Miss India or Femina Miss India is a national beauty pageant in India that per annum selects representatives to compete in Miss World, one of the Big Four major international smasher pageants. [ 1 ] It is organised by Femina, a women ‘s magazine published by The Times Group. Since 2013, Femina has besides organised Miss Diva as a separate contest, with representatives competing at Miss Universe. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In addition to Miss Diva, the organization holds a contest every two years to select the indian representative for the Mister World and Mister Supranational pageants.
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The reigning Femina Miss India ( Femina Miss India World ) titleholder is Manasa Varanasi who was crowned by the outgoing titleholder Suman Rao on 10 February 2021 at Hyatt Regency, Mumbai .
history
The first base Miss India was Pramila ( Esther Victoria Abraham ), from Calcutta, who won in 1947. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It was organised by the local press .
Miss India 1952, Indrani Rehman with former indian Congress leader S.K. Patil, and two of the sponsors of the Miss India contest of 1952 In 1952, two Miss India pageants were held, Indrani Rehman and Nutan were the winners of the pageant. [ 6 ] Nutan was crowned as Miss Mussorie. [ 7 ] The pageant was held by the local crusade. Indrani Rehman was crowned at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai in the calendar month of April 1952. Indrani late represented India at Miss Universe 1952, the inaugural address version of Miss Universe pageant. [ 8 ] In 1953, Peace Kanwal from Punjab was crowned Miss India 1953 at KARDAR-KOLYNOS Pageant. The pageant was organised by Abdur Rashid Kardar. [ 9 ] She late established herself as a Bollywood actress. [ 10 ] In 1954, Leela Naidu from Maharashtra was declared Miss India, and the same year was featured in Vogue magazine ‘s number of the global ‘s ten most beautiful women. [ 11 ] There was no Miss India pageant from 1955 to 1958. In 1959, Eve ‘s Weekly organised its very first Miss India contest called Eve ‘s Weekly Miss India to send India ‘s representatives to the Miss World pageant. Fleur Ezekiel was crowned the eventual winner. She represented India at Miss World 1959 hold in London, United Kingdom. The first Femina Miss India pageant was held in year 1964. Meher Castelino Mistri of Maharashtra was crowned the first Femina Miss India. She was chosen to represent India at Miss Universe 1964 held in the United States and Miss Nations 1964 held in Spain. [ 12 ] Reita Faria was the first Miss India always to win any external smasher pageant. She was crowned Miss World 1966 in London, United Kingdom. [ 13 ] She was the achiever of Eve ‘s Weekly Miss India contest. The lapp year Femina Miss India winner Yasmin Daji represented India at Miss Universe 1966 and was crowned 3rd runner-up at the event. She was the beginning Femina Miss India Winner to get placed at any international beauty pageant. [ 14 ] Zeenat Aman was the beginning Femina Miss India titleholder to win an international pageant. She was crowned Femina Miss India Asia Pacific and went on to win Miss Asia Pacific 1970 held in Philippines. [ 15 ] Meenakshi Seshadri the youngest dissenter who won the title, She won the Miss India contest at the long time of 17 in the year 1981 and was known for phenomenal acting in ‘Hero ‘ ‘Damini ‘, ‘Ghayal ‘ and ‘Ghatak ‘. She quit the diligence identical early and got married. In 1993 Miss Femina India, Vaishali Sood, daughter of Cdr Sudhir Sood, who was the achiever of the 1991 Navy May Queen Ball, stood second runner up. She went on to act in a Bollywood Movie, Mr Bond, starring Akshay Kumar. [ citation needed ] In 2002, the third winner was designated to Miss Earth alternatively of Miss Asia Pacific. [ 16 ] In 2010, after the I Am She – miss Universe India acquired the rights to send India ‘s representatives to Miss Universe, Femina Miss India crowned three winners as Femina Miss India World, Femina Miss India Earth and Femina Miss India International, the third gear winner representend India in Miss International pageant. [ 17 ] In 2010, Tantra Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. ( TEPL ), in partnership with Sushmita Sen, started a new pageant called I Am She – Miss Universe India. The winner of this pageant participated in the Miss Universe pageant from 2010 to 2012. [ 17 ]
competition irregularities
