
Miss India, popularly known as Femina Miss India is a national beauty pageant of the country. It has been structured and organized by Femina magazine, distributed by The Times Group. The winners of the competition represent India to participate in the international beauty pageants like Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss Asia. The first Miss World from India was Reita Faria, while the second Miss World was Aishwarya Rai in the year 1994 who got a lot of fame to the country. Sushmita Sen was the first Miss Universe from India, the first Indian who wore the Miss India crown. Femina Miss India is the most admired and prominent pageant in India. It is a national enchantment show in India.

The Miss India contest is a great platform to be a part of the Bollywood industry, as most of the winners have tried their luck in acting and have become superstars Like Priyanka Chopra, Aishwarya Rai, Juhi Chawla and many more. It has changed the life of many beautiful young ladies. Over a last decade, many institutes have started training young girls to participate in beauty pageants and such training academies have mushroomed across the nation. Miss India competition has always fascinated us and had remained an intriguing topic. The pageant commenced in 1947 and since then there was no looking back. Here are the list of Miss India winners along with the city/state they belong to. Have a look:
1947
Esther Victoria Abraham (Pramila) – West Bengal

1952
Indrani Rahman – Tamil Nadu

1953
Peace Kanwal – Punjab

1954
Leela Naidu – Maharashtra

1959
Fleur Ezekiel – Maharashtra

1960
Lona Pinto – Maharashtra

1961
Veronica Leonara Torcato – Maharashtra

1962
Ferial Karim – Maharashtra

1964
Meher Castelino Mistri – Maharashtra

1965
Persis Khambatta – Maharashtra

1966
Yasmin Daji – Maharashtra

1967
Nayyara Mirza – New Delhi

1968
Anjum Mumtaz Barg – Maharashtra

1969
Kavita Bhambhani – Maharashtra

1970
Veena Sajnani – Maharashtra

1971
Raj Gill – Maharashtra

1972
Roopa Satyan – Maharashtra

1973
Farzana Habib – Maharashtra

1974
Shalini Bhavnath Dholakia – Maharashtra

1975
Meenakshi Kurpad – Maharashtra

1976
Naina Sudhir Balsavar – Uttar Pradesh

1977
Nalini Viswanathan – Tamil Nadu

1978
Alamjeet Kaur Chauhan – Punjab

1979
Swaroop Sampat – Maharashtra

1980
Sangeeta Bijlani – Maharashtra

1981
Rachita Kumar – Maharashtra

1982
Pamela Singh – New Delhi

1983
Rekha Hande – Karnataka

1984
Juhi Chawla – Punjab

1985
Sonu Walia – Punjab

1986
Mehr Jessia – Maharashtra

1987
Priyadarshini Pradhan – Maharashtra

1988
Dolly Minhas – Punjab

1989/1990
Suzanne Sablok – Maharashtra

1991
Christabelle Howie – Tamil Nadu

1992
Madhu Sapre – Maharashtra

1993
Namrata Shirodkar – Maharashtra

1994
Sushmita Sen – New Delhi

1995
Manpreet Brar – New Delhi

1996
Sandhya Chib – Karnataka

1997
Nafisa Joseph – Karnataka

1998
Lymaraina D’ Souza –Karnataka

1999
Gul Pannag – Punjab

2000
Lara Dutta – Karnataka

2001
Celina Jaitely – West Bengal

2002
Neha Dhupia – New Delhi

2003
Nikita Anand – New Delhi

2004
Tanushree Dutta – Jharkhand

2005
Amrita Thapar – Punjab

2006
Neha Kapur – New Delhi

2007
Sarah Jane Dias – Karnataka

2008
Parvathy Omanakuttan – Kerala

2009
Pooja Chopra – Maharashtra

2010
Mansavi Mamgai – Uttarakhand

2011
Kanishtha Dhankar – Haryana

2012
Vanya Mishra – Punjab

2013
Navneet kaur Dhillon – Punjab

2014
Koyal Rana – New Delhi

2015
Aditi Arya – New Delhi

2016
Priyadarshini Chatterjee – Assam

2017
Manushi Chhillar – Haryana

2018
Anukreethy Vas– Tamil Nadu

2019
Suman Rao – Rajasthan

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