Miss India, popularly known as Femina Miss India is a national beauty pageant of the country. It has been structured and organized by Femina magazine, distributed by The Times Group. The winners of the competition represent India to participate in the international beauty pageants like Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss Asia. The first Miss World from India was Reita Faria, while the second Miss World was Aishwarya Rai in the year 1994 who got a lot of fame to the country. Sushmita Sen was the first Miss Universe from India, the first Indian who wore the Miss India crown. Femina Miss India is the most admired and prominent pageant in India. It is a national enchantment show in India.
The Miss India contest is a great platform to be a part of the Bollywood industry, as most of the winners have tried their luck in acting and have become superstars Like Priyanka Chopra, Aishwarya Rai, Juhi Chawla and many more. It has changed the life of many beautiful young ladies. Over a last decade, many institutes have started training young girls to participate in beauty pageants and such training academies have mushroomed across the nation. Miss India competition has always fascinated us and had remained an intriguing topic. The pageant commenced in 1947 and since then there was no looking back. Here are the list of Miss India winners along with the city/state they belong to. Have a look:
1947
Esther Victoria Abraham (Pramila) – West Bengal
1952
Indrani Rahman – Tamil Nadu
1953
Peace Kanwal – Punjab
1954
Leela Naidu – Maharashtra
1959
Fleur Ezekiel – Maharashtra
1960
Lona Pinto – Maharashtra
1961
Veronica Leonara Torcato – Maharashtra
1962
Ferial Karim – Maharashtra
1964
Meher Castelino Mistri – Maharashtra
1965
Persis Khambatta – Maharashtra
1966
Yasmin Daji – Maharashtra
1967
Nayyara Mirza – New Delhi
1968
Anjum Mumtaz Barg – Maharashtra
1969
Kavita Bhambhani – Maharashtra
1970
Veena Sajnani – Maharashtra
1971
Raj Gill – Maharashtra
1972
Roopa Satyan – Maharashtra
1973
Farzana Habib – Maharashtra
1974
Shalini Bhavnath Dholakia – Maharashtra
1975
Meenakshi Kurpad – Maharashtra
1976
Naina Sudhir Balsavar – Uttar Pradesh
1977
Nalini Viswanathan – Tamil Nadu
1978
Alamjeet Kaur Chauhan – Punjab
1979
Swaroop Sampat – Maharashtra
1980
Sangeeta Bijlani – Maharashtra
1981
Rachita Kumar – Maharashtra
1982
Pamela Singh – New Delhi
1983
Rekha Hande – Karnataka
1984
Juhi Chawla – Punjab
1985
Sonu Walia – Punjab
1986
Mehr Jessia – Maharashtra
1987
Priyadarshini Pradhan – Maharashtra
1988
Dolly Minhas – Punjab
1989/1990
Suzanne Sablok – Maharashtra
1991
Christabelle Howie – Tamil Nadu
1992
Madhu Sapre – Maharashtra
1993
Namrata Shirodkar – Maharashtra
1994
Sushmita Sen – New Delhi
1995
Manpreet Brar – New Delhi
1996
Sandhya Chib – Karnataka
1997
Nafisa Joseph – Karnataka
1998
Lymaraina D’ Souza –Karnataka
1999
Gul Pannag – Punjab
2000
Lara Dutta – Karnataka
2001
Celina Jaitely – West Bengal
2002
Neha Dhupia – New Delhi
2003
Nikita Anand – New Delhi
2004
Tanushree Dutta – Jharkhand
2005
Amrita Thapar – Punjab
2006
Neha Kapur – New Delhi
2007
Sarah Jane Dias – Karnataka
2008
Parvathy Omanakuttan – Kerala
2009
Pooja Chopra – Maharashtra
2010
Mansavi Mamgai – Uttarakhand
2011
Kanishtha Dhankar – Haryana
2012
Vanya Mishra – Punjab
2013
Navneet kaur Dhillon – Punjab
2014
Koyal Rana – New Delhi
2015
Aditi Arya – New Delhi
2016
Priyadarshini Chatterjee – Assam
2017
Manushi Chhillar – Haryana
2018
Anukreethy Vas– Tamil Nadu
2019
Suman Rao – Rajasthan
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