New Jersey, USA: At the annual pageant held in New Jersey, Rijul Maini, a medical student from Michigan, was recently crowned Miss India USA 2023. The pageant, which is the oldest Indian pageant held outside of India, is celebrating its 41st year this year. Dharmatma and Neelam Saran, two Indian-Americans living in New York, founded it under the Worldwide Pageants umbrella. Ms Maini is a model and a medical student. According to the beauty pageant, she wants to become a surgeon and inspire women everywhere by being an example.