The following is a list of India's official representatives and their placements at the Big Four beauty pageants, considered the most important in the world.
The country has won a total of ten victories with eighty-one placements in all four pageants: The Indian franchise holders of the four major beauty pageants are the following: India won its first Big Four title when Reita Faria from India bagged the Miss World 1966 title, becoming the first Asian to win Miss World.
[2] Later that year, Aishwarya Rai added to the winning streak, picking up the Miss World 1994 title.
[6][7] India's appearances at the Miss Universe semifinals from 1992 to 2002 made it the first country in the Eastern Hemisphere 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 Miss Earth 2010 pageant.