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March 29, 2015

Aditi Arya wins Miss India 2015, will represent India at Miss World

Aditi Arya, 21 years old from Delhi, was crowned FBB Femina Miss India 2015 at the annual ceremony held on March 28th at Mumbai. Aditi, a research analyst and a Business Studies graduate from Delhi University earned herself the right to represent India at Miss World 2015 to be held in December. She will try to be a successor of present Miss World Rolene Strauss. Aishwarya Rai from India and Miss World winner 2014 is considered among the most beautiful Miss World ever.

Crowned as 1st and 2nd runner-ups respectively were Aafreen Rachel Vaz and Vartika Singh. Vartika Singh hails from Lucknow, my hometown. She works with Public health department of World Bank as a consultant. The Miss India Organization will announce soon in which international events they will compete. In all likelihood, Afreen will represent India at Miss Earth 2015 and Vartika will go to Miss Grand International.
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The show was hosted by the exuberant Manish Paul who kept the audience entertained along with the gorgeous Neha Dhupia joining him for a segment. Touted as the most glamorous and credible beauty pageant of the country, fbb Femina Miss India 2015 saw electrifying performances by Bollywood stars- Kareena Kapoor, Jacqueline Fernandes, Shahid Kapoor and Famous singers like Kanika Kapoor, Meet Brothers, and Shalmali Kholgade. The 52nd year of fbb Femina Miss India 2015 was celebrated with glamour and panache.

Aditi Arya was also the winner of Miss Delhi, the same title that Koyal Rana , Miss India 2014 had won before winning the national pageant.

The Grand Finale was judged by eminent personalities from the industry like John Abraham, Manisha Koirala, Sonu Nigam, Anil Kapoor, Feroz Nadiadwala, Abu Jani & Sandeep Khosla, Shilpa Shetty, Sonali Bendre, Shiamak Davar and Chitrangada Singh. The glorious Red Carpet event was bustling with the creme da la creme from the fashion, glamour and entertainment industry with names like Manasvi Mamgai, Rocky S, Naseerudin Shah, Paresh Rawal and many more.

India has 5 Miss World crown to its credit second only to Venezuela which has 6. Aishwaraya Rai from India and Miss World 2014 is considered the most beautiful Miss World so far.

Best of Luck to Aditi Arya, Afreen Vaz and Vartika Singh.

March 14, 2015

A tribute to Indian Beauty

Indian girls are famous all over the world for their unique beauty. Their striking exotic features which are very different from white, Black or East Asian features. India is a kaleidoscope of many races including Caucasians (Aryans), Mediterranean, Mongoloids, Dravidians, Australoids. Inhabitants of Andaman and Nicobar Islands are closely related to the Black race. Over the 5000 years of continuing civilization history these races have mixed together to produce a very eclectic mixture of cultures and of course beauty.

Relevance of Miss Universe and Miss World

“Beauty pageants might be seen as irrelevant today but it is indeed a daunting task to be beautiful, stress free, calm, articulate, intelligent all at the same time. It takes a Lion’s heart to be flag bearer of country with 1.3 billion people in an event which still gets hundreds of millions viewership from all over the world.”

India has the second largest diaspora population in the world and they have achieved great success everywhere in the world. This year Miss World 2014 Competition had 7 Indian origin Beauties, 2 penetrating Top 10, India and Guyana. Last year 5 Indian origin beauties competed at Miss Universe.

Miss Universe 2010

At Miss Universe 2010, 2 of the TOP 5 were of Mixed Indian origin, Jamaican Yendi Philips and Filipino Venus Raj.

India has produced great and memorable beauty queens. Aishwarya is a legend and so far the most successful Miss World ever. Sushmita and Lara Dutta are remembered for their answers which are rated amongst the best at Miss Universe ever.

Asha Bhatt: Miss Supranational 2014

Lara score a score of 9.9/10 at Miss Universe 2010 which is highest ever. India is also the Only Country to win Miss Universe and Miss World both in the same years twice, 1994 and 2000. It is also the only country to score a back to back victory at Miss World by winning in 1999 and 2000.

http://bitvie.com/lara-dutta-winning-answer-rated-best-ever-miss-universe/

India won Miss World 3 times in 4 years itself speaks the power of Indian beauty and Brains. With 7 Big 2 crowns (Miss World and Miss Universe) India enjoys a very respectable position in the pageantry. With 7 Big 2 crowns (Miss World and Miss Universe) India enjoys a very respectable position in the pageantry.

This performance is commendable as the there was never a huge popular support from the Indians in general. This year India has won Miss Supranational, Third after Miss Universe and Miss World in terms of production quality. Also India won 3 other minor crowns this year. Indian beauty is certainly on roll.

Aishwarya Rai and Sushmita Sen : A fairytale start in 1994

In 2000 India won 4 major pageants, Miss Universe, Miss World, Mrs. World and Miss Asia Pacific.

Let’s have a look at their profiles of Indian contestants this year.

Miss Universe 2014

Miss Universe 2014 taking place at Doral in Miami Florida has 6 Indian origin Beauties, 2 of them partially Indian and rest completely Indian

Picture Courtesy: India’s Next International Beauty Queen

1. India : Noyonita Lodh (completely Indian)

2. Malaysia: Sabrina Bennett (completely Indian)

3. Mauritius: Pallavi Gungram (completely Indian)

4. Singapore: Rathi Menon (completely Indian)

5. Guyana: Niketa Barker (Indian-Black)

6. Netherlands: Yasmin Verheijen (Indian-German-Chinese)

At Miss World 2014

Miss World 2014 which happened at London in December had 7 Indian origin beauties. 2 of them Miss Guyana and Miss India reached Top 10.

Indian Beauty Queens

India has following Major crowns in beauty pageants

5 Miss World (1966, 94, 97, 99, 2000), 6 runner up. First Ever Back to Back

2 Miss Universe (94, 2000), 11 year semifinal placement streak, 4 years finalist streak

1 Miss Supranational (2014)

3 Miss Asia Pacific (1970, 1973, 2000)

3 Miss Asia Pacific World (2012, 2013, 2014) F

1 Miss Earth (2010)

2 Miss Intercontinental (1978, 1997)

In addition to this Indian girls have won 14 other minor titles including all versions of Tourism queen International/Tourism queen (Malaysia Version)/China versions

Indian beauty stands in a league of its own as unmatched as our women are.

December 03, 2014

Miss World 2014 : The Early Favorites so far Miss India , Miss South Africa , Miss Australia, Miss Turkey , Miss Indonesia and Miss Russia

This December is going to rain beauties all over. With Miss World taking place in London and Miss Supranational and Miss Intercontinental taking place in Europe. Miss World is definitely in another league as it is much older than the other two. It happens to be the oldest continuing pageant in the world and is back to its home country after many years. Last time it was held in London was in 2000 when India emerged as the winner, pretty Priyanka giving India 5th Miss World crown. It was also a back to back as the previous year Yukta Mukhi of India won the coveted crown. The grand finale of this event will take place on December 14 where Megan Young of Philippines will crown her successor. The pageants has a few fast track events like Sports,Top model, Beach beauty,Talent and Beauty with a Purpose( BWAP ) . BWAP is the most prestigious of them all and fortunately India has always done well in this event. This year as well India has been shortlisted for BWAP and has made it to the finals of other events as well. She features prominently among the early favorites to win the crown. The favorites so far based on media coverage are :