Old video of Harnaaz Kaur Sandhu winning the 2021 Miss Universe crown goes viral linking to Manika Vishwakarma

This video shows India’s Harnaaz Kaur Sandhu winning the 2021 Miss Universe crown. Manika Vishwakarma is not Miss Universe yet

A video of a beauty pageant is going viral on social media with a claim that Manika Vishwakarma from Rajasthan has won the Miss Universe title.

The caption of the post states, “Miss Universe 2025 is Manika Vishwakarma from India”

Let’s check the truth

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Fact Check

We began our investigation with relevant keywords and found multiple media reports confirming that Manika Vishwakarma has won the title of Miss Universe India 2025 on 18 August 2025 in a grand ceremony held in Jaipur, Rajasthan. She will represent India at the 74th Miss Universe pageant in Thailand this November.

So, the claim is misleading and the girl in the viral video is not Manika Vishwakarma.

Next, we conducted a reverse image search using the video’s key frames to identify who was in the viral video, which led us to a similar video uploaded to Miss Universe’s official YouTube channel on 13 December, 2021. This video is from the 70th Miss Universe crowning ceremony. According to reports, India’s Harnaaz Kaur Sandhu won the Miss Universe title in 2021.

Based on these evidences, we can understand that Manika Vishwakarma is not Miss Universe yet, Harnaaz Kaur Sandhu’s 2021 video is going viral with misleading claims.

Conclusion

Fact Crescendo found the claim made along with the viral video to be Misleading. This viral video shows India’s Harnaaz Kaur Sandhu winning the 2021 Miss Universe crown, while Manika Vishwakarma is not yet Miss Universe.