Miss Divine Beauty is a national

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operating under the parent organization Divine Group, that primarily selects

's representatives to compete at

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, an annual international beauty pageant working towards

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and promoting

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. Miss Earth is one of the

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major international beauty pageants in the world. The reigning Miss Divine Beauty (

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) is Rashmi Madhuri, who was crowned the title of Miss India Earth 2021 by the former queen Tanvi Kharote. Tanvi Kharote was crowned in 2020 by the Miss earth India 2019 titleholder Tejaswini Manogna. Also, Miss Divine Beauty has introduced a new Award "Beauty With A Responsibility" in 2021. This award aims to not only acknowledge the work done by the beauty queens in order to bring a substantial change but also support the future endeavours of their projects. Present winner of the award is Vanshika Parmar. As an eco enthusiast from New Delhi, she initiated Project Go Green to become a role model for the clean and green Earth movement.

History

India has participated in the

pageant since its inception in

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. From 2001 to 2013, India's representatives at

were selected by

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, which is sponsored by '' Femina'', a women's magazine published by

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. Subsequently, the franchise for selecting representatives from India to participate at the Miss Earth pageant was acquired by

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. The Glamanand Group lost the franchise privilege in 2018. The Divine Group acquired the rights to send India's delegates to the

in the year 2019. Deepak Agarwal, the founder and

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of Divine Group, serves as one of the National Directors. The first edition of Miss Divine Beauty was held on 31 August 2019 at

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. The finale was witnessed by

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, Miss Intercontinental 2018 Karen Gallman and Miss Earth Water 2018 Valeria Ayos. Tejaswini Manogna became the first delegate to win the title of Divine Miss India. From 2019 onwards, Miss Divine Beauty is now responsible for the selection of future Miss Earth India.

Miss Divine Beauty Winners

Editions

Representatives at international pageants

;Color key

Miss Earth

Miss Global

Miss Intercontinental

References

External links

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Official website of Miss Divine Beauty
{{Beauty pageants in India Beauty pageants in India 2019 establishments in India Indian awards