Miss India Worldwide India is a national beauty pageant in India that sends its winner to Miss India Worldwide. The incumbent titleholder is Apeksha Porwal from Mumbai who was 1st runner-up in Miss India Worldwide 2015 held in Mumbai, India
| Formation | 1990 |
|---|---|
| Type | Beauty Pageant |
| Location | |
Membership | Miss India Worldwide |
Official language | Standard Hindi, English |
History
editIndia has been participating in Miss India Worldwide pageant since its inception in 1990. Karminder Kaur Virk made history in 1994 as the first Indian and Asian delegate to win the coveted title. Sandhya Chib followed suit in 1996.
Over the years, India has continued to excel in the competition, with a total of five Miss India Worldwide crowns won by Karminder Kaur Virk, Sandhya Chib, Aarti Chhabria, Purva Merchant, and Shagun Sarabhai.
Titleholders
edit- Color key
- : Declared as Winner
- : Ended as runner-up
- : Ended as one of the Finlaist/Semi-finalists
- : Unplaced but given special award(s)
| Year | Delegate | Placement & Performance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Placements | Special award(s) | ||
| 1991 | Rithu Singh | 1st Runner-up | |
| 1994 | Karminder Kaur Virk | Miss India Worldwide 1994 | |
| 1996 | Sandhya Chib | Miss India Worldwide 1996 | |
| 1997 | Sumera Peerbhoy | Unplaced | 1 Special Award
|
| 1998 | Himani Isar | Unplaced | |
| 1999 | Aarti Chhabria | Miss India Worldwide 1999 | 2 Special Awards
|
| 2000 | Sheetal Shah | 2nd Runner-up | |
| 2001 | Anurithi Chikkerpur | Unplaced | |
| 2002 | Rohini Banjeree | 2nd Runner-up | 2 Special Awards
|
| 2003 | Purva Merchant | Miss India Worldwide 2003 | 1 Special Award
|
| 2005 | Anchal Dwivedi | Unplaced | |
| 2006 | Priyanka Jha | Top 6 | |
| 2007 | Movina Nagarajan | Top 5 | |
| 2008 | Shagun Sarabhai | Miss India Worldwide 2008 | |
| 2009 | Deepthi Mary Varughese | Unplaced | |
| 2011 | Sukirti Kandpal | Top 10 | 1 Special Award
|
| 2012 | Eram Karim | Top 11 | 1 Special Award
|
| 2013 | Preeti Soni | Unplaced | |
| 2014 | Anugya Sharma | Top 11 | |
| 2015 | Apeksha Porwal | 1st Runner-up | 1 Special Award
|
| 2016 | Akila Narayanan | Unplaced | |
| 2017 | Reena Merchant | Unplaced | |
| 2018 | Renu Kaushal | Unplaced | |
| 2019 | Varuna Divekar | Unplaced | |
| 2022 | Riya Sapkal | Unplaced | 1 Special Award
|
| 2023 | Aishwarya Dhatingan | Top 5 | |
Notes
edit- Karminder Kaur Virk was the 1st runner-up in the Femina Miss India 1993 pageant and represented India at the Miss World 1993 competition.
- Sandhya Chib won the Femina Miss India 1996 title and went on to compete in the Miss Universe 1996 pageant, where she achieved a Top 10 finish.
- Ritu Singh won the Femina Miss India World title in 1991 and represented India at the Miss World 1991 competition, reaching the Top 6 finalists.
- Audrey D'silva, who was the 2nd runner-up in the Miss India Worldwide India 2014 pageant, later participated in the Indian Princess beauty pageant held at Rangsit University in Thailand and won the Best Body subtitle award.
- Apeksha Porwal was crowned Femina Miss India Delhi 2015 and was subsequently selected to represent Delhi at the Femina Miss India 2015 pageant.