Miss India or Femina Miss India is a national beauty pageant in India that annually selects representatives to compete in Miss World, one of the Big Four major international beauty pageants. It is organised by Femina, a women's magazine published by The Times Group. Since 2013, Femina also organizes Miss Diva separately which sends representatives to Miss Universe.
Sushmita Sen is an Indian actress and model who was crowned Femina Miss India in 1994 and won Miss Universe 1994 at the age of 18. Sen is the first Indian woman to win the competition and has since primarily worked in Hindi films.
Yukta Inderlal Mookhey is an Indian actress, civic activist and the winner of Miss World 1999. She is the fourth Indian woman to win Miss World. She was previously crowned as Femina Miss India World in 1999. She is a former model, and has also worked in Hindi films.
Reita Faria Powell, born on 23 August 1943 to Goan parents in British Bombay, is an Indian physician and former model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the Miss World title in 1966, making her the first Asian woman to win the event. She is also the first Miss World winner to be qualified as a physician.
Saajan Bina Suhagan is a 1978 Indian Hindi-language drama film produced and directed by Saawan Kumar Tak. The film stars Rajendra Kumar, Nutan, Vinod Mehra, Padmini Kohlapure and Shreeram Lagoo, the films music is by Usha Khanna. It has a popular song "Madhuban Khushboo Deta Hai" sung by Yesudas, Anuradha Paudwal and Hemlata. The film was remade in Tamil as Mangala Nayagi in 1980 and remade in Malayalam as Oru Kochukatha Aarum Parayathe Katha in 1984
Parvathy Omanakuttan is an Indian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss India 2008 and later became first runner-up at Miss World 2008. She was also awarded the titles of Miss World Asia & Oceania at the Miss World 2008 competition.
Sahithya Jagannathan is a sports presenter, VJ, anchor, columnist, model, actress and beauty pageant winner of the Vivel Miss Chennai competition in 2009.
The 50th edition of Femina Miss India was held at Yash Raj Studios, Mumbai, on March 24, 2013. The show was telecast live on Colors. A total of 23 contestants competed in the beauty pageant. Navneet Kaur Dhillon of Punjab was crowned Femina Miss India World 2013 by the outgoing titleholder Vanya Mishra. Sobhita Dhulipala and Zoya Afroz were crowned the 1st and 2nd Runners Up respectively.
Navneet Kaur Dhillon is an Indian actress and model, who represented India at Miss World 2013. She was the winner of Pond's 50th edition of Femina Miss World India 2013 that was held in Mumbai on 24 March 2013. She won the Miss Multimedia award during Miss World 2013 beauty pageant,. She finished in top 20.
Zoya Afroz, is an Indian actress and model who appears in Hindi films. She was the winner of Pond's Femina Miss India Indore 2013 Crown. She was later crowned as Pond's Femina Miss India International 2013 at the 50th edition of Pond's Femina Miss India 2013 that was held in Yash Raj Studio, Mumbai on 24 March 2013. She has also worked in numerous films, serials and commercials as a child artist.
Elizabeth Anita Reddi is an Indian model and beauty queen. She was first Indian to win Miss Teenage Intercontinental Pageant.
Miss Diva was introduced by Femina to select a candidate to represent the country at Miss Universe.
Koyal Rana is an Indian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Femina Miss India 2014. She came to attention at the age of 15 during MTV Teen Diva. At the age of 21 she represented India in Miss World 2014 that was held in London and ended up to be in the top 10 with the highest score. She was crowned Miss World Asia after the event.
Chandana Banerjee is an Indian actress, model and beauty queen. She was the winner of first edition of Femina Teen Princess. She represented India at International Teen Princess 1967 held in Chicago, Illinois on 26 May 1967 and was crowned 1st Runner Up there. After that she became a model in India.
Gail Nicole Da Silva is an Indian model and beauty queen from Goa who won was crowned Femina Miss India United Continent 2014 and placed as 1st Runner Up at the Miss United Continents 2014 pageant. She also won two special awards there including Best National Costume and Miss Photogenic at Miss United Continent 2014.
Alankrita Sahai is an Indian model-turned-actor and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned as Miss India Earth 2014. She is the first Indian to win 7 titles at the Miss Earth pageant held in the Philippines. In 2018, she made her acting debut with the Netflix romantic comedy film called Love per Square Foot. The same year, she also played the role of Alisha in the film Namaste England. She is also a Tedx Speaker. She has worked with over 200 brands and has been the face of many leading brands. She is the last India's representative at Miss Earth who was chosen by Femina Miss India and Miss Diva.
Ruhi Dilip Singh is an Indian actress, model, former Miss India and an Influencer. She began her acting career by starring at the drama film Calendar Girls (2015).
Ipsita Pati has won multiple beauty pageant contests including that of Miss Asia and Miss International. Pati has also acted in Hindi film, Chor Bazaari (2014). Forty Two Feet Long Statues of Lord Shiva and Parvati donated by Ipsita Pati at Budhakhol, Buguda, Odisha.
Akshaya Alshi, is a famous Fashion Influencer in the country. Akshaya represented Indian blogger community at SIIMA international film festival. Alshi is an important the fashion and entertainment Industry. She has a massive presence on Instagram with a huge fan following. She is a beauty pageant titleholder from Gujarat. Akshaya Alshi was 20 years of age when she was crowned Miss Cosmopolitan World India 2016 and represented India at Miss Cosmopolitan World 2016 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She won a national level pageant, Miss Glam India 2016
Meenakshi Chaudhary is an Indian model, actor and beauty pageant titleholder. She represented the state of Haryana at the Femina Miss India 2018 pageant, where she was crowned as Miss Grand India. Chaudhary represented India at Miss Grand International 2018 and was crowned as 1st runner up, becoming India's highest placer in the pageant.
