Femina Miss India South is a regional beauty pageant established in 2008 by the Times Group. Initially, it selected one representative from each of the five southern states: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana to compete in the national Femina Miss India pageant. Starting in 2017, the format changed, with individual winners chosen from each state to represent their respective regions at the national level.
Format Auditions are held in a selected city within the five states. Contestants from all across these five states will participate in a multi-stage audition process. The shortlisted candidates will be announced on the Femina Miss India social media handle. Subsequently, the five state winners will be crowned at a zonal crowning ceremony. These five winners will then represent their states at the national pageant, Femina Miss India. Titles Since the introduction of the regional format at Femina Miss India, South India has been the most successful region, claiming three victories out of six editions. Number of wins of South Indians at Femina Miss India State Wins Karnataka 1 Tamil Nadu 1 Telangana 1 Andhra Pradesh 0 Kerala 0
Representatives at Femina Miss India The following provides an overview of the winners from each of the five South Indian states and a detailed breakdown of their performance and placement at the national Femina Miss India pageant. Color key
+ width=5% Andhra Pradesh Karnataka Kerala Tamil Nadu Telangana 2026 Chikalapudi Indu PhalguniTop 15 Khushi Ramesh KalakeriTop 15 Medhavi Saboo Tejashvee Arunprassad Ramya KailasaTop 15 2024 Bhavya Reddy Apeksha ShettyTop 15 Akshatha Das MalinaTop 15 Prakruthi Kambam 2023 Gomathy Reddy Megan EdwardTop 7 Christeena BijuTop 7 Karunya Mohanasundaram Urmila Chauhan 2022 Sailikhita YalamanchiliTop 10 Sini ShettyFemina Miss India World Soumya Shasi Kumar Shivani Rajashekar Pragnya AyyagariTop 5 2020 Tejal Patil Rati HuljiTop 5 Leena LalTop 15 Raina GargTop 20 Manasa VaranasiFemina Miss India World 2019 Nikita Tanwani Aashna Bisht Lakshmi Menon Rubeiya S K Sanjana Vij1st Runner-Up 2018 Shreya Rao Kamaravapu2nd Runner-Up Bhavana Durgam ReddyTop 12 Mekhana Shajan Anukreethy VasFemina Miss India World Kamakshi Bhaskarla 2017 Srishti Vyakaranam Swathi MuppalaTop 15 Mannat SinghTop 15 Sherlin Seth Simran Choudhary
Andhra Pradesh Year Delegate Age Placement & Performance Placements 2017 Srishti Vyakaranam 24 Unplaced 2018 Shreya Rao Kamaravapu 25 2nd Runner-up 2019 Nikita Tanwani 24 Unplaced 2020 Tejal Patil 21 Unplaced 2022 Sailikhita Yalamanchili 24 Top 10 2023 Gomathy Reddy 21 Unplaced 2024 Bhavya Reddy Unplaced 2026 Chilakalapudi Indu Phalguni Top 15
Karnataka Year Delegate Age Placement & Performance Placements 2017 Swathi Muppala 25 Top 15 2018 Bhavana Durgam Reddy 21 Top 12 2019 Aashna Bisht 24 Unplaced 2020 Rati Hulji 25 Top 5 2022 Sini Shetty 21 Femina Miss India World 2022 2023 Megan Edward 24 Top 7 2024 Apeksha Shetty 26 Top 15 2026 Khushi Ramesh Kalakeri Top 15
Kerala Year Delegate Age Placement & Performance Placements 2017 Mannat Singh 19 Top 15 2018 Mekhana Shajan 19 Unplaced 2019 Lakshmi Menon 24 Unplaced 2020 Leena Lal 25 Top 15 2022 Soumya Shasi Kumar 25 Unplaced 2023 Christeena Biju 25 Top 7 2024 Akshatha Das 23 Unplaced 2026 Medhavi Saboo Unplaced
Tamil Nadu Year Delegate Age Placement & Performance Placements 2017 Sherlin Seth 19 Unplaced 2018 Anukreethy Vas 19 Femina Miss India World 2018 2019 Rubeiya S K 23 Unplaced 2020 Raina Garg 23 Top 15 2022 Shivani Rajashekar 24 Did not participate 2023 Karunya Mohanasundaram 24 Unplaced 2024 Malina Top 15 2026 Tejashvee Arunprassad Unplaced
Telangana Year Delegate Age Placement & Performance Placements 2017 Simran Choudhary 24 Unplaced 2018 Sai Kamakshi Bhaskarla 23 Unplaced 2019 Sanjana Vij 23 1st Runner-up 2020 Manasa Varanasi 24 Femina Miss India World 2020 2022 Pragnya Ayyagari 20 Top 5 2023 Urmila Chauhan 25 Unplaced 2024 Prakruthi Kambam Unplaced 2026 Ramya Kailasa Top 15
Zonal Titleholders Since 2024, the pageant has included a zonal title, awarded to one of the regional titleholders representing the South Zone. The recent results are as follows: Year Winner State Placement at FMI Ref. 2026 Chikalapudi Indu Phalguni Andhra Pradesh Top 15 2024 Malina Tamil Nadu Top 15
Representatives at International Pageants The following is a list of South Indian Representatives at International Beauty Pageants (Since 2008) by Femina Miss India/Miss Diva Organization: Year Delegate State International Pageant Placement & Performance Placements 2008 Parvathy Omanakuttan Kerala Miss World 2008 1st Runner-up 2010 Nicole Faria Karnataka Miss Earth 2010 Miss Earth 2010 2013 Sobhita Dhulipala Karnataka Miss Earth 2013 Unplaced 2018 Anukreethy Vas Tamil Nadu Miss World 2018 Top 30 2021 Manasa Varanasi Telangana Miss World 2021 Top 13 2023 Sini Sadanand Shetty Karnataka Miss World 2023 Top 8 Pragnya Ayyagari Telangana Miss Supranational 2023 Top 12
Mentor The franchise organises a mentor/coach to each zone to train the candidates for the final event. YearMentorAbout 2023 Neha Dhupia Miss Universe 2002 - Top 10 Femina Miss India 2002 2022 2020 2019 Dia Mirza Miss Asia Pacific 2000 2018 Rakul Preet Singh Femina Miss India 2011 - 3rd Runner-up 2017 Parvathy Omanakuttan Miss World 2008 - 1st Runner-up Femina Miss India World 2008 Femina Miss India South 2008
Representatives at Femina Miss India Only one candidate from whole of the five states in South India was chosen to compete in the Femina Miss India pageant from 2008 to 2013. Year Delegate State Placement & Performance at Femina Miss India Placements 2008 Parvathy Omanakuttan Kerala Femina Miss India World 2008 2009 Faith Pandey Karnataka Top 10 2010 Nicole Faria Karnataka Femina Miss India Earth 2010 2011 Shweta Dolli Tamil Nadu Top 10 2012 Shamata Anchan Karnataka Top 10 2013 Sobhita Dhulipala Andhra Pradesh Femina Miss India Earth 2013
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