21 years old Laanya Asogan was crowned Miss World Singapore 2017 this past weekend. She succeeded Bhaama Padmanathan and was crowned by the outgoing queen Bhaama. Laanya will now represent Singapore at the 67th Miss World conte

The first runner-up was Niroshini Nixit and the second runner-up was Shree Vijayandran. Chan Qianyi and Hannah Sofea finished in fourth and fifth places respectively.

Laanya wants to inspire young girls like her to break past streaotypes and show them that they can be a woman and live fruitfully without any restriction.

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Besides sport, Laanya has a profound passion for acting and hosting, she was in the MEDIACORP THE FIVE SEARCH as top 13 finalist despite not having any background in the feild.

Laanya has Indonesian & Eurasian heritage along side her Indian ethnicity.

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