In 2008, Gladrags President Maureen Wadia provided legal detect to newly crowned Femina Miss India Earth 2008, Harshita Saxena for violating an exclusive biennial contract with Gladrags that had been signed by Harshita in 2006. To participate in any other beauty pageant, Harshita would need a written letter of no expostulation from Gladrags. Harshita surrendered the championship and the crown went to Tanvi Vyas, who represented India at the Miss Earth 2008 pageant held in November 2008. Later, Harshita was ranked fourth at Femina Miss India 2009 and represented India at Miss International 2009. [ 18 ] Harshita was subsequently placed fourth in Miss India 2009 and represented India in Miss International 2009. In 2004, Lakshmi Pandit ( Kalpana Pandit ‘s baby ) was initially declared the achiever, but had to return the deed as she was married ( to Siddarth Mishra ) ; Sayali Bhagat was ultimately declared the winner. [ 19 ] In 1989, the winner Kalpana Pandit was found to have misrepresented her nationality ( she had a US pass ) ; she was stripped of her entitle and Dolly Minhas was declared the winner. [ 20 ]
India in international pageants
Miss India has been participating in the Miss Universe pageant since 1952, starting with Indrani Rehman and in the Miss World pageant since 1959, starting with Fleur Ezekiel. [ 6 ] In the 1970s, Femina acquired the rights to send a example to Miss World a well, and started to send the winner to Miss Universe and the runner-up to the Miss World contest. [ citation needed ] Later in 1991, Femina Miss India besides acquired the rights to send India ‘s representatives to Miss International pageant. [ 21 ] In 1994, following India ‘s historic double wins at both Miss Universe and Miss World, the custom-made of crowning a single winner was discontinued. rather, the top three placers were designated winners with equal visibility, equal prizes and responsibilities, and were crowned as Femina Miss India-Universe, Femina Miss India-World, and Femina Miss India-Asia Pacific and a finalist was sent to Miss International. [ citation needed ] In 2002, the third style was changed to Femina Miss India-Earth, to designate India ‘s representation at the newly launched Miss Earth pageant, focused on the cause of environmental advocacy and a finalist was sent to Miss International. From 2007 to 2009, three adequate winners were selected going to Miss Universe, Miss World, and Miss Earth. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] In 2010, I Am She – miss Universe India acquired the rights to send India ‘s representatives to Miss Universe. Later, in 2013 The Times Group again acquired the rights to send India ‘s representatives to Miss Universe and launched a new pageant for Miss Universe named Miss Diva. In 1970, Zeenat Aman won Miss Asia Pacific 1970. She became the first amerind and South Asian woman to win the title. [ 24 ] The awards for 1989 were given at the end of the year ( December ) ; hence there was no branch contest for 1990. [ citation needed ] In 1994, Sushmita Sen won the Miss Universe entitle after winning the Miss India pate and became the first indian woman ever to win the Miss Universe crown. [ 25 ] The lapp year the runner-up of Miss India, Aishwarya Rai, won the Miss World title. [ 26 ] Sushmita Sen and Aishwarya Rai established themselves in the Bollywood industry after winning their titles. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] [ 29 ] The achiever of Sen and Rai spawned coaching institutions which were set up to groom young women in pageant participation skills. The number of participants in the preliminary rounds of the pageant has increased well. Miss India World 1997, Diana Hayden won the title of Miss World 1997. In 1999, the Miss India World Yukta Mookhey went on to win the Miss World that year. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] In 2000, three of the Miss India winners won their respective external pageants — Lara Dutta ( Miss Universe ), Priyanka Chopra ( Miss World ) and Diya Mirza Miss Asia Pacific. The other state to have won all three major titles in one year were Australia in 1972. [ 32 ] In 2010, after the initiation of I Am She – miss Universe India, the third title was changed to Femina Miss India-International and the achiever represented India at Miss International pageant. In 2010, Nicole Faria became the first amerind to win the Miss Earth style in Vietnam, which leaves Miss International as the only major international pageant that has not been won by an indian contestant. [ 33 ]
