Miss India International

Miss India International
Awarded for	Award given to a woman who represents India at Miss International
Location	New Delhi
Country	India
Presented by	Glamanand Supermodel India Beauty Pageant (2015 – present) [1] Femina Miss India (1991 – 2012, 2014)[2] Miss Diva (2013)[2] Eve's Weekly Miss India (1960 – 1962, 1968 – 1988) [3]
First awarded	1960[4]
Currently held by	Supriya Aiman
Official website	www.glamanand.com
Television/Radio coverage
Producer	Glamanand Entertainment Private Limited[5]

‘’’Miss India International’’’ is an award or title given to a woman who represents India at the Miss International beauty pageant. The award is currently presented by at the annual Glamanand Supermodel India Beauty Pageant organized by Glamanand Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. owned by Nikhil Anand.^[1][6][5]

Glamanand Supermodel India Beauty Pageant is an annual pageant in India held since 2014. In the year 2015, they awarded the first ‘’Miss India International’’ title to Supriya Aiman in September 2015. In October the same year she represented India at Miss International 2015 held in Tokyo, Japan.

History

The ‘’Miss India International’’ was first awarded at the Eve's Weekly Miss India pageant organized by a Mumbai based magazine in the year 1960. The winner of the pageant, Iona Pinto was awarded as Miss India International 1960 and represented India at the inaugural edition of Miss International pageant held in the 1960 in the United States, where she placed as first runner up.^[4][3][7]

For three years, 1960 to 1962 the award was awarded at the grand finale of Eve's Weekly Miss India pageant and the first runner up was sent to Miss International in 1961 and 1962 while the winner represented India at Miss World. For next five year till 1967 no award was awarded and no Indian representative was sent to Miss International. The pageant was revived in the 1966 but the winner was sent to Miss World.In the year 1968 the pageant was held again and Mumbai based model Sumita Singh was declared the winner of the pageant. She represented India at Miss International 1968 and was placed in the top 15.^[4][3]

Till the year 1988 the award was awarded at the grand finale of the Eve's Weekly Miss India pageant and the winner of the pageant was chosen to represent India at Miss International. But after the year 1988, Eve’s Weekly pageant was discontinued and later in the year 1991, The Times Group bought the rights to send India’s representatives to Miss International pageant and till the year 2014 the award was awarded at Femina Miss India owned by The Times Group.^[8][2][4][3]

In the year 2015, ‘’Miss India International’’ became a part of Glamanand Supermodel India Beauty Pageant when the president of the pageant Nikhil Anand acquired the rights to send India’s representatives to Miss International pageant.^{[9][10][11][12][1][6]}

Currently the award is being presented at the grand finale of the Glamanand Supermodel India Beauty Pageant and the winner of the pageant is de facto the recipient of the award and later in year, the winner represents India at the annual Miss International beauty pageant based in Tokyo, Japan.^[1][6]

