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Piyush Vig is only 21.

"It shows?" he asks, surprised.

"You think so?" asks first runner-up Prashant Raj Sachdev. "He looks younger than he is."

"Well, I am still at college, so what did you expect?" retorts Piyush.

The third year computer applications student and Grasim Mr India 2004 second runner-up has what he calls the world. "When you have what you have been striving for, for a long time, it is just amazing."

The road: "Grasim was always on the cards," he says. "I always wanted to enter. I applied. I got selected. I worked hard. The training was fanta-fabulous. We learnt confidence. We learnt how to speak. How to carry ourselves. How to be a person of substance. And here I am."

What you should know: Piyush is a banker's son. The Vigs have moved all over India -- Mumbai, Bhopal, Jabalpur, Rapiur. Piyush was born in Indore. The family is now based in Chandigarh.

Piyush loves food: "North Indian. "Butter chicken. Butter naans. Ummmm." And when he is hungry, he thinks it is torture for other people to eat in front of him when he can't eat.

He also loves music. "I love ghazals. Jagjit Singh is my favourite. One of my dreams is to star in a music video of one of his ghazals.

His best memories: "Kapil Dev gifted me his personal kit. That is one of my most treasured possessions. I dream, eat, sleep cricket. I played for Chandigarh and Punjab a while ago. "

What next? "This is an awesome platform that anyone could get in India. Winning this title is an endorsement. I see myself as the highest paid model -- anywhere in the world."

Also see: Stamp of Corruption

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