In 2012, Himangini Singh Yadu won Miss Asia Pacific World 2012 and became first amerind and asian to win the pageant. She was sent by I Am She – miss Universe India pageant. [ 34 ] In 2013, Srishti Rana won Miss Asia Pacific World 2013 giving India a rare second to back victory. She is the second indian and first Miss Diva Winner to win Miss Asia Pacific World Crown. She is besides the first indian delegate to win an international pageant that has been sent by Femina Miss India ‘s sister pageant, Miss Diva. [ 35 ] In 2014, Asha Bhat, Miss Diva Supranational 2014 won Miss Supranational 2014 and became the first indian womanhood to win the crown. [ 36 ] Asha is the second asian to win the pennant. The same class Ruhi Singh who was crowned the first gear Femina Miss India Universal Peace and Humanity won the first Miss Universal Peace and Humanity pageant held in Lebanon. [ 37 ] After May Myat Noe, the achiever of Miss Asia Pacific World 2014 pageant was dethroned, [ 38 ] the administration organised another pageant named Miss Asia Pacific 2014 Supertalent of the World Season 5 under Miss Asia Pacific World title, Swetha Raj who represented India won the crown, giving India a rare back to back to back victory, India is the entirely state to win any external pageant three years in a course, however Swetha was sent by Miss India Australia organization. [ 39 ]
International victories
When Reita Faria of India won Miss World 1966, she became the first asian to do so, and India won its first Big Four title. [ 40 ] Sushmita Sen was crowned Miss Universe 1994, becoming the area ‘s first Miss Universe achiever. [ 41 ] Later that year, Aishwarya Rai added to India ‘s winning streak by becoming Miss World 1994, making the country the last in the twentieth hundred to win both Miss Universe and Miss World in the same year. [ 42 ] Diana Hayden then won the Miss World title in 1997. [ 43 ] Actor and model Yukta Mookhey was former crowned Miss World 1999. [ 44 ] Six years after Sushmita Sen and Aishwarya Rai ‘s double wins, Lara Dutta and Priyanka Chopra replicated the feat in 2000, marking the most holocene fourth dimension ( as of 2022 ) that any nation has won back-to-back at Miss World and, to date, the only clock that any state won Miss Universe and Miss World in the like year in the twenty-first century. [ 45 ] [ 46 ] India ‘s appearances at the Miss Universe semifinals from 1992 to 2002 made it the first country in the Eastern Hemisphere to place annually at the pageant for at least 10 back-to-back years. In 2010, Nicole Faria from Bangalore became the first indian womanhood to win the Miss Earth pageant. Manushi Chhillar won the Miss World 2017 entitle. [ 47 ] [ 48 ] In 2021, Harnaaz Sandhu became the third base indian woman to win Miss Universe title, becoming the most recent large 4 pageant titleholder from India as of 2022 The following is the list of amerind winners in the Big Four international beauty pageants :
The postdate is the list of indian winners in versatile other external pageants :
multiple victories in the lapp year
The follow is the list of India ‘s multiple victories in major international pageants :
Femina Miss India Winners from 2013–present
Femina Miss India
Femina Miss India Regional Ranking
state rate
- ^Note 1Punjab is the only state which had placed in all four of the regional editions of the pageant till day.
Femina Miss India Editions
Miss Diva Winners
Representatives to Big Four pageants
The succeed women have represented India in the Big Four external smasher pageants, the four major external beauty pageants for women. [ 49 ] [ 50 ] These are Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss International, Miss Earth. [ 51 ] [ 52 ] [ 53 ]
- Color key
- : Declared as Winner
- : Ended as Runner-up
- : Ended as one of the Finalists or Semi-finalists
- : Ended as special awards winner
current franchise
Miss World
India did not send delegates in 1967, 1965, 1964, 1963. From 1959 to 1966 representatives to Miss World were sent by Eve ‘s Weekly Miss India pageant. In 1968, Bharat Sundari got the franchise to send India ‘s congressman to Miss World. They sent the delegates from 1968 to 1970, 1972, 1975. Femina got the franchise in 1976. Femina besides sent delegates to Miss World in 1971 and 1974. traditionally the base runner up in Miss India pageant was sent to Miss World but this changed in 2013 and now the achiever of Miss India is sent to represent at Miss World. [ 54 ]
Miss Universe
India did not compete in the Miss Universe pageant from 1953 to 1963. I AM She – Miss Universe India sent its delegates to Miss Universe from 2010 to 2012. traditionally the Miss India Winner was sent to Miss Universe and the runner up was sent to Miss World ; however since 2013 a discriminate pageant Miss Diva has been held to send delegates to Miss Universe and the Miss India winner will represent India at Miss World annually. [ 55 ]
Miss Supranational
Femina Miss India and Miss Diva ( The Times Group ) acquired the rights to send India representatives to Miss Supranational entirely from the year 2013. [ 56 ]
Former Franchise
Miss International
Femina Miss India dropped the franchise of Miss International in 2015. The last representative to Miss International from Femina Miss India was Jhataleka Malhotra in 2014. [ citation needed ]
- India did not send delegates to Miss International in 1963–1967, 1972, 1977, 1989, 1990.
- From 1960 to 1988 Eve’s Weekly Miss India sent India’s representatives to Miss International pageant.
