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, Femina has also organised Miss Diva as a separate competition, with representatives competing at Miss Universe.
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 Diva is a part of Femina Miss India pageant that primarily selects India's representatives to Miss Universe, one of the Big Four major international beauty pageants. The pageant also sends representative to Miss Supranational.
The grand finale of the third edition of Miss Diva was held on October 14, 2015. 16 contestants vied for the title and the chance to represent India at the Miss Universe beauty pageant. Urvashi Rautela was crowned Miss Diva 2015, while Natasha Assadi and Naveli Deshmukh were crowned 1st and 2nd Runners Up respectively. The pageant was aired on Romedy Now from 12 October to 18 October 2015. It was also telecast on Zoom and Zee Cafe.
Rewati Chetri is an Indian model and beauty pageant titleholder. She participated in Femina Miss India 2015 where she was a finalist. She has been crowned Miss Asia at the World Miss University 2016 pageant, held in Beijing. In 2016 she participated in the Senorita India pageant, and won the title of Miss International India 2016. She represented India at Miss International 2016 held in Tokyo, Japan
Srinidhi Ramesh Shetty is an Indian actress, model and the winner of the Miss Supranational 2016 pageant. She was crowned as Miss Diva Supranational 2016 at the Miss Diva - 2016 pageant and later represented India at Miss Supranational 2016, which she won. She is the second Indian representative to have won this title. She has appeared primarily in Kannada and Tamil films.
Jenny Kim is a South Korean model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Supranational 2017. She was previously appointed Miss Universe Korea 2016, and competed in Miss Universe 2016.
Roshmitha Harimurthy is an Indian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned as Miss Universe India 2016 at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium, Mumbai. As winner of Miss Diva - 2016, she represented India at Miss Universe 2016 in Manila, Philippines.
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.
Shraddha Shashidhar is an Indian beauty pageant winner who was crowned Miss Diva Universe 2017 and represented India at Miss Universe 2017.
The 6th edition of Miss Diva took place on 31 August 2018. Top 19 contestants selected from all over the country competed in the pageant, who were mentored by Miss Universe 2000, Lara Dutta. At the end of the event, Miss Universe India 2017, Shraddha Shashidhar crowned Nehal Chudasama as her successor. She represented India at the 67th Miss Universe 2018 pageant held in Bangkok, Thailand on 16 December 2018. At the same event, Aditi Hundia was crowned as Miss Diva - Supranational 2018 and Roshni Sheoran was crowned as Runner-up. Miss Universe 2017, Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters was a member of the jury. Miss Supranational 2017, Jenny Kim also graced the event. This was also the first miss diva pageant in which the finale was telecasted on the same day.
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.
Miss Supranational is an annual international female beauty pageant, started in 2009, and with most contests held in Poland and a parallel male contest, Mister Supranational, began in 2016, also in Poland.
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.
Miss Supranational 2017 was the ninth Miss Supranational pageant. It was held on December 1, 2017 at MOSIR Arena in Krynica-Zdrój, Poland. Srinidhi Shetty of India crowned Jenny Kim of Korea at the end of the event. She is the first winner from South Korea and the win is the first major title for her country.
Miss Supranational 2016 was the eighth Miss Supranational pageant. It was held on December 2, 2016, at MOSIR Arena in Krynica-Zdrój, Poland. Stephanía Vasquez Stegman of Paraguay crowned Srinidhi Shetty of India at the end of the event.
Harnaaz Kaur Sandhu is an Indian model, actress, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe 2021. Sandhu had been previously crowned Miss Diva Universe 2021, and is the third entrant from India to win Miss Universe.
Miss Diva 2022 was the 10th anniversary edition of the Miss Diva beauty pageant held on 28th August 2022. At the end of the event, Harnaaz Sandhu crowned Divita Rai as her successor. She will represent India in the Miss Universe 2022 pageant. Ritika Khatnani crowned Pragnya Ayyagari as her successor. She will compete in the Miss Supranational 2023 pageant to represent India. Sonal Kukreja also crowned Ojasvi Sharma as the successor to Liva Miss Popular Choice 2022.
