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Indrani Rehman Indrani Rahman (19 September 1930, Chennai – 5 February 1999, New York) was an Indian classical dancer of Bharata Natyam, Kuchipudi, Kathakali and Odissi dance, Odissi, which she popularised in the west, and later settled in New York in 1976. ...

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Abdur Rashid Kardar Abdur Rashid Kardar (1904–1989) was an Indian film actor, director and producer. He is credited with establishing the film industry in the Bhati Gate locality of Lahore, British India (now in Pakistan). She later established herself as a Bollywood actress. In 1954, Leela Naidu from

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was declared Miss India, and the same year was featured in '' Vogue'' magazine's list of the world's ten most beautiful women. There was no Miss India pageant from 1955 to 1958. In 1959, Eve's Weekly organised its very first Miss India contest called Eve's Weekly Miss India to send India's representatives to the

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pageant.

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was crowned the eventual winner. She represented India at Miss World 1959 held in London, United Kingdom. The first Femina Miss India pageant was held in year 1964. Meher Castelino Mistri of

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was crowned the first Femina Miss India. She was chosen to represent India at

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held in the United States and Miss Nations 1964 held in Spain. Reita Faria was the first Miss India ever to win any international beauty pageant. She was crowned

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in London, United Kingdom. She was the winner of Eve's Weekly Miss India contest. The same year Femina Miss India winner

Yasmin Daji Yasmin Daji (born 1947) is an Indian doctor, model and beauty pageant titleholder. She was crowned Femina Miss India 1966. She represented India at Miss Universe 1966 and was crowned 3rd Runner Up there. Early life She was born in 1947 in New Yo ...

represented India at Miss Universe 1966 and was crowned 3rd Runner-up at the event. She was the first Femina Miss India Winner to get placed at any international beauty pageant. Zeenat Aman was the first Femina Miss India titleholder to win an international pageant. She was crowned Femina Miss India Asia Pacific and went on to win Miss Asia Pacific 1970 held in Philippines. Meenakshi Seshadri the youngest contestant who won the title, She won the Miss India contest at the age of 17 in the year 1981 and was known for phenomenal acting in 'Hero' 'Damini', 'Ghayal' and 'Ghatak'. She quit the industry very early and got married. In 1993 Miss Femina India, Vaishali Sood, daughter of Cdr Sudhir Sood, who was the winner of the 1991 Navy May Queen Ball, stood second runner up. She went on to act in a Bollywood Movie, ''

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'', starring Akshay Kumar. In 2002, the third winner was designated to

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instead of Miss Asia Pacific. In 2010, after the I Am She - Miss Universe India acquired the rights to send India's representatives to Miss Universe, Femina Miss India crowned three winners as ''Femina Miss India World'', ''Femina Miss India Earth'' and ''Femina Miss India International'', the third winner representend India in Miss International pageant. In 2010, Tantra Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. (TEPL), in partnership with Sushmita Sen, started a new pageant called I Am She – Miss Universe India. The winner of this pageant participated in the Miss Universe pageant from 2010 to 2012.

Competition irregularities

In 2008, Gladrags President Maureen Wadia provided legal notice to newly crowned Femina Miss India Earth 2008, Harshita Saxena for violating an exclusive two-year contract with Gladrags that had been signed by Harshita in 2006. To participate in any other beauty pageant, Harshita would need a written letter of no objection from Gladrags. Harshita surrendered the title and the crown went to

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, who represented India at the Miss Earth 2008 pageant held in November 2008. Later, Harshita was ranked fourth at Femina Miss India 2009 and represented India at

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. Harshita was later placed fourth in Miss India 2009 and represented India in Miss International 2009. In 2004, Lakshmi Pandit (Kalpana Pandit's sister) was initially declared the winner, but had to return the title as she was married (to Siddarth Mishra);

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was finally declared the winner. In 1989, the winner

Kalpana Pandit Kalpana Pandit (born 20 January 1967) is an Indian actress, model, and emergency physician. She owns the film production company ''House of Pandit (TM)''. She is known for her works in Bollywood, and Kannada cinema. In 2008, she hosted the tech ...

was found to have misrepresented her nationality (she had a US passport); she was stripped of her title and Dolly Minhas was declared the winner.

