/Deepak Dhuri) (BCCL)

Puja Gupta achieved the stature of a Miss India at a very young age and like the previous Miss beauty queens, Puja is all set to make a mark of her own. (BCCL)

Puja believes that her innocence, communication skills, beauty, niceness and brains brought the Miss India crown to her. (Photo/Manoj Kesharwani) (BCCL)

With a perfect figure, natural beauty and a charming persona, Puja was always said to be a complete package by her trainers. (Photo/Manoj Kesharwani) (BCCL)

Puja feels that after winning the Miss India crown, she has more opportunities and responsibilities to accomplish in her life. (Photo/Manoj Kesharwani) (BCCL)

Having won the Miss India crown, Puja's stint in Mexico at the Miss Universe pageant also added innumerable memories in her life. (Photo/Manoj Kesharwani) (BCCL)

Though she could only manage to reach the top 10 at the Miss Universe pageant but she swayed the hearts of several people with her style and panache. (Photo/Manoj Kesharwani) (BCCL)

Puja's confidence and determination has always remained her biggest strengths. (Photo/Manoj Kesharwani) (BCCL)

Puja proved her versatality at the Miss India and Miss Universe contest when she showed a perfect balance of both western and traditional outfits. (Photo/Manoj Kesharwani) (BCCL)

Puja scorched the ramp at the Miss Universe pageant in an Indian outfit by designer Ritu Kumar. (Photo/Manoj Kesharwani) (BCCL)

Puja looked extremely glamourous when she flaunted an evening gown by designers Deepika Gehani and Hemant Trivedi. (Photo/Manoj Kesharwani) (BCCL)

Puja asserts that it was the training sessions with experts like Hemant Trivedi, Sabira Merchant and others that helped her to reach so far. (Photo/Manoj Kesharwani) (BCCL)

Having learnt so much from her training, Puja feels that she has been transformed from a young girl to a matured woman. (Photo/Manoj Kesharwani) (BCCL)

Puja has always been inspired by former Miss India and Miss Universe Sushmita Sen. (Photo/Manoj Kesharwani) (BCCL)

Puja is very sensitive to the cause of AIDS and she wishes to use her stature of a Miss India to spread awareness amongst people about this cause. (Photo/Manoj Kesharwani) (BCCL)

Puja also expresses her concern over the issue of global warming and is against the idea of employing kids in the factories making fireworks. (Photo/Manoj Kesharwani) (BCCL)

Puja hails from Delhi and wants to build her career as a sucessful model. (Photo/Manoj Kesharwani) (BCCL)

Puja's natual beauty has always remained an added advantage for her and she doesn't prefer to apply too much make-up on her face. (Photo/Manoj Kesharwani) (BCCL)

Puja's fitness mantra is 'yoga and healthy breathing'. (Photo/Manoj Kesharwani) (BCCL)

Though Puja can look pretty in both Indian and western outfits, her personal choice is a white tight-fitted shirt teamed up with a nice pair of blue denims and shoes. (Photo/Manoj Kesharwani)  (BCCL)

Puja says that no inch of heart plans to move to Bollywood in the near future and it will only happen much later. (Photo/Manoj Kesharwani) (BCCL)

Though Puja is not eyeing at Bollywood but actors like Amitabh Bachchan and Madhuri Dixit would always remain her idols. (Photo/Manoj Kesharwani) (BCCL)

Puja likes to read books and watch Hollywood movies in her spare time. (Photo/Manoj Kesharwani) (BCCL)

Puja Gupta has got all materials to turn heads around and with a style of her own, she is all set to do wonders in the glamour world. (Photo/Manoj Kesharwani) (BCCL)