- In the year 2013, Miss Diva winner was sent to Miss International.
Miss earth
Femina Miss India dropped the Miss Earth Franchise in 2014 after Alankrita Sahai being the end representative from Miss Diva .
Miss Grand International
In the years 2013 and 2014 India ‘s delegates to Miss Grand International were sent by indian Princess. Femina Miss India acquired the franchise in 2015 public treasury 2019 and 2021.Delegate for Miss Grand International 2020 and 2022 and onwards was sent by Glamanand Supermodel India .
Miss United Continents
The representatives for Miss United Continents have been selected by Femina Miss India since the pageant ‘s origin in 2013 .
Miss Intercontinental
indian representatives to Miss Intercontinental is being sent by Femina Miss India group .
| Year | Delegate | Placement | Special Awards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Suman Chellani | Unplaced | |
| 2017 | Priyanka Kumari | Unplaced | Winner – Best National Costume |
| 2016 | Aarushi Sharma | Unplaced | |
| 2015 | Sneha Priya Roy | Top 17 | 2nd Runner-up – Best National Costume |
| 2014 | Chandni Sharma | Unplaced | |
| 2013 | Sharon Fernández | Unplaced | |
| 2012 | Bobby Layal | Top 10 | |
| 2011 | Ipsita Pati | Top 15 | |
| 2008 | Sonia Jain | Unplaced | |
| 2006-07 | No delegate | ||
| 2005 | Deepa Rajan | Unplaced | |
| 2004 | Nirupama Natraian | Unplaced | |
| 2003 | Deepti Gujral | 3rd Runner-up | |
| 2002 | Rakhee Chaudhary | Top 12 | |
| 2001 | Koena Mitra | Top 12 | |
| 2000 | No delegate | ||
| 1999 | Aanchal Kumar | Top 12 | |
| 1998 | Tora Khasigar | Unplaced | |
| 1997 | Lara Dutta | Miss Intercontinental 1997 | |
| 1978-96 | No delegate | ||
| 1978 | Elizabeth Anita Reddi | Miss Intercontinental 1978 | Best National Costume Miss Congeniality |
| 1977 | Karuna Iyer | Unplaced | |
| 1976 | Kalpana Iyer | Top 19 | Miss Popularity |
| 1975 | Nivurti Nunim | 2nd Runner-up | Miss Photogenic Miss Bikini |
Miss Asia Pacific International
| Year | Delegate | Placement | Special Awards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Abhilasha Agarwal | Unplaced | Miss Redfox |
| 2017 | Sonika Roy | Unplaced | Miss Zanea Shoes |
| 2016 | Shiva Shrishti Vyakaranam | Top 10 | |
| 2005 | Simran Chandok | Unplaced | Best dancer |
| 2003 | Shonal Rawat | 1st Runner-up | Miss Friendship Miss Talent Miss Congeniality |
| 2002 | Tina Chatwal | 2nd Runner-up | Miss Internet |
| 2001 | Maheshwari Thiagaranjan | Unplaced | |
| 2000 | Dia Mirza | Miss Asia Pacific International 2000 | Miss Close-Up Smile Miss AVON |
| 1999 | Shivangi Parikkh | Unplaced | |
| 1998 | Vikkitha Aggarwal | Unplaced | |
| 1997 | Divya Chauhan | 1st Runner-up | Best in Evening gown |
| 1996 | Mini Menon | Top 10 | |
| 1995 | Ruchi Malhotra | 1st Runner-up | Best in Evening gown |
| 1994 | Shweta Menon | Top 10 | |
| 1993 | Namrata Shirodkar | 1st Runner-up | Best in Evening gown |
| 1992 | Mehroo Jal Mistry | Unplaced | |
| 1989 | Anuradha Ramani | Unplaced | |
| 1988 | Viola Antony | Unplaced | |
| 1987 | Jasleem Kaur | Unplaced | |
| 1986 | Ana Vasan | Unplaced | |
| 1985 | Seema Malhotra | Semi-finalist | |
| 1983 | Monica Lakhmana | Unplaced | |
| 1982 | Aparna Sharma | Unplaced | |
| 1981 | Mehjabeen Ayub Khan | Unplaced | Miss Talent |
| 1980 | Upneet Pannu | Unplaced | |
| 1979 | Maureen Mary Lestourgeon | 1st Runner-up/Relinquished | |
| 1978 | Preeti Koppikar | Unplaced | Best national costume Miss Talent |
| 1977 | Marianne De Souza | 1st Runner-up | |
| 1976 | Anna Adriane Bredemeyer | 2nd Runner-up | |
| 1975 | Seema Marwaha | Unplaced | |
| 1974 | Marilyn Theresa Ferreira | Unplaced | |
| 1973 | Tara Anne Fonseca | Miss Asia Pacific International 1973 | |
| 1972 | Samita Mukherjee | Unplaced | |
| 1971 | Urmila Sanandan | Unplaced | |