India in international pageants

Miss India has been participating in the Miss Universe pageant since 1952, starting with

Indrani Rehman Indrani Rahman (19 September 1930, Chennai – 5 February 1999, New York) was an Indian classical dancer of Bharata Natyam, Kuchipudi, Kathakali and Odissi dance, Odissi, which she popularised in the west, and later settled in New York in 1976. ...

and in the

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pageant since 1959, starting with

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. In the 1970s, Femina acquired the rights to send a representative to

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as well, and started to send the winner to Miss Universe and the runner-up to the Miss World contest. Later in 1991, Femina Miss India also acquired the rights to send India's representatives to Miss International pageant. In 1994, following India's historic dual wins at both Miss Universe and

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, the custom of crowning a single winner was discontinued. Instead, the top three placers were designated winners with equal visibility, equal prizes and responsibilities, and were crowned as Femina Miss India-Universe, Femina Miss India-World, and Femina Miss India-Asia Pacific and a finalist was sent to Miss International. In 2002, the third title was changed to ''Femina Miss India-Earth'', to designate India's representation at the newly launched

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pageant, focused on the cause of environmental advocacy and a finalist was sent to Miss International. From 2007 to 2009, three equal winners were selected going to Miss Universe,

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, and

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. In 2010, I Am She - Miss Universe India acquired the rights to send India's representatives to Miss Universe. Later, in 2013 The Times Group again acquired the rights to send India's representatives to Miss Universe and launched a new pageant for Miss Universe named Miss Diva. In 1970, Zeenat Aman won Miss Asia Pacific 1970. She became the first Indian and South Asian woman to win the title. The awards for 1989 were given at the end of the year (December); hence there was no separate contest for 1990. In 1994, Sushmita Sen won the Miss Universe title after winning the Miss India crown and became the first Indian woman ever to win the Miss Universe crown. The same year the runner-up of Miss India, Aishwarya Rai, won the Miss World title. Sushmita Sen and Aishwarya Rai established themselves in the Bollywood industry after winning their titles. The success of Sen and Rai spawned coaching institutions which were set up to groom young women in pageant participation skills. The number of participants in the preliminary rounds of the pageant has increased considerably. Miss India World 1997, Diana Hayden won the title of Miss World 1997. In 1999, the Miss India World

Yukta Mookhey Yukta Inderlal Mookhey is an Indian civic activist and the winner of Miss World 1999. She is the fourth Indian woman to win Miss World and was previously crowned as Femina Miss India World in 1999. She is a former model and actress, and has wor ...

went on to win the Miss World that year. In 2000, three of the Miss India winners won their respective international pageants — Lara Dutta ( Miss Universe), Priyanka Chopra (

Miss World Miss World is the oldest existing international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951. Since his death in 2000, Morley's widow, Julia Morley, has co-chaired the pageant. Along with Miss Universe, Miss Int ...

) and Diya Mirza Miss Asia Pacific. The other country to have won all three major titles in one year were Australia in 1972. In 2010, after the introduction of I Am She - Miss Universe India, the third title was changed to ''Femina Miss India-International'' and the winner represented India at Miss International pageant. In 2010, Nicole Faria became the first Indian to win the

Miss Earth Miss Earth is an annual international major beauty pageant based in the Philippines that advocates for environmental awareness, conservation and social responsibility. Along with Miss World, Miss Universe, and Miss International, it is one of t ...

title in Vietnam, which leaves Miss International as the only major international pageant that has not been won by an Indian contestant. Nicole Faria at the First look launch of 'Yaariyan'

Nicole Faria at the First look launch of 'Yaariyan'

In 2012,

Himangini Singh Yadu Himangini Singh Yadu is an Indian beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Supertalent of the World 2012, on 16 June 2012 in Seoul, South Korea. Biography Himangini was born in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. She married her German boyfriend M ...

won Miss Asia Pacific World 2012 and became first Indian and Asian to win the pageant. She was sent by I Am She - Miss Universe India pageant. In 2013, Srishti Rana won

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giving India a rare back to back victory. She is the second Indian and first Miss Diva Winner to win

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Crown. She is also the first Indian delegate to win an international pageant that has been sent by Femina Miss India's sister pageant, Miss Diva. In 2014,

Asha Bhat Asha Bhat (born 5 September 1992) is an Indian actress, model and the winner of the Miss Supranational 2014 pageant. She is the first Indian to win the title. She made her acting debut with 2019 Hindi film ''Junglee'' alongside Vidyut Jammwal ...

