Miss India Worldwide India is a national beauty pageant in
India
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that sends its winner to
Miss India Worldwide
Miss India Worldwide is a beauty pageant which draws contestants from India and from among members of the Indian diaspora residing in other countries. It is conducted by India Festival Committee (IFC), first founded and headed by Dharmatma Saran i ...
. The incumbent titleholder is Apeksha Porwal from
Mumbai
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who was 1st runner up in
Miss India Worldwide 2015
Miss India Worldwide 2015 was the 24th edition of the Miss India Worldwide pageant, held on 5 September 2015. The event was held at Lalit Hotel in Mumbai, India.
Monica Gill of the United States crowned her successor Stephanie Lohale of Oman at ...
held in
Mumbai
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,
India
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History
India has been participating in
Miss India Worldwide
Miss India Worldwide is a beauty pageant which draws contestants from India and from among members of the Indian diaspora residing in other countries. It is conducted by India Festival Committee (IFC), first founded and headed by Dharmatma Saran i ...
pageant since its inception in 1990.
The Pageant
Karminder Kaur Virk became first
Indian
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as well as
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delegate to win
Miss India Worldwide
Miss India Worldwide is a beauty pageant which draws contestants from India and from among members of the Indian diaspora residing in other countries. It is conducted by India Festival Committee (IFC), first founded and headed by Dharmatma Saran i ...
pageant in 1994.
In 1996 Sandhya Chib won
Miss India Worldwide
Miss India Worldwide is a beauty pageant which draws contestants from India and from among members of the Indian diaspora residing in other countries. It is conducted by India Festival Committee (IFC), first founded and headed by Dharmatma Saran i ...
and became second Indian delegate to win the crown. India has won five
Miss India Worldwide
Miss India Worldwide is a beauty pageant which draws contestants from India and from among members of the Indian diaspora residing in other countries. It is conducted by India Festival Committee (IFC), first founded and headed by Dharmatma Saran i ...
crowns Karminder Kaur Virk(1994), Sandhya Chib(1996),
Aarti Chabaria
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Career
Actress Aarti Chabria started her career as a model in advertisements at the age of three years. He ...
(1999),
Purva Merchant(2003),
Shagun Sarabhai
Shagun Sarabhai (born 2 March 1987) is an India beauty queen who won the Miss India Worldwide India 2008 and Miss India Worldwide 2008 pageants, a beauty contest produced by the India Festival Committee (IFC) based in New York.
On 23 February ...
(2008).
Titleholders
** Apeksha Porwal was Femina Miss India Delhi 2015 and was selected by Femina miss india 2015
Winners Notes
* Karminder Kaur Virk became 1st runner up in
Femina Miss India
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1993 and participated in
Miss World 1993.
* Sandhya Chib won
Femina Miss India
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 ...
1996 & participated in
Miss Universe 1996. She was Top 10 finalist at the Miss Universe 1996 competition.
* Ritu Singh later won
Femina Miss India World title in 1991 and represented India at
Miss World 1991 where she was among top 6 finalists.
* Miss India Worldwide India 2014 - 2nd Runner Up,
Audrey D'silva later participated in Indian Princess beauty pageant held in
Rangsit University in
Thailand
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and was crowned ''Best Body'' award winner.
See also
*
Femina Miss India
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 ...
References
{{Beauty pageants in India
Beauty pageants in India
Indian awards