An award that every model wants to win. The Femina Miss India is a beauty pageant who represents India in international beauty pageants like Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss Asia etc. Popularly thought of as the epitome of beauty, Miss India’s title is much more than just the beauty of the person. Started in the year 1947, there have been many who went forward and won India the International competitions they deserved.
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The likes of which include Reita Faria, who became the first Miss World from India. And Sushmita Sen, the first Miss Universe from India. Notable names who also won the Miss World or the Miss Universe after clinching the Miss India title are Aishwarya Rai, Priyanka Chopra, Juhi Chawl and Lara Dutta being the second Miss Universe from India.
Today we will look upon the names of all the winners of the Miss India title starting from the year 1947 to 2021. The likes of which include the first-ever and latest winner of the Miss India competition.
| Year | Miss India Winner Name |
|---|---|
| 1947 | Esther Victoria Abraham (Pramila) From West Bengal |
| 1952 | Indrani Rahman From Tamil Nadu |
| 1953 | Peace Kanwal From Punjab |
| 1954 | Leela Naidu From Maharashtra |
| 1959 | Fleur Ezekiel From Maharashtra |
| 1960 | Lona Pinto From Maharashtra |
| 1961 | Veronica Leonara Torcato From Maharashtra |
| 1962 | Ferial Karim From Maharashtra |
| 1964 | Meher Castelino Mistri From Maharashtra |
| 1965 | Persis Khambatta From Maharashtra |
| 1966 | Yasmin Daji From Maharashtra |
| 1967 | Nayyara Mirza From New Delhi |
| 1968 | Anjum Mumtaz Barg From Maharashtra |
| 1969 | Kavita Bhambhani From Maharashtra |
| 1970 | Veena Sajnani From Maharashtra |
| 1971 | Raj Gill From Maharashtra |
| 1972 | Roopa Satyan From Maharashtra |
| 1973 | Farzana Habib From Maharashtra |
| 1974 | Shalini Bhavnath Dholakia From Maharashtra |
| 1975 | Meenakshi Kurpad From Maharashtra |
| 1976 | Naina Sudhir Balsavar From Uttar Pradesh |
| 1977 | Nalini Viswanathan From Tamil Nadu |
| 1978 | Alamjeet Kaur Chauhan From Punjab |
| 1979 | Swaroop Sampat From Maharashtra |
| 1980 | Sangeeta Bijlani From Maharashtra |
| 1981 | Rachita Kumar From Maharashtra |
| 1982 | Pamela Singh From New Delhi |
| 1983 | Rekha Hande From Karnataka |
| 1984 | Juhi Chawla From Punjab |
| 1985 | Sonu Walia From Punjab |
| 1986 | Mehr Jessia From Maharashtra |
| 1987 | Priyadarshini Pradhan From Maharashtra |
| 1988 | Dolly Minhas From Punjab |
| 1989/1990 | Suzanne Sablok From Maharashtra |
| 1991 | Christabelle Howie From Tamil Nadu |
| 1992 | Madhu Sapre From Maharashtra |
| 1993 | Namrata Shirodkar From Maharashtra |
| 1994 | Sushmita Sen From New Delhi |
| 1995 | Manpreet Brar From New Delhi |
| 1996 | Sandhya Chib From Karnataka |
| 1997 | Nafisa Joseph From Karnataka |
| 1998 | Lymaraina D’ Souza –Karnataka |
| 1999 | Gul Pannag From Punjab |
| 2000 | Lara Dutta From Karnataka |
| 2001 | Celina Jaitely From West Bengal |
| 2002 | Neha Dhupia From New Delhi |
| 2003 | Nikita Anand From New Delhi |
| 2004 | Tanushree Dutta From Jharkhand |
| 2005 | Amrita Thapar From Punjab |
| 2006 | Neha Kapur From New Delhi |
| 2007 | Sarah Jane Dias From Karnataka |
| 2008 | Parvathy Omanakuttan From Kerala |
| 2009 | Pooja Chopra From Maharashtra |
| 2010 | Mansavi Mamgai From Uttarakhand |
| 2011 | Kanishtha Dhankar From Haryana |
| 2012 | Vanya Mishra From Punjab |
| 2013 | Navneet kaur Dhillon From Punjab |
| 2014 | Koyal Rana From New Delhi |
| 2015 | Aditi Arya From New Delhi |
| 2016 | Priyadarshini Chatterjee From Assam |
| 2017 | Manushi Chhillar From Haryana |
| 2018 | Anukreethy VasFrom Tamil Nadu |
| 2019 | Suman Rao From Rajasthan |
| 2021 | Manasa Varanasi From Telangana |
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