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Miss India Australia refers to Indian diaspora beauty pageants held nationally in Australia. The three main pageants are Miss India Australia (Opera), Miss India Australia (Touch the Soul)andMiss India Australia (Raj Suri).
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Miss India Australia refers to Indian diaspora beauty pageants held nationally in Australia. The three main pageants are Miss India Australia (Opera), Miss India Australia (Touch the Soul)andMiss India Australia (Raj Suri).
Melbourne based yoga teacher Rashi Saxena Kapoor (Pinka) [1] [2] created controversy in November 2014, when she falsely claimed to be winner of 'Miss India Australia' to grab the role of MC at a Prime Minister Narendra Modi meet and greet event in Sydney. [3]
Rashi Kapoor (Saxena) later misused her role as President of AIBC Victoria (Australia India Business Council) to grab the role of COO and CFO in MIG Real Estate, Melbourne in return for giving out of turn sponsorship opportunities to MIG's Amit Miglani. [4]
Rashi was earlier enrolled in a school in Delhi, India as Rashi Saxena, but later changed her name to Rashi Kapoor, and did not disclose the name change when filing her papers for Australian Visa, and later citizenship.
Opera Miss India Australia also known as Miss India Global Australia is an Australian beauty pageant for unmarried women of Indian origin which selects Indian diaspora women to compete in Miss India Global. [5] The pageant was founded by Opera Media & Recreations Pvt Ltd and newspaper Hindi Gaurav in 2010. [5] [6] Mentor is Mr Anuj Kulshrestha. [7] [8]
| Year | Miss India Australia | Mrs India Australia | Guest Judge | Subtitle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Dia Soni [9] [10] | Amy Kauler [11] | ||
| 2018 | Palak Gupta [12] [13] [14] (Global) | Simran Gulati (Global) | Mughda Godse | Palak Gupta - Miss Talented 2018 |
| 2019 | Deepti Dialani (Opera) Raman Grewal (Global) | Dimple Doshi (Global) | Dimple Doshi - Miss Talented 2018 | |
| 2020 | Theresa Joji [15] | Kanika Singh [15] | ||
| 2021 | Riya Dash (Opera) | Subhangi Jana (Opera) | ||
Miss India Australia (Touch the Soul) is an Australian beauty pageant for unmarried women of Indian origin founded and conceptualised by Reena Koak [16] and main sponsor and partners have been Maharaja Haveli. [17] [18] There is a men's division, "Mr India Australia" and a married women's division, "Mrs India Australia". [19]
Guest judges have included Indian actresses Soha Ali Khan in 2015, [17] Karisma Kapoor in 2016 [19] and Dia Mirza in 2018.
| Year | Miss India Australia | Mrs India Australia | Mr India Australia | Sub Titles | Guest Judge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Shayesta Tarana Khunger [20] | Mili Devmurari Suthar [20] | Shayesta Tarana Khunger - 'Miss Beautiful Smile [20] | ||
| 2014 | Phalguni Kataria [2] [3] | Anant Sidana [2] | Rohit Kali [2] | ||
| 2015 | Tanya Bali [17] | Jaspreet Kaur [17] | Deepanshu Dhiman [17] | Soha Ali Khan [17] | |
| 2016 | Neekita Naidu [21] | Kamini Sabrewal [21] | Pavreet Singh [21] | Karisma Kapoor [19] | |
| 2018 | Sujneet Kaur Johal [22] | Nancy Arora [22] | Aariz Jamali [22] | Rushana Afu - 'Miss Congeniality' [23] Saroni Roy - "India Australia Goodwill Ambassador" [24] | Dia Mirza [18] |
Miss India Australia by Raj Suri is an Australian beauty pageant which selects Indian diaspora women to compete in Miss India Worldwide. [25] The contest was founded in 2001 by photographer, director & actor Raj Suri.[ citation needed ]
Color keys
| Year | Miss India Australia | Placement at Miss India Worldwide | Special Awards |
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| 2003 | Rashi Chandok [26] | Top 5 at Miss India Worldwide 2003 | Most Beautiful Skin |
| 2004 | Vimala Raman [27] | Top 5 at Miss India Worldwide 2005 | |
| 2005 | Tahirah Islam [28] | Top 5 at Miss India Worldwide 2006 | Miss Beautiful Hair |
| 2006 | Kiara Podesta | Top 10 at Miss India Worldwide 2007 | |
| 2007 | Cassandra Fernandez | Unplaced | Miss Congeniality |
| 2008 | Kanchan Verma [29] | 1st Runner-up at Miss India Worldwide 2009 | Most Beautiful Skin |
| 2010 | Pallavi Sharda | Unplaced | Fresh Look |
| 2011 | Ankita Cheryl Ghazan | Miss India Worldwide 2011 | Miss Beautiful Hair |
| 2012 | Olivia Rose | 2nd Runner-up at Miss India Worldwide 2012 | |
| 2013 | Zenia Starr | Unplaced | |
| 2014 | Swetha Raj [30] | Unplaced | |
| 2015 | Nibedita Pal [31] | Unplaced | |
| 2016 | Sukhmani Khaira [32] | Unplaced | |
| 2017 | Aarzu Singh [33] | Top 5 at Miss India Worldwide 2017 | Miss Photogenic |
| 2018 | Sakshi Singh [34] | 1st Runner-up at Miss India Worldwide 2018 | |
| 2019 | Srishti Aggarwal [35] | Top 10 at Miss India Worldwide 2019 |
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