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India's Rachel Gupta was crowned Miss Grand International 2024 in a glittering final show on Friday, October 25 at the MGI Hall in Bangkok, Thailand. The 20-year-old model, actress, and entrepreneur hailing from Jalandhar, Punjab bested over 60 other contestants to win the competition. She made history as the first-ever woman from India to become Miss Grand International. "Thank you so much to everyone who believed in me! I promise, I will not let you down. I vow to be a queen whose reign you'll remember forever," she wrote online. Christine Juliane Opiaza of the Philippines was named first runner-up while Thae Su Nyein of Myanmar, Safiétou Kabengele of France and Talita Hartmann of Brazil finished as the second, third, and fourth runners-up, respectively. Rounding out the Top 10 and fifth runners-up were María Felix of the Dominican Republic, Nova Liana of Indonesia, Arlette Rujel of Peru, Susana Medina of Spain, and Amy Viranya Berry of the United Kingdom. The rest

Femina Miss India 2024, the 60th annual Femina Miss India pageant was held last Wednesday, October 16 at  Famous Studios  in Mumbai. Nikita Porwal, a 24-year-old actress from Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh, bested 29 other contestants to be crowned Femina Miss India World 2024 (Miss World India). Rekha Pandey of Union Territory and Aayushi Dholakia of Gujarat were named the first and second runners-up, respectively. Sifti Singh Sarang of Delhi, Shruti Raul of Goa, Angelia Marwein of Meghalaya, and Arshia Rashid of Maharashtra rounded out the Top 7 finalists. The new Femina Miss India succeeds last year's winner Nandini Gupta from Rajasthan. She will represent India at the 73rd Miss World competition. Meet the 60th Femina Miss India: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Femina Miss India (@missindiaorg) Photos: Femina Miss India / Instagram

Rhea Singha was crowned Miss Universe India 2024 on Sunday, September 22 at the Zee Studios in Jaipur, Rajasthan. The 19-year-old beauty from Ahmedabad, Gujarat bested 50 other competitors to win the national title. She received her crown from Indian actress and former Miss Universe India Urvashi Rautela. Pranjal Priya was named first runner-up while Chhavi Verg, Sushmita Roy, and Ruopfuzhano Whiso were the second, third, and fourth runners-up, respectively. This year's glittering national competition was the first edition under the Glamanand Group, with the new national director Nikhil Anand. The new Miss Universe India will now prepare to represent the "land of diversity" at the Miss Universe 2024 pageant in Mexico this November. Road to the 73rd Miss Universe: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Miss Universe India (@missuniverseindiaorg) Photos: VJ Suraj / Miss Universe India

The final competition of the Miss Celeste India 2023 pageant was held last Friday, October 13 at the historic Chomu Palace Hotel in Rajasthan. A total of 16 finalists battled it out to win the national titles at stake — Miss Celeste India, Miss Intercontinental India, and The Miss Globe India. Meet the winners: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Miss Celeste India (@misscelesteindia) Miss Celeste India 2023 - Nisha Singh Miss Intercontinental India 2023 - Bhawana Vaishnav (will go to Miss Intercontinental 2023 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt this December) The Miss Globe India 2023 - Aishwarya Paatapati (will go to The Miss Globe 2023 in Tirana, Albania this November) The runners-up were Nisha Singh Chouhan, Sanjana Sekharmantri, Anusha Anand, and Sezal Sharma. Photos: Mayur Studio Jaipur, Miss Celeste India / Instagram

Shweta Sharda was crowned LIVA Miss Diva Universe 2023 (Miss Universe India 2023) during the LIVA Miss Diva 2023 final held on Sunday, August 27 at The Lalit Mumbai. The 22-year-old professional dancer and choreographer from Chandigarh bested 15 other competitors to win the national title. She will now prepare to represent India at Miss Universe 2023 in El Salvador this November. Jaipur's Sonal Kukreja was named LIVA Miss Diva Supranational 2023 (Miss Supranational India 2023) and will go to Miss Supranational 2024 in Poland. Trisha Shetty was announced as the first runner-up while Aruna Beniwal, Daisy Khound, Zuchobeni Tungoe, Nickita Arora rounded out the Top 7 finalists. Former international queens, Miss Universe 2021 Harnaaz Sandhu and Miss Supranational 2016 Srinidhi Shetty graced the starstudded show as they joined the distinguished panel of judges. Last year's titleholders, Miss Universe 2022 Top 16 semifinalist Divita Rai and Miss Supranational Asia 2023 Pragnya Ayyagar

Priyan Sain clinched the title of Miss Earth India 2023 during the Miss Divine Beauty 2023 national final held on Saturday, August 26 in New Delhi. The 20-year-old student, dancer, and taekwondo player from Jaipur, Rajasthan succeeds last year's winner Vanshika Parmar, and will now prepare to represent India at the Miss Earth 2023 pageant in Vietnam this December. She received her crown from reigning Miss Earth from Korea Mina Sue Choi who was invited as a special guest along with Miss Earth Air from Australia Sheridan Mortlock. At the same event, Praveena Aanjna was named Miss International India 2023 while Pema Choden Bhutia and Tejaswini Shrivastava were both announced as runners-up. Prior to becoming a finalist for Miss Divine Beauty and eventually winning her national title, Priyan participated in Miss Rajasthan 2022 where she finished as first runner-up. Meet the new Miss Earth India: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Priyan Sain (@priyan_sain)

