The 53rd edition of the Femina Miss India beauty pageant was held on 9 April 2016 in Mumbai. Twenty-one contestants competed for the titles of Femina Miss India 2016. Aditi Arya crowned Priyadarshini Chatterjee as her successor. She represented India at Miss World 2016, Sushruthi Krishna was crowned as the 1st Runner Up by Aafreen Vaz, and Pankhuri Gidwani was crowned as the 2nd Runner Up by Vartika Singh.
Priyadarshini Chatterjee who won Femina Miss India World 2016 represented India at Miss World 2016 held in USA and placed in the top 20. Pankhuri Gidwani who won Femina Miss India 2nd Runner Up 2016 was designated Miss Grand India 2016 and represented India at Miss Grand International 2016 held in USA.
After the Femina Miss India 2016 pageant, Lopamudra Raut who was not a contestant at Femina Miss India 2016, but had been a contestant in the 2013 and 2014 editions, was later designated by Femina as India's representative at Miss United Continents 2016 held in Ecuador where she placed as 2nd Runner Up.
Final results
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Placement Contestant International placement Miss India 2016 Priyadarshini Chatterjee Top 20 Miss India Grand International 2016 Pankhuri Gidwani Unplaced Miss India United Continents 2016 Lopamudra Raut * 2nd Runner-up 1st Runner-up Sushruthi Krishna Top 5 Roshmitha Harimurthy Navpreet Kaur Top 10 Dnyanda Shringarpure Natasha Singh Gayathri Reddy Vaishnavi Patwardhan Aradhana Buragohain *: Although Lopamudra Raut was not a contestant in Femina Miss India 2016, she was later appointed by Femina as the representative of India in Miss United Continents 2016.
Contestants Contestant Age Height CityAdya Niraj 18 RanchiAishwarya Sheoran 19 New DelhiAkshita Yadav 21 New DelhiAneesha Nitin Rane 18 KannurAradhana Buragohain 24 DibrugarhDimple Paul 25 MumbaiDnyanda Shringarpure 17 PuneGayathri Reddy 20 ChennaiNatasha Singh 23 Bilaspur, HPNavpreet Kaur 18 AdampurNazneen Shaik 20 SuratNiharika Anand 22 New DelhiPankhuri Gidwani 18 LucknowPriyadarshini Chatterjee 19 DhubriPriyanka Singh 24 JaipurRajkanya Baruah 23 GuwahatiRoshmitha Harimurthy 21 BangaloreSanjana GL 22 BangaloreSushruthi Krishna 22 BangaloreVaishnavi Patwardhan 21 PuneZeba Baig 23 Indore
Judging panel Amy Jackson Kabir Khan Yami Gautam Arjun Kapoor Ekta Kapoor Sanjay Dutt Sania Mirza Manish Malhotra Mireia Lalaguna - Miss World 2015 from Spain Shane Peacock
Presenters Manish Paul - Host Karan Johar - Host Shahrukh Khan - Final Results Shahid Kapoor Varun Dhawan - Introducing Top 5
City pageant winners Winners of the City Pageants will get a direct entry to fbb Femina Miss India 2016.
Femina Miss India Bangalore Femina Miss India Bangalore 2016 winners Winner1st Runner Up2nd Runner UpRoshmitha HarimurthyElizabeth ThadikaranSanjana GL
Femina Miss India Kolkata Femina Miss India Kolkata 2016 winners Winner1st Runner Up2nd Runner UpRajkanya BaruahSushmita RoyAdya Niraj
Femina Miss India Delhi Femina Miss India Delhi 2016 winners Winner1st Runner Up2nd Runner UpPriyadarshini ChatterjeeNatasha SinghRinki Ghildiyal
References
External links Femina Miss India 2016 Finalists