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Shriya Boppana

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Born (1999-01-08) January 8, 1999 (age 27)
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India (present-day Telangana, India)
Major
competition(s)
Miss Grand India USA 2025 (Winner)
Miss Grand United States Virgin Islands 2024 (Winner; Assumed)
Miss Earth DC 2022 (1st Runner-Up)
Miss India America (Winner)
Miss India DC (1st Runner-Up)
Shriya Boppana
Shriya Boppana in 2025
Born (1999-01-08) January 8, 1999 (age 27)
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India (present-day Telangana, India)
Alma materDuke University
Carnegie Mellon University
Beauty pageant titleholder
TitleMiss Grand India USA 2025
Miss Grand United States Virgin Islands 2024
Miss India America 2020
Major
competition(s)
Miss Grand India USA 2025 (Winner)
Miss Grand United States Virgin Islands 2024 (Winner; Assumed)
Miss Earth DC 2022 (1st Runner-Up)
Miss India America (Winner)
Miss India DC (1st Runner-Up)
Websiteshriyaboppana.com

Shriya Boppana (born January 8, 1999) is an Indian-American beauty pageant titleholder, award-winning activist, and on-air personality who was crowned as the winner of Miss India America 2020,[1] Miss Grand US Virgin Islands 2024, and Miss Grand India USA 2025.[2] Boppana is a broadcast journalist currently at WDCA (locally known as "FOX 5 Plus") in Washington, D.C.[3] and a consulting analyst at Accenture.[4]

Boppana was born in Hyderabad, Telangana[5] to a Telugu family. Her great-grandparents were freedom fighters.[6] Lingaya Gadde, who went to jail multiple times while taking part in the 1923 Civil Disobedience, Flag Satyagraha, and Quit India Movement.[7][8] Boppana's father served as a marine engineer in the United States Marine Corps.[9]

She was raised in Herndon, Virginia. She graduated from Herndon High School in 2017,[10] and later received a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Carnegie Mellon University in 2021.[11] In July 2024, she joined Duke University's Fuqua School of Business for her Master of Business Administration as a Forte Foundation Fellow and a Fuqua Impact Scholar.[4][12][13][14]

Pageantry

In September 2020, Boppana placed 1st Runner Up at Miss India DC 2020[11][15] and was later awarded Miss India America 2020 with a high-point interview award for perfect scores from all judges.[1][11][16]

In August 2022, Boppana placed 1st Runner Up at Miss Earth DC 2022[1] with a high-point interview award for perfect scores from all judges.[1]

On 25 March 2024, Boppana placed 1st Runner Up at Miss Grand US Virgin Islands 2024,[17] preliminary to Miss Grand International, also winning Miss Grand Smile,[17][18] Miss Grand Congeniality 2nd Runner Up,[18] and highest interview score.[19]

In May 2024, Boppana declined the title of Miss Cosmo US Virgin Islands 2024 to pursue her MBA at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business.[20]

In April 2025, Boppana was announced as the winner of Miss Grand India USA 2025.[2][21]

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