India's contestant Rohit Khandelwal won the coveted Mister World 2016 title on 19 July 2016. The grand finale of Mr World 2016 was held at the Southport Theatre & Convention Centre in Southport, U.K.

•    With this, Khandelwal has become the first Indian and Asian to win the Mr World title at the competition.
•    Mr World 2014 Nicklas Pedersen passed on the title to Khandelwal. He also won a cash prize of 50000 US dollar.
•    Puerto Rico’s Fernando Alberto Alvarez Soto was named the first runner-up and Aldo Esparza Ramirez of Mexico was named the second runner-up.
•    Rohit Khandelwal was born on 19 August 1989 in Hyderabad.
•    He graduated from Aurora Degree College.
•    He served as ground staff for SpiceJet and technical support assistant at the Dell Computers prior to entering the modelling industry.
•    He made his television debut by appearing in the Episode 76 of Yeh Hai Aashiqui, an Indian television series.
•    He won Mr India 2015 contest held on 23 July 2015 at Club Royalty in Mumbai.

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