This year, the Miss India USA pageant was crowned to Rijul Maini, a medical student from Michigan held in New Jersey.

• The 24-year-old Indian-American aspires to be a surgeon and hopes to serve as a role model to women everywhere, a press release said.
• Meanwhile, Greeshma Bhat of Virginia was declared first runner-up and Ishita Pai Raikar of North Carolina was the second runner-up.
• The contest was started by New York-based Indian-Americans Dharmatma and Neelam Saran under the banner of Worldwide Pageants. This year marks the 41th anniversary of the pageant which is the longest-running Indian pageant outside of India as reported by PTI.
• During the event, Sneha Nambiar from Massachusetts was declared as Mrs India USA and Saloni Rammohan from Pennsylvania won the title of Miss Teen India USA.