Miss India International titleholders

India's representatives to Miss International

Year	Representative	State	Ranking	Special awards
2015	Supriya Aiman[9]	Bihar	Unplaced	’Miss Visit Japan Tourism Ambassador Panasonic Beauty Ambassador
2014	Jhataleka Malhotra[13]	Maharashtra	Unplaced	Miss Internet 3rd Runner Up - Best National Costume
2013	Gurleen Grewal[14]	Punjab	Unplaced	1st Runner Up - Miss Internet
2012	Rochelle Maria Rao	Tamil Nadu	Top 15 Semifinalist
2011	Ankita Shorey	Jammu & Kashmir	Unplaced
2010	Neha Hinge	Madhya Pradesh	Top 15 Semifinalist
2009	Harshita Saxena	Goa	Unplaced
2008	Radha Brahmbhatt	Gujarat, Northwood, London	Unplaced
2007	Esha Gupta[15]	New Delhi	Unplaced
2006	Sonali Sehgal	West Bengal	Semifinalist
2005	Vaishali Desai	Maharashtra	Unplaced
2004	Mihika Verma	Maharashtra	Semifinalist
2003	Shonali Nagrani	New Delhi	1st Runner-Up
2002	Gauhar Khan	Maharashtra	Unplaced
2001	Kanwal Toor	New Delhi	Semifinalist
2000	Gayatri Joshi	Maharashtra	Semifinalist
1999	Srikrupa Murali	Karnataka	Unplaced
1998	Shwetha Jaishanker	Tamil Nadu	2nd Runner-Up
1997	Diya Abraham	Kerala	1st Runner-Up
1996	Fleur Xavier	Maharashtra	Unplaced
1995	Priya Gill	Maharashtra	Unplaced
1994	Fransesca Hart	Maharashtra	Unplaced
1993	Pooja Batra	Punjab	Semifinalist
1992	Kamal Sandhu	New Delhi	Unplaced
1991	Preeti Mankotia	Karnataka	Semifinalist
1988	Shikha Swaroop	Maharashtra	Unplaced
1987	Erika Maria D'Souza	Maharashtra	Semifinalist
1986	Poonam Pahlet Gidwant	Maharashtra	Unplaced
1985	Vinita Seshadri Vasan	Bangalore	Unplaced
1984	Nalanda Ravindra Bhandar	West Bengal	Semifinalist
1983	Sahila Chadha	Punjab	Unplaced
1982	Betty O'Connor	Maharashtra	Unplaced
1981	Meenakshi Seshadri	Tamil Nadu	Unplaced
1980	Ulrika Karen Bredemeyer	Maharashtra	Unplaced
1979	Nita Pinto	Maharashtra	Unplaced
1978	Sabita Dhanrajgir	Punjab	Unplaced
1976	Nafisa Ali[16]	Maharashtra	2nd Runner-up
1975	'Indira Maria Bredemeyer	Maharashtra	2nd Runner-Up
1974	Leslie Jean Hartnett	New Delhi	Unplaced
1972	Indira Muthanna	Karnataka	Unplaced
1971	Samita Mukherjee	West Bengal	Unplaced
1970	Patricia D'Souza	New Delhi	Semifinalist
1969	Wendy Leslie Vaz	Maharashtra	Unplaced
1968	Sumita Sen	West Bengal	Semifinalist
1962	Sheila Chonkar	Maharashtra	Unplaced
1961	Diana Valentine	New Delhi	Unplaced
1960	Iona Pinto	Maharashtra	1st Runner-Up

References

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2. "IT’S OFFICIAL: FEMINA MISS INDIA GIVES UP MISS INTERNATIONAL". missosology.info. Retrieved 29 Feb 2016.
3. "Miss India winners:1959-61". indpaedia.com. Retrieved 29 Feb 2016.
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5. "GLAMANAND ENTERTAINMENT PRIVATE LIMITED". zaubacorp.com. Retrieved 29 Feb 2016.
6. "Road to GSI Miss India International 2016". missosology.info. Retrieved 29 Feb 2016.
7. Ricky Lo (1 Dec 2015). "1st Miss International pageant". philstar.com. Retrieved 29 Feb 2016.
8. "History of Miss India". missosology.info. Retrieved 29 Feb 2016.
9. "Supriya Aiman at Miss International 2015". indiatimes.com. Retrieved 29 Feb 2016.
10. "Tiara girl Supriya Aiman is Miss India International 2015 in Tokyo for Miss International 2015 pageant". thetiara.blogspot.in. Retrieved 29 Feb 2016.
11. Shambhavi Singh (10 October 2015). "Bakarganj girl takes flight for Japanese ramp glory". telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 29 Feb 2016.
12. "MISS INDIA INTERNATIONAL 2015 SUPRIYA AIMAN". Retrieved 29 Feb 2016.
13. "JHATALEKA TO REPRESENT INDIA AT MISS INTERNATIONAL 2014". indiatimes.com. Retrieved 29 Feb 2016.
14. "GURLEEN GREWAL TO REPRESENT INDIA AT MISS INTERNATIONAL 2013". indiatimes.com. Retrieved 29 Feb 2016.
15. "Former Miss India International Esha Gupta’s latest photoshoot". indiatimes.com. Retrieved 29 Feb 2016.
16. "Miss Indias who won international pageants". indiatimes.com. Retrieved 29 Feb 2016.

External links

• Jhataleka at Miss International
• Gurleen Grewal’s candid moments at Miss International 2013
• Glamanand Supermodel India Facebook
• Miss International Facebook