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INDIAN PAGEANT SUCCESS IN THE
INTERNATIONAL ARENA
The Miss World Pageants
India first was represented in Miss World by Fleur Ezekiel, a local beauty queen. Eve's Weekly Magazine first sent delegates to this pageant, but eventually FEMINA picked up the franchis. In the seventies, the winner of 'Bharat Sundari' would be sent specifically for Miss World, then nearing the end of that decade and the start of the 80's, some hand-picked girls were sent, and then in the 1980's, a Femina Miss India runner-up became the norm. In the late 90's, the system was the same, but official equal weighting of each title was put into the spotlight. India has won Miss World 4 out of the last 9 years!
INDIAN PAGEANT SUCCESS IN THE
INTERNATIONAL ARENA
The Miss World Pageants
India first was represented in Miss World by Fleur Ezekiel, a local beauty queen. Eve's Weekly Magazine first sent delegates to this pageant, but eventually FEMINA picked up the franchis. In the seventies, the winner of 'Bharat Sundari' would be sent specifically for Miss World, then nearing the end of that decade and the start of the 80's, some hand-picked girls were sent, and then in the 1980's, a Femina Miss India runner-up became the norm. In the late 90's, the system was the same, but official equal weighting of each title was put into the spotlight. India has won Miss World 4 out of the last 9 years!
Reita Faria-1966
Aishwarya Rai-1994
Diana Hayden-1997
Yukta Mukhi-1999
Priyanka Chopra-2000
THE MISS UNIVERSE PAGEANTS
India was represented in the first Miss Universe Pageant in 1952 by classical dancer and MARRIED mother of one, Indrani Rahman. It was not again until 1964, when FEMINA Magazine held the first Femina Miss India Pageant, that Meher Mistry was chosen out of a pool of 500 girls and sent to the Miss Universe Pageant. Since then, India has only missed one pageant, in 1988, and through the 90's India slowly became a superpower in Miss Universe. With Neha Dhupia in 2002, we see the eleventh consecutive year of an Indian woman placing in the semi-finals of the pageant. In 2003, Nikita Anand broke the streak.
Sushmita Sen-1994
Lara Dutta-2000
THE MISS ASIA PACIFIC PAGEANTS
Miss Asia-Pacific is a small, regional competition which has mostly been held in the Philippines. Once a power in it's heyday, in the 1990's the pageant slowly rolled towards it's end. India once sent winners of the "Navy Queen" contest there, and many times a runner-up or finalist. Purchase of the pageant by GMA' in 2000 has breathed some life back into the event, which has seen a resurge in participation and spectacular shows.
Miss Asia-Pacific is a small, regional competition which has mostly been held in the Philippines. Once a power in it's heyday, in the 1990's the pageant slowly rolled towards it's end. India once sent winners of the "Navy Queen" contest there, and many times a runner-up or finalist. Purchase of the pageant by GMA' in 2000 has breathed some life back into the event, which has seen a resurge in participation and spectacular shows.
Zeenat aman-1970
Tara Anne Fonseca-1973
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Dia Mirza-2000
