Miss World Stephanie Del Valle arrives in Mumbai for five-day visit

Miss World Stephanie Del Valle of Puerto Rico landed in Mumbai on Thursday for a five-day visit and she is hoping to have a memorable trip in the country.

“I am so very excited to be here. This is my first time in India and so far it has been a wonderful welcome. I will also be going to visit a school which Miss World has worked for before. And I am so excited that this trip is going to be a very memorable one and I can’t wait for the rest of this journey,” she told Hindustan Times. She is in the city for the Miss World India finals.

Stephanie Del Valle, who is also a musician and model, was crowned Miss World 2016 in Washington. India is home to many previous Miss Worlds such as Diana Hayden, Yukta Mookhey, Priyanka Chopra and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. Valle says her favorites are Priyanka and Aishwarya. Stephanie also talked about being ‘nostalgic’, when it comes to judging other contestants for Miss World India.

Julia Morley is also in India and earlier today they got to meet and speak to the 30 Miss India 2017 finalists.

Stephanie got the opportunity to finally meet the current Mr World, Rohit Khandelwal from India.