Formation | 2015 |
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Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | New Delhi |
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Official language | Hindi, English |
Owner | Nikhil Anand |
National director | Nikhil Anand |
Key people | Nikhil Anand Nishant Anand Rajiv K Shrivastava |
Parent organisation | Glamanand Group |
Subsidiaries | Miss Teen India |
Website | www |
Glamanand International India is a national beauty pageant in India that annually selects representative to compete in Miss Universe and Miss Grand International. [1] [2] [3] The pageant also selects representatives to Miss Multinational, an international pageant organized by the Glamanand group. [4] [5]
Nikhil Anand, the founder and CEO of Glamanand Group, serves as one of the National Directors. [6]
The reigning Glamanand Supermodel India 2023 (Miss Grand India) is Arshina Sumbul, who was crowned by the outgoing titleholder Praachi Nagpal. [7]
India's representatives to the Miss International beauty pageant were initially selected by the Eve's Weekly Miss India contest, since its inception in 1960, until the year 1988. [8]
Since the year 1991, Femina Miss India sent Indian delegates to compete at Miss International, and was successful in producing two first runners-up and one second runner-up. [9] The last highest placement of Femina Miss India's representative at Miss International was achieved by Shonali Nagrani, who was crowned as the first runner-up in Miss International 2003. [10] [11] The Times Group dropped the franchise of Miss International in 2015. The last representative to Miss International by the Miss India Organization was Jhataleka Malhotra in 2014. [12] [13]
The Glamanand Group acquired the rights to send India's delegates to the Miss International in the year 2015. [14] The first edition of this pageant was held on 4 November 2015 at Courtyard Marriott Hotel, New Delhi. [15] Supriya Aiman became the first delegate to win the title of Glamanand Miss International India. [16] Since 2015 onwards, Glamanand Supermodel India has been responsible for the selection of Miss International India. [17] [18]
Year | Titleholders | Runner-up | India's Achievements and Placement |
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2024 | Miss Grand India Miss Cosmo India Miss Charm India Miss Tourism India | Runner-up | Miss Grand International 2024 Miss Cosmo 2024 Miss Charm 2024 Miss Tourism World 2024 |
2023 | Miss Grand India Miss Tourism India | Runner-up | |
2022 | Miss International India Miss Grand India | 1st Runner-up 2nd Runner-up | Miss Grand International 2022 |
2021 | Miss International India Miss Multinational India Miss Globe India Miss Tourism India | Runner-up | Miss International 2022 Miss Multinational 2024 |
2020 | Miss Grand India | Miss Grand International 2020 | |
2019 | Miss International India Miss Multinational India | 1st Runner-up 2nd Runner-up | Miss International 2019 Miss Multinational 2023 |
2018 | Miss International India Miss Multinational India Miss Earth India | Runner-up | Miss International 2018 Miss Multinational 2022 Miss Earth 2018 |
2017 | Miss International India Miss Multinational India Miss Tourism India | Miss International 2017 Miss Multinational 2017 Miss Tourism World | |
2015 | Miss International India Miss Earth India Miss Tourism India | 1st Runner-up 2nd Runner-up | Miss International 2015 Miss Earth 2015 |
Glamanand Group will select India's representative exclusively for the 73rd edition of Miss Universe.
Year | Miss Universe India | State | Placement | Special Awards | Ref. |
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2024 |
Glamanand Group selected India's representative exclusively for the 8th and 10th editions of Miss Grand International.
Year | Miss Grand India | State | Placement | Special Awards | Ref. |
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2024 | Rachel Gupta | Punjab | TBA | ||
2023 | Arshina Sumbul | Rajasthan | Top 20 |
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2022 | Praachi Nagpal | Telangana | Unplaced |
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2020 | Simran Sharma | Rajasthan | Unplaced |
Glamanand Group has been selecting India's representatives for this pageant since the year 2018. [20]
Year | Miss Teen International India | State | Placement | Special Awards | Ref. |
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2021 | Rashi Parasrampuria | Maharashtra | Top 10 | Miss Teen International Asia 2022 | [21] |
2020 | No pageant conducted | ||||
2019 | Aayushi Dholakia | Gujarat | Miss Teen International 2019 | [22] | |
2018 | Ritika Khatnani | Maharashtra | 1st runner-up | [23] |
Miss Multinational is a New Delhi–based international beauty pageant organized by Glamanand Entertainment. The pageant was first held in 2017. [24] [25]
Year | Miss Multinational India | State | Placement | Special Awards | Ref. |
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2022 | Divija Gambhir | New Delhi | TBD | TBD | |
2021 | Tanvi Malhara | New Delhi | TBD | TBD | [26] |
2018 | Simran Sharma | Jaipur | Top 9 | Best National Costume | [27] |
Deepshika Sharma | Dethroned | [28] | |||
2017 | Shefali Sharma | New Delhi | 2nd runner-up | [4] |
Glamanand Group will choose the exclusive India's representatives for the 2nd edition of Miss Charm.
Year | Miss Charm India | State | Placement | Special Awards | Ref. |
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2024 | Shivangi Desai | Maharashtra | TBA |
Glamanand Group will choose the exclusive India's representatives for the 1st edition of Miss Cosmo.
Year | Miss Cosmo India | State | Placement | Special Awards | Ref. |
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2024 | Rajashree Dowarah | Assam | TBA |
From 2015-2022, the Glamanand Group acquired the rights to select India's representatives at the Miss International beauty pageant. [18]
Year | Miss International India | State | Placement | Special Awards | Ref. |
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2022 | Zoya Afroz | Uttar Pradesh | Unplaced | [17] | |
2019 | Simrithi Bathija | Maharashtra | Unplaced | [29] | |
2018 | Tanishqa Bhosale | Maharashtra | Unplaced | [30] | |
2017 | Ankita Kumari | Bihar | Unplaced | [31] | |
2016 | Rewati Chetri | Assam | Unplaced | [32] | |
2015 | Supriya Aiman | Bihar | Unplaced | [14] |
In 2015 & 2018, Glamanand Supermodel India had the franchise to send India's representatives to the Miss Earth pageant.
Year | Miss Earth India | State | Placement | Special Awards | Ref. |
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2018 | Nishi Bhardwaj | New Delhi | Unplaced | 2nd Runner Up – Resort wear competition (Air Group) | |
Devika Vaid [33] | New Delhi | Could not compete due to leg injury [34] | |||
2015 | Aaital Khosla | Punjab | Unplaced | Winner – Cooking challenge (Team Asia) |
Glamanand Group has been selecting India's representatives for this pageant since the year 2017.
Year | Miss Teen International India | State | Placement | Special Awards | Ref. |
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2023 | Asmita Chakraborty | New Delhi | Unplaced | Best in Talent | |
2017 | Ishika Taneja | New Delhi | Unplaced | Miss Tourism World Business Woman | [35] |
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