Femina Miss India 2024

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Femina Miss India 2024
DateOctober 2024
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  2023

Femina Miss India 2024 will be the 60th edition of the Femina Miss India beauty pageant, poised to celebrate its diamond jubilee year. 30 contestants representing all 28 states (including Delhi) and a collective representative for the Union Territories will participate in the competition. The reigning Miss India, Nandini Gupta of Rajasthan, will crown her successor at the end of the event. The winner will represent India at 73rd edition of the Miss World pageant. [1] [2]

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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. [3] [4]

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. This marks the first time a state winner has been announced on the same day as the auditions. [5] [6]

Event Schedule

The following is the list of the schedules of all the events of Femina Miss India 2024: [7]

EventDateLocation
North Zone Auditions27 July 2024 Greater Noida
North-East Zone Auditions02 August 2024 Guwahati
South Zone Auditions04 August 2024 Bengaluru
East Zone Auditions08 August 2024 Kolkata
West Zone Auditions10 August 2024 Mumbai

Contestants

The following is the list of the official delegates of Femina Miss India 2024 representing 28 states +1 common winner from all Union territories of the country:

Color key
ZoneStateDelegateAge
East Bihar TBATBA
Chhattisgarh TBATBA
Jharkhand TBATBA
Odisha TBATBA
West Bengal TBATBA
North East Arunachal Pradesh TBATBA
Assam TBATBA
Manipur TBATBA
Meghalaya TBATBA
Mizoram TBATBA
Nagaland TBATBA
Sikkim TBATBA
Tripura TBATBA
NorthDelhiTBATBA
Haryana TBATBA
Himachal Pradesh TBATBA
Madhya Pradesh TBATBA
Punjab TBATBA
Uttarakhand TBATBA
Uttar Pradesh TBATBA
South Andhra Pradesh TBATBA
Karnataka TBATBA
Kerala TBATBA
Tamil Nadu TBATBA
Telangana TBATBA
West & Union Territory Goa TBATBA
Gujarat TBATBA
Maharashtra TBATBA
Rajasthan TBATBA
Union Territory TBATBA

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