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Miss India or Femina Miss India is a national beauty pageant in India that annually selects representatives to compete in Miss World, Miss Supranational, Miss Grand International and Miss United Continents. It is organised by ''Femina'', a women's magazine published by The Times Group. The reigning Femina Miss India titleholders are Aditi Arya ''(Femina Miss India World)'', Aafreen Vaz ''(Femina Miss India Supranational)'', Vartika Singh ''(Femina Miss India Grand International)'' and Sushrii Shreya Mishraa ''(Femina Miss India United Continents)''. ==History== 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. The first ever Femina Miss India pageant was held in year 1964. Meher Castelino Mistri of Maharashtra was crowned the first ever Femina Miss India. She was chosen to represent India at Miss Universe 1964 held in USA and Miss Nations 1964 held in Spain. Reita Faria was the first Miss India ever to win any international beauty pageant. She was crowned Miss World 1966 in London, United Kingdom. She was the winner of Eve's Weekly Miss India contest. The same year Femina Miss India winner Yasmin Daji represented India at Miss Universe 1966 and was crowned 3rd Runner Up at the event. She was the first ever Femina Miss India Winner to get placed at any international beauty pageant In Earlier days, Femina Miss India used to crown three contestants, the winner used to represent India at Miss Universe and the runner ups were sent to Miss Asia Pacific and International Teen Princess. Later the second runner up represents India at Miss Teenage Intercontinental. On some occasions the 2nd Runner up or a finalist was sent to Queen of Pacific pageant from 1969 to 1975. Zeenat Aman was the first ever Femina Miss India titleholder to win an international pageant. She was crowned Femina Miss India Asia Pacific and went on to win Miss Asia Pacific 1970 held in Philippines. Later, after acquiring the rights to send India's representatives to Miss World, Femina Miss India used to select three winners who were then sent to Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss Asia Pacific International pageants, respectively. In 1991, Femina also acquired the rights to send India's representatives to Miss International pageant and on some occasions the third winner represented India at Miss International and a finalist was sent to Miss Asia Pacific International or else the third winner was crowned as ''Femina Miss India Asia Pacific'' and used to represent India at Miss Asia Pacific International and a finalist was sent to Miss International. In 1994, after India's historic win at the International pageants, the organisation ended the practice of crowning a single winner and instead decided that the top three winners were designated as winners with equal visibility and prizes. In 2002, the third winner was designated to Miss Earth instead of Miss Asia Pacific. In 2010, after the I Am She - Miss Universe India acquired the rights to send India's representatives to Miss Universe, Femina Miss India crowned three winners as ''Femina Miss India World'', ''Femina Miss India Earth'' and ''Femina Miss India International'', the third winner representend India in Miss International pageant. In 2010, Tantra Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. (TEPL), in partnership with Sushmita Sen, started a new pageant called I Am She – Miss Universe India. The winner of this pageant participated in the Miss Universe pageant from 2010 to 2012. In 2013, The Times Group again acquired the rights to send India's representatives to the Miss Universe pageant and started a new pageant called Miss Diva. The first ever Miss Diva pageant was held in Mumbai on September 5, 2013. Manasi Moghe of Maharashtra was crowned Miss Diva Universe 2013. Manasi represented India at Miss Universe 2013 and placed in the top 10. Gurleen Grewal from Punjab was crowned Miss Diva International 2013. She represented India at Miss International 2013. Srishti Rana of Haryana was crowned Miss Diva Asia Pacific World 2013. Srishti represented India at Miss Asia Pacific World 2013 and won the contest. She was crowned by Himangini Singh Yadu, Miss Asia Pacific World 2012 from India. This gave India a rare back to back victory at the pageant. In 2014 India again won Miss Asia Pacific World pageant thus becoming the only country to win an international pageant three years in a row. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Femina Miss India」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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