{{Use Indian English|date=January 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox beauty pageant | image = Vishnu_Raj_Menon_at_Miss_Diva_2018_Sub_contest.jpg | caption = Peter England Mr India 2016 | winner = '''Vishnu Raj Menon''' | represented = Kerala | date = 11 December 2016 | presenters = | acts = | venue = Club Royalty, Mumbai, Maharashtra<br>India | broadcaster = Zoom | photogenic = Vishnu Raj Menon<br>Kerala | entrants = 16 | placements = 6 | before = 2015 | next = 2017 }}
'''Mister India 2016''' was a contest held in Mumbai on 11 December 2016. Sixteen contestants from all over the country were shortlisted to compete in the main event held in Mumbai. Previous year's winner, Mr India 2015 and Mister World 2016, Rohit Khandelwal passed on his title to Vishnu Raj Menon of Kerala.<ref>{{cite news|title=Meet Vishnuraj S Menon, our new Mr India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/Meet-Vishnuraj-S-Menon-our-new-Mr-India/articleshow/55620062.cms|newspaper=The Times of India | date=26 November 2016 | first=Mohammed | last=Waseem | accessdate=4 January 2019}}</ref> Viren Barman from New Delhi was declared the 1st Runner Up and Altamash Faraz from New Delhi was declared the 2nd Runner Up at the grand finale held in Club Royalty, Mumbai.<ref>{{cite web|title=Wishes pour in for Peter England Mr. India 2016 Vishnu Raj Menon|url=http://beautypageants.indiatimes.com/mr-india/Wishes-pour-in-for-Peter-EnglandMr-India-2016-winner-Vishnu-Raj-Menon/articleshow/55650507.cms|work=beautypageants.indiatimes.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Mr. India 2016: Vishnu Raj Menon|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/photos/vishnu-raj-menon-peter-england-mr-india-2016-9152-slide-53865|work=ibtimes.co.in}}</ref>
Vishnu Raj Menon represented India at the Mister World 2019 contest which held in Manila, Philippines on 27 January 2019.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bengaluru boy Vishnu Raj Menon is Mr India 2016|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/lifestyle/what-s-hot/story/hrithik-roshan-rohit-khandelwal-mr-world-vishnu-raj-s-menon-peter-england-mr-india-bengaluru-lifest-353926-2016-11-25|work=indiatoday.intoday.in}}</ref> Altamash Faraz titled as Mr India Supranational 2017 and represented India at Mister Supranational 2017 at Poland where he ended up placing to Top 10 finalists<ref>{{cite web|title=Altamash Faraz declared Mister Supranational Asia and Oceania 2017|url=http://beautypageants.indiatimes.com/mr-india/altamash-faraz-declared-mister-supranational-asia-and-oceania-2017/eventshow/61947170.cms|work=beautypageants.indiatimes.com}}</ref>
== Results == ;Color keys {{plainlist| * {{Color box|gold|border=darkgray}} The contestant Won in an International pageant. * {{Color box|#FFFF66|border=darkgray}} The contestant was a Runner-up in an International pageant. * {{Color box|#FFFACD|border=darkgray}} The contestant was a Semi-Finalist in an International pageant. }}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" ! Placement ! Contestant ! International Placement |-align="center" | '''Mister India World 2016''' | '''Vishnu Raj Menon''' | {{center|Unplaced – Mister World 2019}} |-style="background:#FFFACD; text-align:center; | '''Mister India Supranational 2017''' | '''Altamash Faraz''' | {{center|Top 10 – Mister Supranational 2017}} |-style="background:#FFFACD; text-align:center; | 1st Runner Up | Varun Verma | {{center|Top 10 – Mister Supranational 2019}} |-align="center" | 2nd Runner Up | colspan="2" | Devesh Khanduja |-align="center" | Top 9 | colspan="2" | Bunty Rana<br>Colin Jacob<br>Dev Paimal |}
===Special Awards=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" !Award !Contestant |- |Peter England Mr Photogenic | *Vishnu Raj Menon |- |Peter England Mr Talented | *Tejas Ravi Shankar |- |Times Top Model | *Dev Paimal |- |Dr. Tvacha Mr Healthy Hair | *Altamash Faraz |- |Mr Popular | *Tejas Ravi Shankar |- |Peter England Mr Perfect Body | *Varun Verma |- |O'Cean Mr Active | *Ponnanna CB |- |Best Actor | *Rakesh Sharma |- |Prosport Mr Personality | *Tejas Ravi Shankar |- |}
==Contestants== * 16 contestants from all over India were shortlisted to compete in the main event in Mumbai.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mr India 2016 Contestants|url=http://beautypageants.indiatimes.com/Contestants/Mr-India-2016/contestantslist/55433115.cms|work=indiatimes.com}}</ref> {|class="wikitable" |- !Contestant No. !Name !State !Profession |- |01 |Altamash Faraz |rowspan=2|Delhi |Actor |- |02 |Ankit Raj Pawar |Model |- |03 |Bharat Sainani |Rajasthan |Engineer, Model |- |04 |Bunty Rana |Haryana |Actor, Model |- |05 |Colin Jacob |Assam |Hotelier |- |06 |Dev Paimal |Madhya Pradesh |rowspan=3|Actor, Model |- |07 |Devesh Khanduja |Delhi |- |08 |Lalit Choudhary |Rajasthan |- |09 |Madhu Mohan |Kerala |Actor, Model |- |10 |Ponnanna CB |Karnataka |Actor, Model |- |11 |Shubham Nagar |Uttar Pradesh |rowspan=2|Model |- |12 |Sourabh Arya |Madhya Pradesh |- |13 |Tejas Ravi Shankar |Maharashtra |Actor, Dancer, Voice-over Artist |- |14 |Varun Verma |rowspan=2|Delhi |Engineer |- |15 |Viren Barman |Lifestyle Consultant |- |16 |'''Vishnu Raj Menon''' |Kerala |Engineer |- |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20150906022441/http://beautypageants.indiatimes.com/mrindia.cms Mr India Official Website]
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