Fleur Ezekiel

Fleur Ezekiel
Fleur Ezekiel
Born	Fleur Ezekiel
Occupation	Model
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
	Beauty pageant titleholder
Title	Eve's Weekly Miss India 1959
Years active	1950s-1970s
Major; competition(s)	Eve's Weekly Miss India 1959; (Winner); Miss World 1959 ; (Unplaced)

Last updated November 02, 2025

Fleur Ezekiel is an Indian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Eve's Weekly Miss India 1959 and represented India at Miss World 1959.^{[ citation needed ]} She was the first winner of Eve's Weekly Miss India pageant. She was Indian of Jewish ancestry, descending from a Bene Israel family.^[1] She has one younger brother, Noel Ezekiel. She was an Indian pioneer who brought India into the spotlight after becoming the first Indian to participate in Miss World.^[2]^[3]

References

↑ "Meet the Jewish Beauty Queens of India". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
↑ Miss India 2008, Bindaaspoll, Saturday, 1 November 2008. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
↑ Aafreedi, Navras J. (June 26, 2013). "The Life and Times of the Jewish Beauty Queens of India". The Algemeiner. Tazpit News Agency. Assistant Professor of History, Gautam Buddha University. Retrieved September 17, 2025.

Preceded by First Winner	Eve's Weekly Miss India 1959	Succeeded by Iona Pinto

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[1] "Meet the Jewish Beauty Queens of India". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved 9 March 2022.

[2] Miss India 2008, Bindaaspoll, Saturday, 1 November 2008. Retrieved 3 October 2017.

[3] Aafreedi, Navras J. (June 26, 2013). "The Life and Times of the Jewish Beauty Queens of India". The Algemeiner. Tazpit News Agency. Assistant Professor of History, Gautam Buddha University. Retrieved September 17, 2025.

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