India, April 25 -- The representative from Maharashtra, Rajnandini Pawar, emerged as the first runner up at the recently concluded KIIT Bhubaneswar presents the 61st Femina Miss India. For Rajnandini Pawar the feeling has still not sunk in that she holds the title of Femina Miss India first runner up. "It will still take time for me to realise the magnitude of what I've just experienced. I've been wanting to do this all my life and now that I am on this stage and I am a part of a legacy. So, it feels surreal," she says.

Having been performing on stage since she was three-years-old, stage is where the 22-year-old Rajnandini feels "the most alive". "Every experience ever since has somehow aligned with this platform. I've tried my best to u...