| 1970 | Zeenat Aman | Miss Asia Pacific International 1970 | Miss Photogenic |
| 1969 | Tasneem Fakir Mohammed | Unplaced | |
| 1968 | Anabella Crawford | Unplaced | Miss Talent |
Miss Asia Pacific World
In the years 2011 and 2012, I Am She – Miss India sent their runner-up to this pageant. Femina had franchise to select their representatives in the years 2013 and 2014. [ 57 ]
| Year | Delegate | Placement | Special Awards | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Akanksha Dhiman | Unplaced | Wing of Angel | |
| 2014 | Swetha Raj | Miss Asia Pacific World 2014 – Season 5 | Miss Talent | Competition held to select a new titleholder for the year 2014. |
| 2014 | Anukriti Gusain | 4th Runner-up | ||
| 2013 | Srishti Rana | Miss Asia Pacific World 2013 | Best National Costume Miss Personality Miss Talent |
|
| 2012 | Himangini Singh Yadu | Miss Asia Pacific World 2012 | 1st Runner-up – Best in Evening Gown | |
| 2011 | Tanvi Singla | 3rd Runner-up |
- Note
India is the alone country to win an external pageant three years in a row. In the year 2012, Himangini Singh Yadu was crowned as Miss Asia Pacific World 2012. [ 58 ] In the succeed year Srishti Rana was crowned as Miss Asia Pacific World 2013. [ 59 ] In the year 2014, May Myat Noe of Myanmar was originally crowned but later she was dethroned. [ 38 ] A new pageant was held by the organizers and Swetha Raj of India became victorious, [ 60 ] therefore giving India a rare Three-peat victory in an international pageant. [ 61 ] [ 62 ] [ non-primary source needed ]
Mister India
| Number of wins under Mister India |
|
|---|---|
| Pageant | Wins |
| Mister World | 1 |
| Mister Supranational | 1 |
Along with Femina Miss India and Miss Diva, the Times Group besides organised Mister India pageant to select spokesperson for Mister World [ Note 1 ] and Mister Supranational. Prateik Jain was the first base Mister World India under The Times Group and Jitesh Thakur was the first ever Mister Supranational India .
International victories
In 2016, Rohit Khandelwal became the inaugural indian and thus the first asian to win the Mister World contest style. In 2018, Prathamesh Maulingkar became the first amerind and frankincense the first asian to win the Mister Supranational contest style. This mark India, the only country to win both Miss and Mister Supranational titles .
Titleholders
Editions
Below is the complete list of Mister World India editions .
Mister World
Mister Supranational
| Year | Delegate | State | Placement | Special Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Rahul Rajasekharan Nair | Kerala | Top 10 | Winner – Mister Supranational Asia Winner – Mister Supra Chat Top 10 – Digital Influencer Top 10 – Mister Supra Fan Vote |
| 2019 | Varun Verma | New Delhi | Top 10 | Winner – Mister Supranational Asia Top 10 – Mister Supra Fan Vote Top 10 – Digital Influencer |
| 2018 | Prathamesh Maulingkar | Goa | Mister Supranational 2018 | Winner – Best Body Winner – Mister Social Media |
| 2017 | Altamash Faraz | New Delhi | Top 10 | Winner – Mister Supranational Asia & Oceania 1st Runner-up – Best in Swimsuit 1st Runner-up – Extreme Race 3rd Runner-up – Best in Streetwear |
| 2016 | Jitesh Naresh Thakur | Rajasthan | 2nd Runner-up | Winner – Mister Supranational Asia Winner – Top Model 3rd Runner-up – Mister Mobstar |
Photographs of some celebrated external titleholders
Femina Miss India
Mister India
Photographs of some titleholders
Femina Miss India Universe
Femina Miss India World
Femina Miss India Earth
Femina Miss India International
Femina Miss Grand India
Femina Miss India Asia Pacific
Shweta Menon,
Femina Miss India Asia Pacific 1994
Mister India
See besides
Notes
- ^ No national contest was held in the years 2018 and 2020 .
References
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