Miss India World
| Formation | 1952 |
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| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Mumbai |
| Location | |
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Membership
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Miss World Miss Universe Miss Supranational Miss Grand International Miss United Continents |
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Official language
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Hindi, English |
| Owner | Vineet Jain |
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Key people
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Vineet Jain Natasha Grover Shivalika Sharma |
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Parent organisation
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The Times Group |
| Subsidiaries |
Femina Miss India Delhi Femina Miss India Bangalore Femina Miss India Kolkata Campus Princess |
| Website | feminamissindia |
Miss India or Femina Miss India is a national beauty pageant in India that annually selects representatives to compete in Miss World. It is organised by Femina, a women's magazine published by The Times Group.
The reigning Femina Miss India (Femina Miss India World) titleholder is Priyadarshini Chatterjee who was crowned by the outgoing Miss India Aditi Arya.
The first Miss India was Pramila (Esther Victoria Abraham), from Calcutta, who won in 1947. It was organised by the local press.
In 1952, two Miss India pageants were held, Indrani Rehman and Nutan were the winners of the pageant.Nutan was crowned as Miss Mussorie. The pageant was held by the local press.Indrani Rehman was crowned at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai in 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 was crowned Miss India 1953 at KARDAR-KOLYNOS Pageant. The pageant was organised by Abdur Rashid Kardar. She later established herself as a Bollywood actress.
In 1954, Leela Naidu from Maharashtra was declared Miss India, and the same year was featured in Vogue magazine's list of the world's ten most beautiful women.
There was no Miss India pageant from 1955 to 1958. In 1959, Eve's Weekly organised its very first Miss India contest called Eve's Weekly Miss India to send India's representatives to the Miss World pageant. Fleur Ezekiel was crowned the eventual winner. She represented India at Miss World 1959 held in London, United Kingdom.
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