Congratulations are in store as an Indian boy has won the prestigious Mr World 2016.

He is none other than TV actor and model Rohit Khandelwal.

We take a look at ten things you didn’t know about the striking boy…read on:

Rohit was born on August 19, 1989 in Hyderabad, present day Telangana.

He is 5 ft 10 inches.

He did his graduation from Aurora Degree College.

He has been a part of Yeh Hai Aashiqui, Million Dollar Girl, and Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya (TV series), among others.

He had to take Hindi diction classes, prior to his stint on the small screen.

Apart from bagging the Mr India 2015 title, he walked away with Stay-On Mr Active and Provogue Personal Care Best Actor as well.

He’s the first Asian to ever win this award.

He shot for his first commercial with Kareena Kapoor-Khan.

He was overweight when he came to Mumbai to try his luck in modelling. He soon lost 15 kgs.

He doesn’t mind working in Tollywood movies.

Thank you for making us proud boy!