, Miss Diva Supranational 2014 won

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2014 and became the first Indian woman to win the crown. Asha is the second Asian to win the crown. The same year

Ruhi Singh Ruhi Dilip Singh (born 12 October 1995) is an Indian actress, former Miss India and model who primarily appears in Hindi films and television. Singh has appeared in Emmy-nominated documentary ''The World Before Her'' and acclaimed web series ''C ...

who was crowned the first Femina Miss India Universal Peace and Humanity won the first Miss Universal Peace and Humanity pageant held in Lebanon. After May Myat Noe, the winner of Miss Asia Pacific World 2014 pageant was dethroned, the organisation organised another pageant named Miss Asia Pacific 2014 Supertalent of the World Season 5 under Miss Asia Pacific World title, Swetha Raj who represented India won the crown, giving India a rare back to back to back victory, India is the only country to win any international pageant three years in a row, however Swetha was sent by Miss India Australia organisation.

International victories

When Reita Faria of India won

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, she became the first Asian to do so, and India won its first Big Four title. Sushmita Sen was crowned Miss Universe 1994, becoming the country's first Miss Universe winner. Later that year, Aishwarya Rai added to India's winning streak by becoming Miss World 1994, making the country the last in the twentieth century to win both Miss Universe and Miss World in the same year. Diana Hayden then won the Miss World title in 1997. Actor and model

Yukta Mookhey Yukta Inderlal Mookhey is an Indian civic activist and the winner of Miss World 1999. She is the fourth Indian woman to win Miss World and was previously crowned as Femina Miss India World in 1999. She is a former model and actress, and has wor ...

was later crowned

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. Six years after Sushmita Sen and Aishwarya Rai's double wins, Lara Dutta and Priyanka Chopra replicated the feat in 2000, marking the most recent time (as of ) that any country has won back-to-back at Miss World and, to date, the only time that any country won Miss Universe and Miss World in the same year in the 21st century. India's appearances at the Miss Universe semifinals from

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to

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made it the first country in the

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to place annually at the pageant for at least 10 consecutive years. In 2010, Nicole Faria from Bangalore became the first Indian woman to win the

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pageant. Manushi Chhillar won the Miss World 2017 title. In 2021,

Harnaaz Sandhu Harnaaz Kaur Sandhu (born 3 March 2000) 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 ...

became the third Indian woman to win Miss Universe title, becoming the most recent Big 4 pageant titleholder from India as of The following is the list of Indian winners in the Big Four international beauty pageants: The following is the list of Indian winners in various other international pageants:

Multiple victories in the same year

The following is the list of India's multiple victories in major international pageants:

Femina Miss India Winners from 2013–present

Femina Miss India

Femina Miss India Regional Ranking

State Ranking

Femina Miss India Editions

Miss Diva winners

Representatives to Big Four pageants

The following women have represented India in the Big Four international beauty pageants, the four major international beauty pageants for women. These are

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, Miss Universe, Miss International,

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Current franchise

Miss World

India did not send delegates in 1967, 1965, 1964, 1963. From 1959 to 1966 representatives to

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were sent by Eve's Weekly Miss India pageant. In 1968, Bharat Sundari got the franchise to send India's representative to

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. They sent the delegates from 1968 to 1970, 1972, 1975. Femina got the franchise in 1976. Femina also sent delegates to

Miss World Miss World is the oldest existing international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951. Since his death in 2000, Morley's widow, Julia Morley, has co-chaired the pageant. Along with Miss Universe, Miss Int ...

in 1971 and 1974. Traditionally the runner up in Miss India pageant was sent to Miss World but this changed in 2013 and now the winner of Miss India is sent to represent at Miss World.

Miss Universe

India did not compete in the Miss Universe pageant from 1953 to 1963. I AM She – Miss Universe India sent its delegates to Miss Universe from 2010 to 2012. Traditionally the Miss India Winner was sent to Miss Universe and the runner up was sent to

Miss World Miss World is the oldest existing international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951. Since his death in 2000, Morley's widow, Julia Morley, has co-chaired the pageant. Along with Miss Universe, Miss Int ...

