Femina Miss India 2024

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Femina Miss India 2024
Date16 October 2024
Presenters
Entertainment
VenueFamous Studios, Mumbai
Broadcaster
Entrants30
Placements15
Winner Nikita Porwal
Madhya Pradesh
PhotogenicRekha Pandey
Union Territory
←  2023

Femina Miss India 2024 was the 60th edition of Femina Miss India pageant, marking its diamond jubilee, was held on October 16, 2024 in Mumbai, featuring 30 contestants representing all 29 states, including Delhi, along with a combined representative for the Union Territories. [1] [2] [3] [4] The full show will air on Doordarshan on November 10, 2024, and will also be available for streaming on the JioCinema OTT platform from the same date.

Contents

At the end of the event, Nandini Gupta of Rajasthan, the outgoing Femina Miss India 2023, crowned Nikita Porwal from Madhya Pradesh as the new Femina Miss India 2024. Nikita will now represent India at the 73rd Miss World pageant. [5]

Rekha Pandey from the Union Territory and Aayushi Dholakia from Gujarat were awarded the titles of first and second runners-up, respectively.

Results

Final Result

For regional group:For international placement:
E East Zone
  The contestant won in an international pageant.
NE North East Zone
  The contestant was a runner-up in an international pageant.
N North Zone
  The contestant was a semi-finalist in an international pageant.
S South Zone
  Unplaced
W West Zone
UT Union Territory
PlacementContestantInternational Placement
Femina Miss India World 2024
  • Miss World 2026 – TBA
1st Runner-up
2nd Runner-Up
Top 7
Top 15

§ – Winner of Miss Multimedia
∆ – Winner of Beauty with a Purpose Award

Zonal Titleholders

The Zonal titles were given to delegates who placed highest in the final, aside from the main crown.

Zonal TitlesContestant
East
North East
North
South
West

Sub-title Awards

AwardContestant
Beauty with a Purpose Arunachal Pradesh – Tadu Lunia
Miss Multimedia Meghalaya – Angelia N Marwein

Miss Beautiful Eyes

PlacementContestant
Winner
Top 5

Miss Beautiful Smile

PlacementContestant
Winner
Top 5

Miss Body Beautiful

PlacementContestant
Winner
Top 5

Miss Fit and Fabulous

PlacementContestant
Winner
Top 6

Miss Goodness Ambassador

PlacementContestant
Winner
Top 5

Miss IQ

PlacementContestant
Winner
Top 5

Miss Lifestyle

PlacementContestant
Winner
Top 5

Miss Photogenic

PlacementContestant
Winner
Top 5

Miss Radiant Personality

PlacementContestant
Winner
Top 5

Miss Rampwalk

PlacementContestant
Winner
Top 5

Miss Shining Star

PlacementContestant
Winner
Top 5

Miss Sudoku

PlacementContestant
Winner
Top 5

Miss Talented

PlacementContestant
Winners
Top 5

Format

Following the format established in 2017, applications are invited on a state-by-state basis. These states are further categorized into five zones: East, North East, North, South, and West. After auditions are completed in each zone, finalists from each state will be announced. Subsequently, a state finalist will be declared at a zonal crowning ceremony. Finally, all 30 finalists will compete for the Miss World India title at the grand finale to be held in October 2024. [6] [7]

Selection of participants

On July 27, 2024, the first zonal audition commenced with the North zone, held at Bennett University in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh. Fashion designers Mandira Wirk and Samant Chauhan, Happiness Coach Blossom Kochhar, Brand and Operations Head of the Miss India Organization Natasha Grover, and Mr India 2014 1st runner-up Puneet Beniwal were the members of the selection committee for the North zone audition. Femina Miss India Uttar Pradesh 2023, Tanya Sharma, hosted the audition day.

Femina Miss India officially announced on July 17th via its social media handle that the winner of Femina Miss India Uttar Pradesh 2024 would be revealed at the end of the North Zonal auditions. It was telecasted live on the official social media handle of Femina Miss India and Zoom TV [8] [9]

All zonal auditions concluded by August 11, 2024, featuring various members as jury members. The Top 5 state finalists were announced on Femina Miss India's social media platforms on August 12, 2024. These state finalists will then compete in multiple rounds of final interviews in Mumbai on August 13 and 14, 2024.

The state finalists, determined from the final auditions, are announced on August 17th for the North East and North states, and on August 18th for the East, South, West, and Union Territories via Femina Miss India's official social media handles. [10]

Event Schedule

The following is the list of the schedules of all the events of Femina Miss India 2024: [11]

EventDateLocationJuryPresenter
North Zone Auditions27 July 2024 Greater Noida
  • Blossom Kochhar – Happiness Coach
  • Mandira Wirk – Fashion Designer
  • Natasha Grover – Brand & Operations Head of the Miss India Organization
  • Puneet Beniwal – Mr India 2014 1st Runner-up
  • Samant Chauhan – Fashion Designer
North-East Zone Auditions02 August 2024 Guwahati
South Zone Auditions04 August 2024 Bengaluru
East Zone Auditions08 August 2024 Kolkata
  • Kaustav Saikia – Fashion Photographer
  • Kommal Sood – Fashion Designer
  • Ushasi Ray – Actor
West Zone Auditions10 August 2024 Mumbai
Final Auditions13 – 14 August 2024 Mumbai
Award Night11 October 2024 Mumbai None
  • Sachin Kumbhar – Anchor, Actor
Grand Finale16 October 2024 Mumbai

Contestants

The following is the list of the official delegates of Femina Miss India 2024 representing 29 states +1 common winner from all Union territories of the country: [12]

Color key
ZoneStateDelegateAge
East Bihar Aditi JhaTBA
Chhattisgarh Vishakha RaiTBA
Jharkhand Riya NandiniTBA
Odisha Ananya PandaTBA
West Bengal Dolly SinghTBA
North East Arunachal Pradesh Tadu LuniaTBA
Assam Arundhuti SaikiaTBA
Manipur Chanchui Khayi24
Meghalaya Angelia N MarweinTBA
Mizoram LalsangkimiTBA
Nagaland Jentiren JamirTBA
Sikkim Sahara Subba18
Tripura Nikita GhoshTBA
North Delhi Sifti Singh Sarang19
Haryana Supriya Dahiya22
Himachal Pradesh Aabha KatreTBA
Madhya Pradesh Nikita Porwal 22
Punjab Amrita SethiTBA
Uttarakhand Sakshi JoshiTBA
Uttar Pradesh Divyanshi Batra21
South Andhra Pradesh Bhavya ReddyTBA
Karnataka Apeksha Shetty26
Kerala Akshatha Das Meetinay23
Tamil Nadu MalinaTBA
Telangana Prakruthi Kambam28
West & Union Territory Goa Shruti RaulTBA
Gujarat Aayushi Dholakia 21
Maharashtra Arshia RashidTBA
Rajasthan Vaishnavi SharmaTBA
Union Territory Rekha PandeyTBA

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