Behind the scenes training of Mr India Rohit Khandelwal 00:55 
 
 Rohit became the first Indian to win the coveted title at the Southport Theatre on July 19, taking home $50,000 which he plans to invest in himself, after donating a portion to a cause he believes in. Rohit Khandelwal of India has won the title of Mr World 2016 at the Grand Final of the Mr World Competition held at the Southport Theatre & Convention Centre in Southport, UK, Tuesday evening. Mr World 2014 Nicklas Pedersen was in attendance to congratulate and pass on the Mr World title to Rohit Khandelwal of India 
 
 Upon winning the title, Rohit said “I feel so privileged and humbled to be Mr World 2016. Five further places in the semi-final were awarded to Mexico’s Aldo Esparza Ramírez, Fernando Álvarez of Puerto Rico, Kenya’s Kevin Owiti, Brazil’s Lucan Montandon and the representative of El Salvador, David Arias.
– The "World's Most Desirable Man" is, for the first time, Asian. Rohit Khandelwal, a 26-year-old from Hyderabad, India, was last Tuesday crowned Mr. World, besting 45 other contestants in the process. The Wall Street Journal reports that three years ago he left a job providing technical support for Dell to head to Mumbai, where he was pursuing his MBA and trying his hand at acting. "I was living in a single room with five other people who wanted to make it," he tells the Deccan Chronicle. His path toward Mr. World began when he saw an ad for the Mr. India competition—and initially shrugged it off. "Then I read the description: The person should have a unique charm and should be good-natured. That is when I felt that I could do it." And he did, winning the title in 2015. Speaking of that good nature, the Journal reports Khandelwal enjoys visiting with his grandmother and volunteering. Other desirable hobbies include cooking and table tennis, reports the India Times. A press release explains the 46 would-be Mr. Worlds were chosen from thousands of applicants and subjected to 12 days of "fierce competition" from which Khandelwal emerged victorious and was handed the $50,000 prize. The Times of India reports he'll donate some and "invest" the rest in himself. As for his desirable physique (plenty of Instagram evidence here), he tells the Hans India that he makes sure to sleep a minimum of eight hours a night and follows a particular diet: "carbs and high fiber until 6pm and then it's salads, sprouts, eggs, brown bread." Fernando Alvarez, 21, of Puerto Rico, was the runner-up, with Aldo Esparza Ramirez, 26, of Mexico taking third. (The World's Most Interesting Man is having a rough go of it.)