Sushmita Sen (L), Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra (R): Beauties who made a big name for themselves, starting from the Femina Miss India stage. (Source: File Photo) Sushmita Sen (L), Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra (R): Beauties who made a big name for themselves, starting from the Femina Miss India stage. (Source: File Photo)
Femina Miss India is not just a beauty pageant, but a road to the hall of fame. Many beauties traversed the path in the past and went on to become iconic figures in India and the world. This year, after a tough competition, the title was bagged by Tamil Nadu girl Anukreethy Vas, with Meenakshi Chaudhary from Haryana and Shreya Rao from Andhra Pradesh being the runner-ups.
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The stage was previously shared by Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Sushmita Sen and others in the past, who chalked out a place among the global icons. Here is a list of Miss India winners, who started from the beauty pageant and went on to become famous names.
Leela Naidu
Year of the title: 1954
Included in the list of the ”World’s Ten Most Beautiful Women” by Vogue, the classic beauty is remembered for her subtle acting style that she showed off in both Hindi and English films.
Reita Faria
Year of the title: 1966
Faria became the first Indian and Asian to win the Miss World title. However, after the completion of one year of her Miss World duties, she declined all film and modelling offers and went on to become a doctor.
Sangeeta Bijlani
Year of the title: 1980
Bijlani gained moderate popularity during her short Bollywood stint. She was also known as “Bijli” from her ramp walk days as she was often referred to as “lightning on stage”. Her rumoured affair with Salman Khan and former cricketer Mohammed Azharuddin also grabbed much limelight.
Juhi Chawla
Year of the title: 1984
The bubbly and vivacious beauty became one of the finest and most popular Bollywood actors, who enchanted millions of hearts. Her comic timing and performance in films like Yes Boss, Ishq and Duplicate are still remembered.
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Madhu Sapre
Year of the title: 1992
Madhu Sapre won Miss India Universe in 1992. She is known to be one of the boldest and most iconic model India has ever seen.
Namrata Shirodkar
Year of the title: 1993
Having some Bollywood hits like as Kachche Dhaage, Pukar and LOC Kargil to her name, the beauty later married Telegu actor Mahesh Babu.
Sushmita Sen
Year of the title: 1994
Also, crowned Miss Universe in 1994, the actor was pitted against Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in the beauty pageant held in Goa that year. While Aishwarya went on to bag the title of Miss World, Sen managed to win both Miss India and Miss Universe honours.
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Year of the title: 1994
The actor came in second to Sen in the Miss India contest but went on to become Miss World later that year and is now recognised as one of the most beautiful women in the world.
(Source: File Photo) (Source: File Photo)
Diana Hayden
Year of the title: 1997
At the age of 24, Hayden became both Miss India and Miss World, becoming the third Indian woman to bag the title of Miss World. She was also the only Miss World contestant to score a hattrick win at the Miss World contest in 1997- Miss Photogenic, Miss Beachwear and Miss World.
Yukta Mookhey
Year of the title: 1999
There is no shortage of glory to this Bangalore beauty’s name. Crowned as Miss India and Miss World, she also went on to become “Continental Queen of Asia and Oceania” during the Miss World contest.
Lara Dutta
Year of the title: 2000
Dutta went on to bag the crown of Miss Universe after being made Miss India. After a brief stint in Bollywood, the actor is now happily married to tennis star Mahesh Bhupathi.
Priyanka Chopra
Year of the title: 2000
Though Chopra finished in second at the Femina Miss India contest, she went on to become Miss World later that year. Now, with Bollywood and Hollywood movies to her name, she is ruling the world with her style and skills.
(Source: File Photo) (Source: File Photo)
Manushi Chhillar
Year of the title – 2017
Breaking a dry spell for India at the international stage, the Haryana girl became Miss World after Priyanka Chopra after 17 long years. The young star set out to lead the ‘Beauty With A Purpose’ tour with her ‘Feminine Hygiene Awareness’ campaign all across the globe.
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Vishal Bhardwaj and Priyanka Chopra have collaborated in the past for movies like 'Kaminey' and '7 Khoon Maaf'. Both the films were appreciated a lot by the critics and the audience. Now Vishal Bhardwaj has desired to work with Priyanka Chopra again in a movie.
While speaking to a daily, Vishal said that he would like to do a film based on 'Twelfth Night' with Priyanka Chopra. He added that Priyanka is a huge international star now and they have met 3-4 times in New York. He said that she is still the same and they are looking forward to working with each other soon.
Vishal is currently busy with the shoot of 'Churiyan' which stars Sanya Malhotra and Radhika Madan. The film also stars Sunil Grover in the lead role.
Priyanka Chopra, on the other hand, will next work with Salman Khan in Ali Abbas Zafar’s ‘Bharat’. The film is an official adaptation of a South Korean film titled 'Ode To My Father'. 'Bharat' will hit the screens on Eid 2019.
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is no doubt, the queen of Bollywood. Her beauty and elegance can give any actress a run for their money. She is an extremely talented actor, a loving wife, and a doting mother.
Recently, the Miss World was snapped by the shutterbugs while she was exiting from the shoot of her upcoming film, Fanne Khan. She looked ravishing in a black dress, which she had paired with ankle high boots. She had let her gorgeous hair down, and overall, she looked like a treat to the sore eyes. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan shares special photos on Father’s Day, view PIC
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Aishwarya has recently made her debut on social media. A few days ago, she created her official Instagram account, and it was a gift for her fans. Since then, she has been treating her fans with beautiful pictures of herself.
The actress had walked down the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival this year and made sure that she turned a lot of heads. She rocked every look of hers with equal grace and poise and was definitely a hit at the festival.
