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Miss India Worldwide
Formation1990
FounderDharmatma Saran[1]
Founded atNew York, USA
TypeBeauty Pageant
HeadquartersNew York
Location
Official language
English
Chairman
Dharmatma Saran
Key people
Neelam Saran
Parent organization
India Festival Committee[1]
WebsiteOfficial Websire

Miss India Worldwide is a beauty pageant which draws contestants from India and from among members of the Indian diaspora residing in other countries.[2]

History

The pageant started in the year 1990. Simmi Chadha from the United States was crowned the first ever Miss India Worldwide in New York. Simi was the winner of Miss India USA pageant of the year 1990.

The pageant

The pageant is for the women of Indian origin living in different countries. The pageant is conducted by India Festival Committee (IFC), founded and headed by Dharmatma Saran in New York, USA.[1]

Titleholders

Year Country Miss India Worldwide National Title Location Notes
1990  USA Simmi Chadha Miss India USA New York City, New York,
 USA
1991  USA Bela Bajaria Miss India USA New York City, New York,
 USA 		Bajaria would go on to become an executive at Universal Television.[3]
1992  USA Icha Singh Miss India USA New York City, New York,
 USA
1994  India Karminder Kaur Virk Miss India Worldwide India New York City, New York,
 USA 		The first of five wins for a Miss India Worldwide India titleholder. This was the first year in which Hong Kong sent a delegate to the worldwide pageant, which was held in New York; local businessman Hari Harilela was one of the judges. Miss India Worldwide Hong Kong "Best Talent Award" winner Puja Venkataraman stated "The most important thing is that [the pageant] allows the young Indian woman to express herself in a society where she is drawn to maintaining her Indian heritage as well as adjusting to local culture".[4][5][6]
1995  Hong Kong Nirupama Anand Miss India Hong Kong New York City, New York,
 USA 		First winner from Hong Kong.[7][8]
1996  India Sandhya Chib Miss India Worldwide India New York City, New York,
 USA 		Also became a semi-finalist in Miss Universe 1996[4]
1997  Canada Poonam Chibber Miss India Canada Mumbai, Maharashtra,
 India 		The first win by a Miss India Worldwide Canada titleholder. Chibber would go on to become a Bollywood actress.[9][10]
1998  Canada Melissa Bhagat Miss India Canada Singapore City,
 Singapore 		Bhagat went on to work for the Department of Citizenship and Immigration Canada under Minister Jason Kenney.[11][12]
1999  India Aarti Chabria Miss India Worldwide India Rahway, New Jersey,
 USA 		Third winner from India[13]
2000  USA Rita Upadhyay Miss India USA Tampa, Florida,
 USA 		Held in November 2000. Upadhyay was age 23 and a New York-based staff writer for Time magazine then.[14]
2001  South Africa Sarika Sukhdeo Miss India South Africa San Jose, California,
 USA 		Originally scheduled to be held in Durban, South Africa, it was later delayed until March 2002 and moved to San Jose, California. Nevertheless, Sarika Sukhdeo of Durban garnered the first win for a Miss India Worldwide South Africa titleholder after ten years of South African delegates to the worldwide pageant.[15][16][17]
2002  UAE Santripti Vellody Miss India UAE Durban,
 South Africa 		Held in November 2002[18][19]
2003  India Purva Merchant Miss India Worldwide India San Francisco, California,
 USA 		Held in September 2003[20][21]
2005  United Kingdom Amrita Hunjan Miss India UK Mumbai, Maharashtra,
 India 		Held in February 2005; the fourteenth edition of the Miss India Worldwide pageant.[22][23]
2006  United Kingdom Trina Chakravarty Miss India UK Mumbai, Maharashtra,
 India 		[24]
2007  Suriname Fareisa Joemmanbaks Miss India Suriname Fords, New Jersey,
 USA 		Held in April 2007. Joemmanbaks would later go on to a career in Mollywood.[25][26]
2008  India Shagun Sarabhai Miss India South Africa Johannesburg,
 South Africa 		Held in February 2008. Prizes included $5,000 in cash, jewellery, clothing, and a notebook computer.[27]
2009  USA Nikkitasha Marwaha Miss India USA Durban,
 South Africa 		Held in February 2009. Marwaha was age 20 and a drama student at the time. She went on to star in the Indian television series 24.[28][29]
2010  South Africa Kajal Lutchminarian Miss India South Africa Durban,
 South Africa 		Held in March 2010. Lutchminarian was age 21 and a medical student at the time.[30]
2011  Australia Ankita Ghazan Miss India Australia Emirates Presidential Palace, Abu Dhabi,
 UAE 		Held in May 2011; the twentieth edition of the pageant. Ghazan was age 19 and a university student at the time.[31][32]
2012  Guyana Alana Seebarran Miss India Guyana Paramaribo,
 Suriname 		Held in February 2012. Following her crowning, Seebarran had various conflicts with the organisers, and was not invited to the following year's pageant in Malaysia to crown the new winner.[33][34]
2013  United Kingdom Nehal Bhogaita Miss India UK Kuala Lumpur,
 Malaysia 		Held in May 2013. Bhogaita was the first deaf contestant in the pageant's history.[35]
2014  USA Monica Gill Miss India USA Dubai,
 UAE 		Held in June 2014. Prizes included $8,000 in cash, as well as photo assignments and modelling sessions.[36][37]
2015  Oman Stephanie Lohale Miss India Oman Mumbai, Maharashtra,
 India 		First winner from Oman. Pageant held in September 2015.[38][39]

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  8. ^ "Territory's Miss India pageant crowns future hopes for charity". South China Morning Post. 10 April 1995. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
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  24. ^ "Trina Chakravarty crowned Miss India 2006". The Times of India. 29 January 2006. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
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  28. ^ "Chicago girl wins Miss India worldwide 2009". The Economic Times. 15 February 2009. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  29. ^ "This American beauty queen is an assassin on a TV show in India". American Bazaar. 25 October 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  30. ^ "South African Kajal Lutchminarian is new Miss India Worldwide". Deccan Herald. 28 March 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  31. ^ "Ankita Ghazan, Miss India Australia, wins Miss India Worldwide 2011". Miss India Magazine. 15 May 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
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  33. ^ Sinha, Sanskrity (27 February 2012). "Miss India Worldwide Pageant 2012 Full Coverage - From Contestants' Talent Show to Winner's Crowning Moment". International Business Times. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  34. ^ "Alana Seebarran sues Miss India franchise holder". Kaieteur News. 5 May 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  35. ^ "Hearing impaired Nehal Bhoghaita crowned Miss India Worldwide". Indian Express. 4 May 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  36. ^ Pennington, Roberta (22 June 2014). "American Monica Gill wins Miss India Worldwide in UAE". The National (Abu Dhabi). Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  37. ^ "Monica Gill from US is Miss India Worldwide 2014". The Times of India. 21 June 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  38. ^ "18-year-old set to represent Oman at Miss India Worldwide pageant". Muscat Daily. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  39. ^ Waraich, Sonia (8 September 2015). "Oman's Stephanie Lohale Crowned Miss India Worldwide 2015". India West. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
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