Manushi Chhillar is an Indian actress, model and the winner of Miss World 2017 pageant. She represented her state of Haryana at the Femina Miss India 2017 pageant and won the title of Femina Miss India World 2017 and then went on to become the sixth contestant from India to be crowned Miss World after 17 years.

Chhillar made her acting debut with the role of Sanyogita in the historical drama Samrat Prithviraj (2022), and has since appeared in The Great Indian Family (2023) and the science fiction action Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (2024).

Chhillar was born on 14 May 1997 in Rohtak into a Haryanvi family, although her ancestral home is in Bamnoli village of Jhajjar district. Her father, Mitra Basu Chhillar, is a physician who served at the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and now practices regenerative medicine at Soma Wellness in Mumbai,while her mother, Neelam Chhillar, is also a medical doctor and departmental head of neurochemistry at the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences, New Delhi.

Chhillar studied at St. Thomas' School (New Delhi) and was academically brilliant, having topped the all India CBSE in English subject in class 12, and scored 96 per cent in her boards. She cleared the All India Pre Medical Test (now, NEET) in her first attempt. She was pursuing a medical degree (MBBS) at the Bhagat Phool Singh Medical College in Sonipat.