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.
Marc Robinson is an Indian actor and former model. He is also a beauty pageant director and a grooming expert. Robinson initiated his career in the fashion, entertainment and media industry as a leading supermodel and later moved on as a television presenter for channel V. As an actor he has played the male lead roles in Bada Din (1998), opposite Shabana Azmi and Tara Deshpande.
The 50th edition of Femina Miss India was held at Yash Raj Studios, Mumbai, on March 24, 2013. The show was telecast live on Colors. A total of 23 contestants competed in the beauty pageant. Navneet Kaur Dhillon of Punjab was crowned Femina Miss India World 2013 by the outgoing titleholder Vanya Mishra. Sobhita Dhulipala and Zoya Afroz were crowned the 1st and 2nd Runners Up respectively.
Miss Diva was introduced by Femina to select a candidate to represent the country at Miss Universe.
Koyal Rana is an Indian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Femina Miss India 2014. She came to attention at the age of 15 during MTV Teen Diva. At the age of 21 she represented India in Miss World 2014 that was held in London and ended up to be in the top 10 with the highest score. She was crowned Miss World Asia after the event.
Prateek Jain is an Indian model, actor and the winner of Provogue MensXP Mister World India 2014. He represented India at Mister World 2014 and was among Top 10 Finalists. In 2015, he won Asian Supermodel Contest held in China. He is the first Indian man to win the Asian Supermodel Contest.
Femina Miss India Delhi is beauty pageant in India whose winners compete nationally in Femina Miss India pageant. The first Femina Miss India Delhi was Meri jaanki of udairamsar. The reigning Femina Miss India Delhi is Shreya Poonja. She represented Delhi at Femina Miss India 2023, where she placed the 1st Runner Up
The second edition of Miss Diva was held on 14 October 2014. Fifteen contestants were shortlisted from thousands of aspirants in the country, who were mentored by Miss Universe 2000, Lara Dutta. At the end of the event, Miss Universe India 2013, Manasi Moghe crowned Noyonita Lodh as her successor. She represented India India at the Miss Universe 2014 pageant held in Doral, Florida, USA on 25 January 2015. At the same event, Alankrita Sahai was crowned as Miss Diva - Earth 2014 and Asha Bhat was crowned as Miss Diva - Supranational 2014.
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.
There are a number of Iraqi beauty pageants. Miss Iraq is one of the national beauty pageants in Iraq. Others include miss World Iraq and Miss Earth Iraq.
The 5th edition of Miss Diva took place on 11 October 2017. The top 15 contestants selected from all over the country competed in the pageant.
Glamanand International India is a national beauty pageant in India that annually selects representative to compete in Miss Grand International. The pageant also selects representatives to Miss Multinational, an international pageant organized by the Glamanand group.
Miss Earth Myanmar is a national beauty pageant in Myanmar organized by Miss Earth Myanmar Organization.
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.
Rashi Rao is an Indian model who was crowned Miss Earth India 2016. Rashi represented India at the Miss Earth 2016 pageant.
Miss Teen Diva 2020 was the inaugural edition of Miss Teen Diva beauty pageant. It was held on January 25, 2021 at Kingdom of Dreams in Gurugram, India. The event was hosted by Simran Ahuja. At the conclusion of the event, Rashi Parasrampuria was crowned Miss Teen India International 2020 by outgoing titleholder, Aayushi Dholakia from Gujarat. At the same event, Wachi Pareek was crowned Miss Teen India Universe 2020, Aishwarya Vinu was crowned Miss Teen India Earth 2020 and Sayali Ayre was crowned Miss Teen India Multinational 2020. Along with that, two runners-up, Pranjal Priya and Sejal Kumar.
Miss Diva 2021 was the 9th edition of the Miss Diva beauty pageant which was held on 30 September 2021 in Hyatt Regency Hotel, Mumbai. The 20 shortlisted contestants from all over the country competed in the pageant. Adline Castelino crowned Harnaaz Sandhu as her successor. After three months, she represented India at Miss Universe 2021 and became the 3rd Miss Universe from India to win the crown. Aavriti Choudhary crowned Ritika Khatnani as her successor. She represented India at Miss Supranational 2022 and won the title of Miss Supranational Asia 2022. Neha Jaiswal crowned Sonal Kukreja as 1st Runner-Up, whereas Kriti Sanon sashed all the remaining Runners-Up. Divita Rai was selected to represent India at Miss Universe 2022 and placed in the top 16.
Miss Diva 2022 was the 10th anniversary edition of the Miss Diva beauty pageant held on 30th October 2022. At the end of the event, Harnaaz Sandhu crowned Divita Rai as her successor. She represented India in the Miss Universe 2022 pageant and placed in the top 16. Ritika Khatnani crowned Pragnya Ayyagari as her successor. She competed in the Miss Supranational 2023 pageant representing India. She placed in the top 12 and was crowned as Miss Supranational Asia 2023. Sonal Kukreja also crowned Ojasvi Sharma as the successor to Liva Miss Popular Choice 2022.
Miss Teen Diva is a national beauty pageant in India that annually selects representatives to compete in Miss Teen International, Miss Teen World, Miss Teen Universe, Miss Teen Earth, Miss Teen Multinational and Miss Teen Grand Pageants. The beauty pageant was started in 2020 by the Glamanand Group and was merged with Miss Teen India for three years.
Miss Diva 2023 was the 11th edition of the Miss Diva beauty pageant held on 27 August 2023. At the end of the event Divita Rai crowned her successor Shweta Sharda. Pragnya Ayyagari crowned her successor Sonal Kukreja. Shweta Sharda will represent India at Miss Universe 2023 in El Salvador on 18 November 2023 and Sonal Kukreja will represent India at Miss Supranational 2024 in Poland on 17 July 2024 respectively.
