Miss Divine Beauty

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Miss Divine Beauty
Formation2019
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersNew Delhi
Location
  • India
Membership
Miss Earth (2019 – present)
Miss International (2023 – present)
Official language
Hindi and English
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Deepak Agarwal
Parent organization
Divine Group
Website Official website

Miss Divine Beauty is a national beauty pageant in India operating under the parent organization Divine Group, that primarily selects India's representatives to compete at Miss Earth and Miss International. Miss Earth and Miss International are two of the Big Four major international beauty pageants in the world. [1] [2]

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The reigning Miss Divine Beauty (Miss Earth India) is Priyan Sain and (Miss India International) is Praveena Aanjna. [3]

Miss Divine Beauty also awards a candidate with the "Beauty with a Responsibility" title since 2021. [4] This award aims to acknowledge the work done by the beauty queens in order to bring a substantial change and to also support the future endeavours of their projects. Present winner of the award is Vanshika Parmar, who is an eco enthusiast from New Delhi, and she initiated a project titled as "Project Go Green". [5]

History

India has participated in the Miss Earth pageant since its inception in 2001. [6] From 2001 to 2013, India's representatives at Miss Earth were selected by Femina Miss India, which is sponsored by Femina , a women's magazine published by the Times Group. [7] [8] Subsequently, the franchise for selecting representatives from India to participate at the Miss Earth pageant was acquired by Glamanand Supermodel India. The Glamanand Group lost the franchise privilege in 2018. [9]

India's representatives to the Miss International beauty pageant was initially selected by the Eve's Weekly Miss India contest, since its inception in 1960, until the year 1988. [10]

Since the year 1991, Femina Miss India sent Indian delegates to compete at Miss International, and was successful in producing two first runner-ups and one second runner-up titles. [11] The last highest placement of Femina Miss India's representative at Miss International was achieved by Shonali Nagrani, who was crowned as the first runner-up in Miss International 2003. [12] [13] The Times Group dropped the franchise of Miss International in 2015. The last representative to Miss International by the Miss India Organization was Jhataleka Malhotra in 2014. [14] [15]

The Divine Group acquired the rights to send India's delegates to the Miss Earth in the year 2019. [16] and Miss International in 2023. [17] Deepak Agarwal, the founder and CEO of Divine Group, serves as one of the National Directors. [18] The first edition of Miss Divine Beauty was held on 31 August 2019 at Kingdom of Dreams, New Delhi. [19] The finale was witnessed by Miss Earth 2018 Nguyễn Phương Khánh, Miss Intercontinental 2018 Karen Gallman and Miss Earth Water 2018 Valeria Ayos. [2] Tejaswini Manogna became the first delegate to win the title of Divine Miss India. [20] [21] From 2019 onwards, Miss Divine Beauty is responsible for the selection of future Miss Earth India. [22]

Miss Divine Beauty aims to extend its wholehearted support to the women of today who have the potential to lead and represent the country tomorrow. Contest is devised and programmed to empower the women of today to be capable of being recognized at one of the biggest platform and voice their opinion on social rights and responsibilities and extend their support to make society a better place to live with peace globally. The winners will represent India at Miss Earth, Miss International and other international pageants.

In July 2023, the Divine Group obtained the license to send a delegate representing India to the Miss International pageant being held annually in Japan and is one among the Big Four major international beauty pageants in the world. The licence is valid for three years (2023-2025).

Miss Divine Beauty Winners

YearTitleholdersRunner-upMiss Divine Beauty's Achievements and Placement
2023

Miss Earth India 2023
Priyan Sain

Miss International India 2023
Praveena Aanjna

Miss Earth Runner-up
Tejaswini Shrivastava

Miss International Runner-up
Pema Bhutia

Miss Earth 2023
Priyan Sain
(Top 20)

Miss International 2023
Praveena Aanjna
(Unplaced)

2022

Miss Earth India 2022
Vanshika Parmar

Miss Global India 2023
Mansi Chourasiya

Miss Earth Runner-up
Sukraty Saxena

Miss Global Runner-up
Simran Singh Gurjar

Miss Earth 2022
Vanshika Parmar
(Unplaced)

Miss Global 2023
Mansi Chourasiya
(Unplaced)

2021

Miss Earth India 2021
Rashmi Madhuri

Runner-up
Alankrita Shahi

Miss Earth 2021
Rashmi Madhuri
(Unplaced)

2020

Miss Earth India 2020
Tanvi Kharote

1st Runner-up
Shriya Torne

2nd Runner-up
Maria Chanu Pangambam

Miss Earth 2020
Tanvi Kharote
(Unplaced)

2019

Miss Earth India 2019
Tejaswini Manogna

Miss Intercontinental India 2019
Sonal Dubey


1st Runner-up
Rashmi Madhuri

2nd Runner-up
Nikeet Dhillon

Miss Earth 2019
Tejaswini Manogna
(Unplaced)

Miss Intercontinental 2019
Sonal Dubey
(Unplaced)

Editions

EditionDateMiss Earth IndiaLocationNumber of Entrants
2023August 26Priyan Sain [23] Jawaharlal Nehru Auditorium, New Delhi16
2022September 3Vanshika Parmar27
2021September 24Rashmi MadhuriWelcom Hotel, Dwarka, New Delhi18
2020 August 31Tanvi KharoteVirtual pageant20
2019August 30 Tejaswini Manogna Kingdom of Dreams, Gurgaon, Delhi40

Representatives at international pageants

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Miss Earth

YearDelegateStatePlacementSpecial Awards
2024 TBATBATBA
2023 Priyan Sain Rajasthan Top 20
2022 Vanshika Parmar Himachal Pradesh Unplaced
2021 Rashmi Madhuri Karnataka Unplaced
2020 Tanvi Kharote [24] Maharashtra Unplaced
2019 Tejaswini Manogna [25] Telangana UnplacedMiss Global Choice
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Bronze medal icon.svg – Long Gown (Water Group)

Miss International

YearDelegateStatePlacementSpecial Awards
2023 Praveena Aanjna Rajasthan UnplacedTop 7 - Best National Costume

Miss Global

YearDelegateStatePlacementSpecial Awards
2023Mansi Chourasiya Madhya Pradesh Unplaced

Former Franchise

Miss Intercontinental

YearDelegateStatePlacementSpecial Awards
2019Sonal Dubey Chhattisgarh Unplaced
Surina Jaidka Punjab Couldn't compete

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