; however since 2013 a separate pageant Miss Diva has been held to send delegates to Miss Universe and the Miss India winner will represent India at Miss World annually.

Miss Supranational

Femina Miss India and Miss Diva ( The Times Group) acquired the rights to send India representatives to Miss Supranational only from the year 2013.

Former Franchise

Miss International

Femina Miss India dropped the franchise of Miss International in 2015. The last representative to Miss International from Femina Miss India was Jhataleka Malhotra in 2014. *India did not send delegates to Miss International in 1963–1967, 1972, 1977, 1989, 1990. *From 1960 to 1988 Eve's Weekly Miss India sent India's representatives to Miss International pageant. *In the year 2013, Miss Diva winner was sent to Miss International.

Miss Earth

Femina Miss India dropped the Miss Earth Franchise in 2014 after

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being the last representative from Miss Diva. * In 2019,

Miss Divine Beauty Miss Divine Beauty is a national beauty pageant in India operating under the parent organization Divine Group, that primarily selects India's representatives to compete at Miss Earth, an annual international beauty pageant working towards environ ...

obtained the right to send India's representative to

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* In 2015,

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obtained the rights to send India's representatives to

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. * In 2014, Miss Diva winner was sent to

Miss Earth Miss Earth is an annual international major beauty pageant based in the Philippines that advocates for environmental awareness, conservation and social responsibility. Along with Miss World, Miss Universe, and Miss International, it is one of t ...

pageant.

Miss Grand International

In the years 2013 and 2014 India's delegates to Miss Grand International were sent by Indian Princess. Femina Miss India acquired the franchise in 2015 till 2019 and 2021.Delegate for Miss Grand International 2020 and 2022 and onwards was sent by

Glamanand Supermodel India 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 ...

.

Miss United Continents

The representatives for Miss United Continents have been selected by Femina Miss India since the pageant's inception in 2013.

Miss Intercontinental

Indian representatives to Miss Intercontinental is being sent by Femina Miss India group.

Miss Asia Pacific International

Miss Asia Pacific World

In the years 2011 and 2012, I Am She – Miss India sent their runners-up to this pageant. Femina had franchise to select their representatives in the years 2013 and 2014. * India is the only country to win an international pageant three years in a row. In the year 2012,

Himangini Singh Yadu Himangini Singh Yadu is an Indian beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Supertalent of the World 2012, on 16 June 2012 in Seoul, South Korea. Biography Himangini was born in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. She married her German boyfriend M ...

was crowned as Miss Asia Pacific World 2012. In the succeeding year Srishti Rana was crowned as Miss Asia Pacific World 2013. In the year 2014, May Myat Noe of Myanmar was originally crowned but later she was dethroned. A new pageant was held by the organizers and Swetha Raj of India became victorious, thus giving India a rare Three-peat victory in an international pageant.

Mister India

Along with Femina Miss India and Miss Diva, the Times Group also organised

Mister India Grasim Mr. India (''formerly Adonis - Graviera Man of the Year'') was a national male beauty pageant in India that annually selected representatives to compete globally at Mr. International, Mister World, Mr. Intercontinental and Best Model of ...

pageant to select representative for Mister World and

Mister Supranational 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. The current owners of Miss and Mister ...

.

Prateik Jain Prateek Jain (born 14 June 1989) 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 Ch ...

was the first Mister World India under The Times Group and Jitesh Thakur was the first ever Mister Supranational India.

International victories

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In 2016, Rohit Khandelwal became the first Indian and thus the first Asian to win the Mister World contest title. In 2018, Prathamesh Maulingkar became the first Indian and thus the first Asian to win the

Mister Supranational 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. The current owners of Miss and Mister ...

contest title. This marked India, the only country to win both Miss and Mister Supranational titles.

Titleholders

Editions

Below is the complete list of Mister World India editions.

Mister World

Mister Supranational

Photographs of some notable international titleholders

Miss Universe

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Harnaaz Sandhu Harnaaz Kaur Sandhu (born 3 March 2000) 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 ...

