A beauty pageant is a competition that has traditionally focused on judging and ranking the physical attributes of the contestants. Pageants have now evolved to include inner beauty, with criteria covering judging of personality, intelligence, talent, character, and charitable involvement, through private interviews with judges and answers to public on-stage questions. The term beauty pageant refers originally to the Big Four international beauty pageants.
Miss Earth is an annual international major beauty pageant based in the Philippines that advocates for environmental awareness, conservation and social responsibility. Along with Miss World, Miss Universe, and Miss International, it is one of the Big Four international beauty pageants.
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 to 2022, Femina also organised Miss Diva as a separate competition, with representatives competing at Miss Universe.
Miss Earth Japan is a beauty pageant held annually in Japan. The titleholder represents Japan in the international Miss Earth pageant.
Nicole Estelle Faria is an Indian actress, model and the winner of the Miss Earth 2010 pageant. She is the brand ambassador for various brands including Clean & Clear, a line of dermatology products owned by Johnson & Johnson and was the international brand ambassador for Swiss luxury wristwatches Frédérique Constant. She was featured on international fashion and lifestyle magazine covers, like Elle, Vogue, Cosmopolitan, JFW, Man's World Magazine and appeared on the Kingfisher Calendar in 2014. She has made significant contribution in spreading awareness about the detrimental effect of pollution on Rabindra Sarobar Lakes in Kolkata, West Bengal.
Hasleen Kaur is an Indian model. She was the first runner up at the Pantaloons Femina Miss India and represented India at the Miss Earth 2011 beauty pageant on 3 December 2011. She has appeared in several advertisements before making her Bollywood debut in the 2014 movie Karle Pyaar Karle.
The Miss Diva is a part of Femina Miss India pageant that primarily selects India's representatives to Miss Universe, one of the Big Four major international beauty pageants. The pageant also sends representative to Miss Supranational.
Miss Earth India or Miss India Earth is a title given to the Indian woman who represents India at Miss Earth, an annual, international beauty pageant promoting environmental awareness. The current national pageant which chooses the Indian representative for Miss Earth is Miss Divine Beauty of India.
Aaital Khosla is an Indian model and beauty queen. She was crowned Glamanand Supermodel India in the year 2015 and represented India at Miss Earth 2015 pageant held in Vienna, Austria.
Asha Bhat is an Indian actress, model and the winner of the Miss Supranational 2014 pageant. She is the first Indian to win the title. She made her acting debut with 2019 Hindi film Junglee alongside Vidyut Jammwal and then appeared in 2021 Kannada action thriller film Roberrt.
Rewati Chetri is an Indian model and beauty pageant titleholder. She participated in Femina Miss India 2015 where she was a finalist. She has been crowned Miss Asia at the World Miss University 2016 pageant, held in Beijing. In 2016 she participated in the Senorita India pageant, and won the title of Miss International India 2016. She represented India at Miss International 2016 held in Tokyo, Japan
Katerina Ana Katakalides is an American model and beauty pageant titleholder. She won the Teen Miss New York 2016 competition in the Miss Earth United States system. She represented New York at Teen Miss Earth United States 2016. In 2017, she signed with Bicoastal MGMT. In 2022, she placed in the Top 6 at the United States of America's Miss pageant.
Miss Earth 2018, the 18th edition of the Miss Earth pageant, with the theme "Goddesses of the Earth", was held on November 3, 2018, at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines. Karen Ibasco of the Philippines crowned her successor Nguyễn Phương Khánh of Vietnam at the end of the event. This is the first time Vietnam won the Miss Earth pageant, one of the Big Four international beauty pageants. On October 20, 2018, Miss Earth announced in their Facebook page that the winners of Eco-Video and Eco-Media Award winners automatically fast-tracked to the Top 18; the two delegates who earned two spots through the preliminary panel of judges and by the votes of social media.
Glamanand Supermodel India 2018 was the fourth edition of the Glamanand Supermodel India pageant. It concluded on 17 September 2018 at the Kingdom of Dreams in Gurugram, Delhi, India. At the conclusion of the event, 19 year old Tanishqa Bhosale from Pune was crowned Glamanand Miss India International 2018 by outgoing titleholder Ankita Kumari and represented India at the Miss International 2018 pageant that took place in Japan.
Tanishqa Bhosale is an Indian model and beauty pageant titleholder. She was crowned Miss India International 2018 and also won the subtitle 'Miss Timeless Beauty' at the pageant. Tanishqa represented India at the 58th edition of the Miss International pageant held in Tokyo, Japan. She was awarded Panasonic Beauty Ambassador for the year 2018 and Miss Visit Japan Tourism Ambassador at Miss International pageant.
Glamanand International India is a national beauty pageant in India that annually selects representative to compete in Miss Grand International, one of the Big Four major international beauty pageants. The pageant also selects representatives to Miss Grand International and Miss Multinational, an international pageant organized by the Glamanand group.
Nguyễn Phương Khánh is a Vietnamese model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Earth 2018. She is the first Vietnamese woman to win the Miss Earth title and the first to win one of the Big Four international beauty pageants.
Miss Diva 2020 was the 8th edition of the Miss Diva beauty pageant held on February 22, 2020. A total of 20 contestants were shortlisted from various auditions across the country. Vartika Singh crowned Adline Castelino as her successor and she represented India at Miss Universe 2020. Shefali Sood crowned Aavriti Choudhary as her successor and she represented India at Miss Supranational 2021. Miss Diva 2018 Runner up Roshni Sheoran crowned Neha Jaiswal as her successor. Anntonia Porsild, Miss Supranational 2019 graced the event. This was the first edition of Miss Diva under Liva Fluid Fashion.
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 pageants. Miss Earth and Miss International is two of the Big Four major international beauty pageants in the world.
Naaz Joshi is India's first transgender international beauty queen, a trans rights activist and a motivational speaker.
