Miss World, India, Femina Miss India
Miss India or Femina Miss India is a national beauty pageant in India that annually selects representatives to compete in Miss World.[1] It is organised by Femina, a women's magazine published by The Times Group.
The reigning Femina Miss India (Femina Miss India World) titleholder is Manushi Chhillar who was crowned by the outgoing Miss India Priyadarshini Chatterjee
| Formation | 1952 |
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| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Mumbai |
| Location | |
Membership
| Miss Universe Miss World Miss Supranational Miss Grand International Miss United Continents |
Official language
| Hindi, English |
| Owner | Vineet Jain |
Key people
| Vineet Jain Natasha Grover Shivalika Sharma |
Parent organisation
| The Times Group |
| Subsidiaries | Femina Miss India Delhi Femina Miss India Bangalore Femina Miss India Kolkata Campus Princess |
| Website | feminamissindiaHistory
The first Miss India was Pramila (Esther Victoria Abraham), from Calcutta, who won in 1947.[3][4] It was organised by the local press.
In 1952, two Miss India pageants were held, Indrani Rehman and Nutan were the winners of the pageant.[citation needed] Nutan was crowned as Miss Mussorie.[citation needed] The pageant was held by the local press.[citation needed]Indrani Rehman was crowned at Brabourne Stadiumin Mumbai in the month of April, 1952. Indrani later represented India at Miss Universe 1952, the inaugural edition of Miss Universepageant.[citation needed]
In 1953, Peace Kanwal from Punjab was crowned Miss India 1953 at KARDAR-KOLYNOS Pageant.[citation needed] The pageant was organised by Abdur Rashid Kardar. She later established herself as a Bollywood actress.[citation needed]
In 1954, Leela Naidu from Maharashtra was declared Miss India, and the same year was featured in Vogue magazine's list of the world's ten most beautiful women.[citation needed]
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 held in London, United Kingdom.
The first ever Femina Miss India pageant was held in year 1964. Meher Castelino Mistri of Maharashtra was crowned the first ever Femina Miss India.[citation needed] She was chosen to represent India at Miss Universe 1964 held in the United States and Miss Nations 1964 held in Spain.[citation needed]
Reita Faria was the first Miss India ever to win any international beauty pageant.[citation needed] She was crowned Miss World 1966 in London, United Kingdom.[citation needed] She was the winner of Eve's Weekly Miss India contest. The same year Femina Miss India winner Yasmin Dajirepresented India at Miss Universe 1966 and was crowned 3rd Runner Up at the event. She was the first ever Femina Miss India Winner to get placed at any international beauty pageant.[citation needed]
In Earlier days, Femina Miss India used to crown three contestants, the winner used to represent India at Miss Universe and the runners-up were sent to Miss Asia Pacific and International Teen Princess.[citation needed] Later the second runner up represents India at Miss Teenage Intercontinental. On some occasions the 2nd Runner up or a finalist was sent to Queen of Pacific pageant from 1969 to 1975.[citation needed]
Zeenat Aman was the first ever Femina Miss India titleholder to win an international pageant.[citation needed] She was crowned Femina Miss India Asia Pacific and went on to win Miss Asia Pacific 1970 held in Philippines.[citation needed]
Later, after acquiring the rights to send India's representatives to Miss World, Femina Miss India used to select three winners who were then sent to Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss Asia Pacific International pageants, respectively.[citation needed]
In 1991, Femina also acquired the rights to send India's representatives to Miss International pageant and on some occasions the third winner represented India at Miss International and a finalist was sent to Miss Asia Pacific International or else the third winner was crowned as Femina Miss India Asia Pacific and used to represent India at Miss Asia Pacific International and a finalist was sent to Miss International.[citation needed]
In 1994, after India's historic win at the International pageants, the organisation ended the practice of crowning a single winner and instead decided that the top three winners were designated as winners with equal visibility and prizes.[5]
In 2002, the third winner was designated to Miss Earth instead of Miss Asia Pacific.[citation needed]
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 winner representend India in Miss International pageant.[citation needed]
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.[6]
In 2013, The Times Group again acquired the rights to send India's representatives to the Miss Universe pageant and started a new pageant called Miss Diva. The first ever Miss Diva pageant was held in Mumbai on September 5, 2013. Manasi Moghe of Maharashtra was crowned Miss Diva Universe 2013. Manasi represented India at Miss Universe 2013 and placed in the top 10.[citation needed] Gurleen Grewal from Punjab was crowned Miss Diva International 2013.[citation needed]She represented India at Miss International 2013
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