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India's Harnaaz Sandhu was crowned Miss Universe on Monday, bringing the title to home country 21 years after Lara Dutta's victory in 2000.
For the grand finale, 21-yr-old Harnaaz Sandhu donned a gown designed by Saisha Shinde, who had declared herself as transgender at the beginning of 2021.
Harnaaz Sandhu's dazzling silver gown with its beaded embellishments and plunging neckline became part of the historic moment. And the designer was on cloud nine.
"We did it," Saisha Shinde wrote in an Instagram post after news of the big win made headlines on Monday. Saisha also shared a picture of the newly-crowned Miss Universe in the floor-grazing gown.


Saisha Shinde (formerly Swapnil Shinde) came out as a transwoman in January this year.
Around that time Saisha wrote on social media: Irrespective of your origin, there will always be something that reminds of you of your childhood. For me, it takes me back to the kind of loneliness that aches, to pressures that pushed me into solitude and the chaos of confusion that grew every moment.
All through school and college, while the boys outside tormented me because I was different, the internal pain was far worse. I felt suffocated living a reality that I knew wasn't mine, yet one that I had to stage every day because of societal expectations and norms.
"It was only in my early 20s at National Institute of Fashion Technology where I found the courage to accept my truth; I truly bloomed. I spent the next few years believing that I was attracted to men because I was gay, but it was only 6 years ago that I finally accepted myself that I'm not a gay man. I am a Transwoman".
(Inputs NDTV)