Femina Miss India 2023 was the 59th edition of the Femina Miss India beauty pageant. After a two-year hiatus, it was held on 15 April 2023 at Imphal, Manipur, with contestants from 29 states (including Delhi) and a collective representative for all Union Territories adding up to 30 participants competed for the title.
At the end of the event, Sini Shetty of Karnataka crowned Nandini Gupta of Rajasthan as her successor, who will represent India at Miss World 2025. Rubal Shekhawat of Rajasthan, crowned Shreya Poonja of Delhi as the first runner-up and Shinata Chauhan of Uttar Pradesh crowned Strela Thounaojam Luwang of Manipur as the second runner-up.
Results For regional group:For international placement: Placement Contestant International PlacementFemina Miss India World 2024 Miss World 2025 – Top 20 1st Runner-up 2nd Runner-Up Top 7
Top 12
Sub Title Awards AwardContestantBeauty with a PurposeUnion Territory - Navya KalraMiss Multimedia West Bengal - Shaswati BalaMiss Glamorous LookManipur - Thounaojam Strela LuwangMiss RampwalkKerala - Christeena BijuMiss Beautiful SkinUnion Territory - Navya KalraMiss Style IconManipur - Thounaojam Strela LuwangMiss Fit and FabulousPunjab - Shyna ChoudharyMiss SudokuUnion Territory - Navya KalraMiss Fashion Quotient Union Territory - Navya KalraMiss Shining StarHimachal Pradesh - Nikeet DhillonMiss PhotogenicKarnataka - Megan EdwardMiss Intelligent QuotientHaryana - Meharmeet Kaur Miss Body BeautifulDelhi - Shreya PoonjaMiss Congeniality Telangana - Urmila Chauhan Miss Eco Warrior Assam - Anushka LekharuMiss Goodness Ambassador Madhya Pradesh - Pratika SaxenaMiss TalentedArunachal Pradesh - Tana Puniya Punjab - Shyna Choudhary
Location & Format Venue planning and agreement Manipur hosted the grand finale of Femina Miss India 2023 in April 2023; this marked the first time the pageant was held outside Mumbai since 2002. In the presence of Manipur's Chief Minister N. Biren Singh, and Times of India Managing Director Vineet Jain at the CM's Secretariat in Imphal, an agreement to formalise the cooperation was signed between the Tourism Department, Government of Manipur, and the Times Group. MP Leishemba Sanajaoba, ministers Yumnam Khemchand Singh, Govindas Konthoujam, Awangbow Newmai, Dr Sapam Ranjan Singh, H Dingko Singh, Leishangthem Susindro Meitei, MLA Losii Dikho, Chief Secretary Rajesh Kumar, and Rohit Gopakumar, Chief Operational Officer, Miss India Organisation, were also present.
Offline registrations After two years of online pageant operations, from registration to auditions, Femina Miss India 2023 was held entirely offline. Contestants from all over the country auditioned in front of a panel of experts in a venue chosen for the zonal division. Following the audition, the organization's social media account revealed the state finalists, from which the 29 state representatives were chosen, in addition to a collective representative for the Union Territories. These 30 finalists went through rigorous training and grooming activities. Furthermore, former Miss India and Bollywood actress Neha Dhupia was a mentor to the state delegates.
Activities in Manipur The 30 state representatives arrived at Imphal International Airport on April 7, 2023. They were received by crowning all of them with a Kajenglei (traditional Meitei female headdress) each and Leirum Lengyan (traditional Meitei shawl) each. On 9 April, they visited the historic Kangla Fort located in the heart of Imphal city, where they were photographed and had videos shot for the pageant. During the shoot, the contestants were photographed at the temples (including the Pakhangba Temple, Kangla), fort ruins and the twin Kanglasha dragon statues. They attended a self defense session organised exclusively for them at the Khuman Lampak Main Stadium.
On 10 April, the state representatives visited the Loktak lake for their filming. After that, they visited the Indian National Army Memorial Complex (INA Memorial) in Moirang. They also visited the Little Flower School, Imphal where they interacted with the students. At the end of the day, the ladies visited the , in the heart of Imphal, which is the world's only market run exclusively by women.––––
Event schedule The following is the list of the schedules of all the events of Femina Miss India 2023: Event Date LocationGrand Finale 15 April 2023 ImphalAnnouncement of the Top 30 State Representatives 17 February 2023 MumbaiFinal Audition 8–10 February 2023 MumbaiWest Zone Auditions 3 February 2023 MumbaiNorth Zone Auditions 27 January 2023 New DelhiSouth Zone Auditions 20 January 2023 BengaluruNorth-East Zone Auditions 18 January 2023 GuwahatiEast Zone Auditions 13 January 2023 Kolkata
Contestants The following is the list of the official delegates of Miss India 2023 representing 29 states +1 common winner from all Union territories of the country: Color key
ZoneStateDelegate Age East Bihar Tanu Shree 24 Chhattisgarh Aditi Sharma 25 Jharkhand Kushmandvi Sharma 18 Odisha Janvi Soni 22 West Bengal Shaswati Bala 23 North East Arunachal Pradesh Tana Puniya 24 Assam Anushka Lekharu 23 Manipur Thounaojam Strela Luwang 21 Meghalaya Irene Dkhar 20 Mizoram C. Lalhmangaihzuali 22 Nagaland Ezhotou Keyho 22 Sikkim Zaanvii Sharma 20 Tripura Nabanita Bhattacharjee 21 NorthDelhiShreya Poonja22 Haryana Meharmeet Kaur 24 Himachal Pradesh Nikeet Dhillon 23 Madhya Pradesh Pratika Saxena 19 Punjab Shyna Choudhary 23 Uttarakhand Ameesha Basera 22 Uttar Pradesh Tanya Sharma 20 South Andhra Pradesh Gomathy Reddy 21 Karnataka Megan Edward 24 Kerala Christeena Biju 25 Tamil Nadu Karunya Mohanasundaram 24 Telangana Urmila Chauhan 25 West & Union Territory Goa Victoria Fernandes 23 Gujarat Simran Saini 25 Maharashtra Apurva Chavan 25 Rajasthan Nandini Gupta 19 Union Territory Navya Kalra 24
Judges Neha Dhupia – Femina Miss India 2002, Actress, Mentor & Reality show host Laishram Sarita Devi – Boxer Terence Lewis – Choreographer Rocky Star – Fashion designer Namrata Joshipura – Fashion designer Harshvardhan Kulkarni - Film director & writer
References
External links Miss India Official Website