, Miss Universe 2021 Image:Dutta launches yoga DVD.jpg, Lara Dutta, Miss Universe 2000 and
Miss Intercontinental 1997 Image:Sushmita Sen at the Dior store launch.jpg, Sushmita Sen, Miss Universe 1994

Miss World

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Miss World 2000 Miss World 2000, the 50th anniversary of the Miss World pageant, was held on 30 November 2000 at the Millennium Dome in London, United Kingdom. The pageant's swimsuit segment was filmed in the Maldives. The pageant was the first since the dea ...

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Yukta Mookhey Yukta Inderlal Mookhey is an Indian civic activist and the winner of Miss World 1999. She is the fourth Indian woman to win Miss World and was previously crowned as Femina Miss India World in 1999. She is a former model and actress, and has wor ...

,

Miss World 1999 Miss World 1999, the 49th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 4 December 1999 at the Olympia Hall in London, United Kingdom. The pageant was hosted by Ulrika Jonsson and model Melanie Sykes. The 1999 pageant attracted 94 delegates ...

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Miss World 1966 Miss World 1966, the 16th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 17 November 1966 at the Lyceum Theatre, London, Lyceum Ballroom in London, UK. The winner was Reita Faria of India, first Asian delegate to win Miss World title. She was c ...

Miss Supranational

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Srinidhi Shetty Srinidhi Ramesh Shetty (born 21 October 1992) is an Indian actress, model and the winner of the Miss Supranational 2016 pageant. Shetty was crowned as Miss Diva Supranational 2016 at the Miss Diva 2016 pageant and later represented India at Mi ...

,

Miss Supranational 2016 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. Con ...

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Asha Bhat Asha Bhat (born 5 September 1992) is an Indian actress, model and the winner of the Miss Supranational 2014 pageant. She is the first Indian to win the title. She made her acting debut with 2019 Hindi film ''Junglee'' alongside Vidyut Jammwal ...

,

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Miss Earth

Image:Nicole Faria at the First look launch of 'Yaariyan'.jpg, Nicole Faria, Miss Earth 2010

Miss Tourism International

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Manasvi Mamgai Manasvi Mamgai is a former Miss India, model, and Bollywood actress. She resides at Los Angeles, California, USA along with her family. Early life Manasvi was born in Delhi but grew up in Chandigarh. Her mother Prabha, is from Uttarakhand. B ...

,

Miss Tourism International Miss Tourism International is an annual international beauty pageant run and owned by Malaysia–based D’Touch International Sdn. Bhd. Foundation. The current Miss Tourism International is Suphatra Kliangprom from Thailand. She was crowned on ...

2009 Image:Priyanka Shah at Rohhit Verma's sister Swati's birthday bash.jpg,

Priyanka Shah Priyanka Shah (born 1984) is an Indian former netball player, actress and beauty pageant titleholder. She is the winner of Miss Tourism India 2007 and a finalist in Femina Miss India 2007. She is also the winner of Get Gorgeous 2005. Early li ...

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Mister India

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Mister Supranational 2018

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Femina Miss India Universe

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Femina Miss India World

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Miss Grand India 2017

Femina Miss India Asia Pacific

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Mister India

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Mister India World 2017

Notes

References

External links

Femina Miss India
(Official website) {{Miss Universe countries and territories * Beauty pageants in India Events of The Times Group 1963 establishments in Maharashtra Indian awards India India

History

Competition irregularities

India in international pageants

International victories

Multiple victories in the same year

Femina Miss India Winners from 2013–present

Femina Miss India

Femina Miss India Regional Ranking

State Ranking

Femina Miss India Editions

Miss Diva winners

Representatives to Big Four pageants

Current franchise

Miss World

Miss Universe

Miss Supranational

Former Franchise

Miss International

Miss Earth

Miss Grand International

Miss United Continents

Miss Intercontinental

Miss Asia Pacific International

Miss Asia Pacific World

Mister India

International victories

Titleholders

Editions

Mister World

Mister Supranational

Photographs of some notable international titleholders

Miss Universe

Miss World

Miss Supranational

Miss Earth

Miss Tourism International

Mister India

Photographs of some titleholders

Femina Miss India Universe

Femina Miss India World

Femina Miss India Earth

Femina Miss India International

Femina Miss Grand India

Femina Miss India Asia Pacific

Mister India

See also

Notes

References

External links