Femina Miss India
[2][3] The current Femina Miss India World is Nikita Porwal from Madhya Pradesh.
[9] In 1953, Peace Kanwal from Punjab was crowned Miss India at the Kardar-Kolynos pageant, organized by filmmaker Abdur Rashid Kardar.
That same year, she was featured in Vogue magazine's list of the world's ten most beautiful women.
In 1959, Eve's Weekly organized its first Miss India contest, with Fleur Ezekiel winning the title.
She later became a well-known Bollywood actress[17] In 1981, Meenakshi Seshadri became the youngest Miss India at age 17.
[21] In 2008, international choreographer Sandip Soparrkar joined as the official dance and grooming expert for the contestants, alongside experts like Dr. Sandesh Mayekar for smile design, Dr. Jamuna Pai for skin and hair care, and Sabira Merchant for etiquette.
[23] In 1989, Kalpana Pandit, who was initially declared the winner, was disqualified after it was found that she had misrepresented her nationality by holding a U.S. passport.
[25] In 2008, a controversy occurred when Gladrags President Maureen Wadia sent a legal notice to Harshita Saxena, the newly crowned Femina Miss India Earth 2008, for violating an exclusive two-year contract she had signed in 2006.
The contract required Saxena to seek written permission from Gladrags before participating in other beauty contests.
As a result, Saxena surrendered her title, and Tanvi Vyas was crowned Miss India Earth.
[7] In 1970, Zeenat Aman became the first Indian and South Asian woman to win the Miss Asia Pacific title.
[28] In 1994, Sushmita Sen won Miss Universe, becoming the first Indian woman to hold the title.
[31][32][33] Their success led to the rise of grooming institutions that prepared young women for pageants, significantly increasing participation.
[41] In 2014, Asha Bhat won Miss Supranational, becoming the first Indian woman to win the title and the second Asian overall.
[43] India also achieved a rare triple victory at the Miss Asia Pacific World pageant, with Swetha Raj winning in 2014 after the previous winner was dethroned.
[51][52] In 2010, Nicole Faria from Bangalore became the first Indian woman to win Miss Earth.
Its primary objective is to select India's representative for the Miss Universe competition through an annual national pageant.
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 contest title.
