Miss India South Pacific Australia 2026

Devi Devakala Crowned Miss India South Pacific Australia 2026

Devi Devakala was crowned Miss India South Pacific Australia 2026, with Bhavya Kurelli announced as 1st Runner-Up and Sana Bhaskar as 2nd Runner-Up.

The Top 7 finalists — Sana Bhaskar, Saisha, Bhavya Kurelli, Ravneet Kaur, Devi Devakala, Gurleen Kaur, and Anuja Nikam – will now form Team Australia and proceed to the Miss India South Pacific Grand Finale, to be held in Auckland later this year.

The event also recognised contestants across special award categories:
Potential Model: Ravneet Kaur
Miss Photogenic: Devi Devakala
Miss Talent: Bhavya Sharma & Maanya
Miss Popular: Ravneet Kaur
Miss Friendship: Sana Bhaskar

Miss India South Pacific Australia continues to create a meaningful platform for young women of Indian origin to celebrate identity, build confidence, and connect with the wider community through culture, fashion, talent, and leadership.

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Vaishnavi Mistry

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Achala's passion for television and cinema has driven her career since her early years. She began in India with production houses like Balaji Telefilms, Aruna Irani Productions and became an executive producer at ZEE TV. After moving to Australia in 2006, she expanded her skills into radio production and film distribution. With over 15 years of experience, Achala has worked on major Bollywood films like Kurbaan and Bachna Ae Haseeno and has developed distribution strategies for Australian films such as Backyard Ashes and Babadook. Currently, she leads Zee Studios’ film distribution operations in Australia, New Zealand, and Fiji, and promotes regional language films focusing on Marathi. Achala Datar has been appointed to the National Board of the Australia India Film Council, which is dedicated to supporting and encouraging the growing ties between the Indian and Australian film industries. In addition to her professional work, Achala mentors media students through the Inner Northern Local Learning and Employ

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Miss India South Pacific is a new tri-nation pageant platform created to celebrate Indian culture, elegance, fashion, music and dance across Australia, Fiji and New Zealand.

The pageant provides young women of Indian origin with an opportunity to build confidence, develop stage presence, express their cultural identity and represent their community on a larger international platform.

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Miss India South Pacific is produced by Rhythm House Events & Films, the team behind Miss IndiaNZ — one of New Zealand’s longest-running Indian cultural pageants. Since 2002, Miss IndiaNZ has provided a platform for hundreds of young women to celebrate culture, confidence, fashion and performance. Building on this legacy, Rhythm House now brings the Miss India South Pacific concept to Australia, Fiji and New Zealand.