Praveena Aanjna was proclaimed Miss International India 2023 during the Miss Divine Beauty 2023 final held on Saturday, August 26 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi. The 24-year-old chartered accountant from Udaipur, Rajasthan won the title from a pool of 16 finalists and will now prepare to represent India at Miss International 2023 in Japan. Miss International 2022 first runner-up from Cape Verde, Stephany Amado, graced the competition as a special guest and crowned the new Miss International India at the culmination of this year's event. The 61st edition of the Miss International pageant will take place on October 26. Germany's Jasmin Selberg is set to relinquish her reign at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Shibuya, Tokyo. View this post on Instagram A post shared by MISS INTERNATIONAL (@missinternationalofficial) Photos: Miss International / Instagram

The Miss Divine Beauty 2023 grand final and coronation show will take place on Saturday, August 26 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi. From the Top 40 finalists, only 16 have been selected to compete for the coveted titles of Miss International India 2023 and Miss Earth India 2023. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Miss Earth (@missearth) Reigning Miss Earth queens, Miss Earth 2022 Mina Sue Choi and Miss Earth Air Sheridan Mortlock will visit the country from August 23 to 28 for various environmental and social activities and to crown the next Miss Earth India. The winners of this year's Miss Divine Beauty competition will represent India at Miss International 2023 in Japan on October 26 and Miss Earth 2023 in Vietnam on December 16. Meet the Top 16 finalists: Aishwarya Paatapati Anjana Kachhawa Avantika Mathur Divya Rao Gulistan Raziya Kasak Khaturia Naisha Srivastav Nitya Sarpal Pema Bhutia Praveena Aanjna Priyan Sain Sangita Paul Srishti

Daisy Khound beat 23 other competitors to be crowned as North East Diva 2023 in a glittering competition held on Sunday, July 16 at Mayfair Hotel in Guwahati. The 22-year-old beauty from Jorhat, Assam won a direct entry to the prestigious LIVA Miss Diva 2023 (Miss Universe India 2023) pageant. Snigdha Baruah and Anushka Lekharu were named the first and second runners-up, respectively. The new North East Diva winner is a student at Jagannath Barooah College pursuing a bachelor's degree in history. She founded Maryam, a nonprofit youth organization advocating for equity and equality in society, with a spotlight on women. "As much as grateful I am for the title I have been bestowed with, I am embedded with a heavy responsibility to represent my whole northeast now in a national platform," she shared online after winning Sunday's event. "It is no more my aspiration it is the hopes and aspirations of my soil that I am gonna represent and I promise to put my best foot

Miss Rajasthan, Nandini Gupta, bested 29 other competitors to win Femina Miss India 2023 on Saturday, April 15 at Khuman Lampak Main Stadium in Imphal, Manipur. The 19-year-old model and business management student at Lala Lajpat Rai College received her crown from last year's winner Sini Shetty of Karnataka. She is now expected to represent India at the Miss World 2024 pageant. Miss Delhi, Shreya Poonja, and Miss Manipur, Thounaojam Strela Luwang were named the first and second runners-up, respectively. Rounding out the Top 7 were representatives of Chhattisgarh, Aditi Sharma, Karnataka, Megan Edward, Kerala, Christeena Biju, and Maharashtra, Apurva Chavan. The rest of the Top 12 semifinalists were from Assam, Anushka Lekharu, Himachal Pradesh, Nikeet Dhillon, Sikkim, Zaanvii Sharma, Uttar Pradesh, Tanya Sharma, and West Bengal, Shaswati Bala. Hosted by actor, TV personality, and stand-up comedian Maniesh Paul with actress co-host Bhumi Pednekar, the Femina Miss India 2023 grand f

The start-studded Femina Miss India 2023 Awards Night was held on Wednesday, March 22 at the Time Virtual Studio in Vile Parle, Mumbai. Reigning Miss World Karolina Bielawska, who just arrived in Mumbai, attended the red carpet event wearing a beautiful traditional lehenga by Falguni Shane Peacock India. The glittering show also featured breathtaking performances and the Top 30 state winners' presentations in front of the judges consisting of former Miss India Neha Dhupia, fashion designers Sahil Kochhar and Pallavi Mohan, and director and choreographer Bosco Martis. Here are the sub-contest winners: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Femina Miss India (@missindiaorg) Times Miss Body Beautiful - Delhi, Shreya Poonja Times Miss Rampwalk - Kerala, Christeena Biju Bennett University Miss Sudoku - Union Territory, Navya Naveen Kalra Bennett University Miss IQ - Haryana, Meharmeet Kaur Niine Miss Congeniality - Telangana, Urmila Chauhan INIFD Miss Tal