History of Femina Miss India

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The first Miss India changed into Pramila (Esther Victoria Abraham), from Calcutta, who received in 1947. It changed into organized with the aid of the nearby press.

In 1952,  Miss India pageants were held, Indrani Rehman and Nutan have been the winners of the competition. Nutan changed into crowned as Miss Mussorie. The pageant turned into held by way of the neighborhood press. Indrani Rehman was crowned at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai inside the month of April 1952. Indrani later represented India at Miss Universe 1952, the inaugural edition of Miss Universe pageant.

In 1953, Peace Kanwal from Punjab turned into crowned Miss India 1953 at KARDAR-KOLYNOS Pageant. The festival become organised by way of Abdur Rashid Kardar. She later established herself as a Bollywood actress.

In 1954, Leela Naidu from Maharashtra become declared Miss India, and the same year changed into featured in Vogue mag's list of the world's ten maximum stunning girls.

There turned into no Miss India pageant from 1955 to 1958. In 1959, Eve's Weekly organised its very first Miss India contest referred to as Eve's Weekly Miss India to send India's representatives to the Miss World festival. Fleur Ezekiel turned into topped the eventual winner. She represented India at Miss World 1959 held in London, United Kingdom.

The first Femina Miss India competition turned into held in year 1964. Meher Castelino Mistri of Maharashtra turned into topped the first Femina Miss India. She was chosen to represent India at Miss Universe 1964 held inside the United States and Miss Nations 1964 held in Spain.

Reita Faria turned into the first Miss India ever to win any global beauty competition. She changed into topped Miss World 1966 in London, United Kingdom. She turned into the winner of Eve's Weekly Miss India contest. The equal year Femina Miss India winner Yasmin Daji represented India at Miss Universe 1966 and became crowned 3rd Runner-up at the occasion. She changed into the first Femina Miss India Winner to get positioned at any worldwide beauty competition.

Zeenat Aman became the first Femina Miss India titleholder to win an worldwide pageant. She became topped Femina Miss India Asia Pacific and went directly to win Miss Asia Pacific 1970 held in Philippines.

Meenakshi Seshadri the youngest contestant who won the title, She won the Miss India contest on the age of 17 inside the 12 months 1981 and become recognized for extraordinary performing in 'Hero' 'Damini', 'Ghayal' and 'Ghatak'. She cease the enterprise very early and got married.

In 1993 Miss Femina India, Vaishali Sood, daughter of Cdr Sudhir Sood, who became the winner of the 1991 Navy May Queen Ball, stood 2d runner up. She went on to act in a Bollywood Movie, Mr Bond, starring Akshay Kumar.

In 2002, the 3rd winner became unique to Miss Earth instead of Miss Asia Pacific.

In 2010, after the I Am She - Miss Universe India received the rights to send India's representatives to Miss Universe, Femina Miss India crowned 3 winners as Femina Miss India World, Femina Miss India Earth and Femina Miss India International, the third winner representend India in Miss International festival.

In 2010, Tantra Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. (TEPL), in partnership with Sushmita Sen, began a new competition referred to as I Am She – Miss Universe India. The winner of this festival participated within the Miss Universe pageant from 2010 to 2012.