Miss India

Here is a list of women who have won the Miss India title. The names of those who have won the competition at the international level (Miss Universe, Miss World, etc.) are mentioned in bold.

2004:

• Miss India Universe - Tanushree Dutta
• Miss India World - Sayali Bhagat
• Miss India Earth - Jyoti Brahmin

2003:

• Miss India Universe - Nikita Anand
• Miss India World - Ami Vashi, later third runner-up Miss World
• Miss India Earth - Swetha Vijay
• Miss India Asia-Pacific - Shonal Rawat, later first runner-up Miss Asia Pacific, 2003

2002:

• Miss India Universe - Neha Dhupia, later ninth at Miss Universe
• Miss India World - Shruti Sharma
• Miss India Earth - Reshmi Ghosh
• Miss India Asia-Pacific - Tina Chatwal, later second runner-up Miss Asia Pacific, 2002

2001:

• Miss India - Celina Jaitley, later fourth runner-up at Miss Universe
• Miss India first runner-up - Sara Corner
• Miss India second runner-up - Maheshwari Thyagrajan

2000:

• Miss India - Lara Dutta, later Miss Universe, 2000
• Miss India first runner-up - Priyanka Chopra, later Miss World, 2000
• Miss India second runner-up - Diya Mirza, later Miss Asia-Pacific, 2000

1999:

• Miss India - Gul Panag, later sixth place at Miss Universe
• Miss India first runner-up - Yukta Mookhey, later Miss World, 1999
• Miss India second runner-up - Shivangi Parikh

1998:

• Miss India - Lymaraina D'souza, later seventh place at Miss Universe
• Miss India first runner-up - Annie Thomas
• Miss India second runner-up - Vitika Aggarwal

1997:

• Miss India - Nafisa Joseph, later tenth place at Miss Universe
• Miss India first runner-up - Diana Hayden later Miss World, 1997
• Miss India second runner-up - Divya Chauhan

1996:

• Miss India - Sandhya Chib, later seventh (or eighth) place at Miss Universe, 1996
• Miss India first runner-up - Rani Jeyraj, later third runner-up Miss World, 1995
• Miss India second runner-up - Mini Menon

1995:

• Miss India - Manpreet Brar, later runner-up Miss Universe
• Miss India first runner-up - Preeti Mankotia

1994:

• Miss India - Sushmita Sen, later Miss Universe, 1994
• Miss India first runner-up - Aishwarya Rai, later Miss World, 1994

1993:

• Miss India - Namrata Shirodkar, later fourth place Miss Universe, 1994
• Miss India first runner-up - Karminder Kaur
• Miss India second runner-up - Pooja Batra, later semi-finalist at Miss International

1992:

• Miss India - Madhu Sapre
• Miss India first runner-up - Shyla Lopez

1991:

• Miss India first runner-up - Ritu Singh, later eighth Place Miss World, second runner-up Miss Asia World
• Miss India second runner-up - Preeti Mankotia, later semi-finalist at Miss International

1990:

• Miss India - Suzanne Sablok, later semi-finalist Miss World
• Miss India first runner-up - Naveeda Mehdi

1989: none

1988:

• Miss India - Dolly Minhas
• Miss India first runner-up - Anuradha Kottoor

1987:

• Miss India - Priyadarshini Pradhan
• Miss India first runner-up - Manisha Kohli

1986:

• Miss India - Mehr Jessia
• Miss India first runner-up - Maureen Lestourgen

1985:

• Miss India - Sonu Walia
• Miss India first runner-up - Sharon Clarke

1984:

• Miss India - Juhi Chawla
• Miss India first runner-up - Suchita Kumar

1983:

• Miss India - Rekha Hande
• Miss India first runner-up - Sweety Grewal

1982:

• Miss India - Pamela Singh
• Miss India first runner-up - Uttara Mhatre

1981:

• Miss India - Ruchita Kumar, now known by the name Nandini Thackersey
• Miss India first runner-up - Deepti Divakar

1980:

• Miss India - Sangeeta Bijlani
• Miss India first runner-up - Elizabeth Anita Reddi, later 10th Place Miss World
• also Meenakshi Seshadri

1979:

• Miss India - Swaroop Sampat
• Miss India first runner-up - Raina Winifred Mendonica

1978:

• Miss India - Alamjeet Chauhan
• Miss India first runner-up - Kalpana Iyer, later 11th Place Miss World

1977:

• Miss India - Nalini Vishwanathan
• Miss India first runner-up - Veena Prakash, withdrew from the Miss World contest because of India's policy against apartheid

1976:

• Miss India first runner-up - Naina Balsaver, withdrew from the Miss World contest because of India's policy against apartheid

1975:

• Miss India - Meenakshi Kurpad
• Miss India first runner-up - Anjana Sood, later semi-finalist Miss World

1974:

• Miss India - Shailini Dholakia, later semi-finalist, Miss Universe, 1974

1973:

• Miss India - Farzana Habib, later semi-finalist Miss Universe
• Miss India first runner-up - none

1972:

• Miss India - Roopa Satyan, later semi-finalist Miss Universe
• Miss India first runner-up - Malathi Basappa, later fourth runner-up Miss World

1971:

• Miss India - Raj Gill
• Miss India first runner-up - Prema Narayan

1970:

• Miss India - Veena Sajnani
• Miss India first runner-up - Heather Faville, later semi-finalist Miss World

1969:

• Miss India - Kavita Bhambani
• Miss India first runner-up - Adina Shellim

1968:

• Miss India - Anjum Mumtaz Barg
• Miss India first runner-up - Jane Coelho

1967:

• Miss India - Nayyara Mirza, now known by the name Nalini Patel
• Miss India first runner-up - none

1966:

• Miss India - Yasmin Daji, later third runner-up Miss Universe, 1966
• Miss India first runner-up - Reita Faria, later Miss World, 1966

1965: Persis Khambatta

1964: Meher Mistry, later known as Meher Castelino

1962: Ferial Karim, later semi-finalist Miss World

1961: Veronica Torcato

1960: Iona Pinto

1959: Fleur Ezekiel

1953: Peace Kanwal

1952: Nutan

1947: Pramila

External link

• Femina Miss India official website