Miss India Worldwide India is a national beauty pageant in India that sends its winner to Miss India Worldwide. The incumbent titleholder is Apeksha Porwal from Mumbai who was 1st runner-up in Miss India Worldwide 2015 held in Mumbai, India
History India has been participating in Miss India Worldwide pageant since its inception in 1990. Karminder Kaur Virk made history in 1994 as the first Indian and Asian delegate to win the coveted title. Sandhya Chib followed suit in 1996.
Over the years, India has continued to excel in the competition, with a total of five Miss India Worldwide crowns won by Karminder Kaur Virk, Sandhya Chib, Aarti Chhabria, Purva Merchant, and Shagun Sarabhai.
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Year Delegate Placement & Performance Placements 1991 Rithu Singh 1st Runner-up 1994 Karminder Kaur Virk Miss India Worldwide 1994 1996 Sandhya Chib Miss India Worldwide 1996 1997 Sumera Peerbhoy Unplaced 1998 Himani Isar Unplaced 1999 Aarti Chhabria Miss India Worldwide 1999 2000 Sheetal Shah 2nd Runner-up 2001 Anurithi Chikkerpur Unplaced 2002 Rohini Banjeree 2nd Runner-up 2003 Purva Merchant Miss India Worldwide 2003 2005 Anchal Dwivedi Unplaced 2006 Priyanka Jha Top 6 2007 Movina Nagarajan Top 5 2008 Shagun Sarabhai Miss India Worldwide 2008 2009 Deepthi Mary Varughese Unplaced 2011 Sukirti Kandpal Top 10 2012 Eram Karim Top 11 2013 Preeti Soni Unplaced 2014 Anugya Sharma Top 11 2015 Apeksha Porwal 1st Runner-up 2016 Akila Narayanan Unplaced 2017 Reena Merchant Unplaced 2018 Renu Kaushal Unplaced 2019 Varuna Divekar Unplaced 2022 Riya Sapkal Unplaced 2023 Aishwarya Dhatingan Top 5
Notes Karminder Kaur Virk was the 1st runner-up in the Femina Miss India 1993 pageant and represented India at the Miss World 1993 competition. Sandhya Chib won the Femina Miss India 1996 title and went on to compete in the Miss Universe 1996 pageant, where she achieved a Top 10 finish. Ritu Singh won the Femina Miss India World title in 1991 and represented India at the Miss World 1991 competition, reaching the Top 6 finalists. Audrey D'silva, who was the 2nd runner-up in the Miss India Worldwide India 2014 pageant, later participated in the Indian Princess beauty pageant held at Rangsit University in Thailand and won the Best Body subtitle award. Apeksha Porwal was crowned Femina Miss India Delhi 2015 and was subsequently selected to represent Delhi at the Femina Miss India 2015 pageant.
See also Femina Miss India
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