Miss Grand India is a national beauty pageant that selects India's official representative to the Miss Grand International pageant.
India has been competing in Miss Grand International since 2013, achieving six placements to date. In 2024, Rachel Gupta was crowned Miss Grand International, marking India’s first-ever victory at the pageant.
History India has been sending representatives to Miss Grand International since 2013. Initially, from 2013 to 2014, the rights to select Indian delegates were held by the Atharva Group of Institutes, which organized the Indian princess pageant. During this period, one of the pageant's finalists represented India at Miss Grand International.
In 2015, the license was acquired by The Times Group, which organizes Femina Miss India. From 2015 to 2022, India's representatives for Miss Grand International were selected through the Femina Miss India competition. In 2023, the franchise was transferred to the Glamanand Group, which launched Miss Grand India as a standalone pageant.
India won its first Miss Grand International title in 2024, when Rachel Gupta was crowned on October 25, 2024, in Thailand. Rachel was the fourth representative sent by the Glamanand Group and the twelfth overall to represent India in the competition.
In December 2024, Star Entertainment Productions, led by Akanksha Thakur, acquired the national license for Miss Grand India. Gallery
Editions Location and date The following are the details of the Miss Grand India editions, which have been held as a stand-alone pageant since 2023.
Edition Date Final venue Entrants 1st 19 September 2023 Rambagh Palace Hotel, Jaipur, Rajasthan 2nd 11 August 2024Zee Studion, Jaipur, Rajasthan 3rd 13 June 2025 4th 12 May 2026 Talkatora Stadium, New Delhi
Competition result
EditionWinnerRunners-up First Second Third Fourth Fifth1st Arshina Sumbul(Jaipur) Rajashree Dowarah(Assam) colspan=4 2nd Rachel Gupta(Jaipur) Palak Kohli(New Delhi) colspan=4 3rd Vishakha Kanwar(Rajasthan) Vanlalnunt Luangi(Mizoram) Nandini Patel(Gujarat) Tsurila Jankhiungru(Nagaland) Tancy Renu Pal(Delhi) 4th Lakshita Thilagaraj(Tamil Nadu) Mrigashree Baruah(Assam) Tanvi Marak(Meghalaya) Saanjh Khurana(Uttar Pradesh) Reshmi Deokota(West Bengal) Sneha Tamang(Sikkim)
International competition
The following is a list of Indian representatives at the Miss Grand International contest. Year Delegate State National Title Placement & Performance Ref. Placements 2013 Rupa Khurana New Delhi Finalist – Indian Princess 2014 Unplaced 2014 Monica Sharma New Delhi Top 5 – Indian Princess 2014 Unplaced 2015 Vartika Singh Uttar Pradesh 2nd Runner-Up – Femina Miss India 2015 2nd Runner-Up 2016 Pankhuri Gidwani Uttar Pradesh 2nd Runner-Up – Femina Miss India 2016 Unplaced 2017 Anukriti Gusain Uttarakhand Top 6 – Femina Miss India 2017 Top 20 2018 Meenakshi Choudhary Haryana Femina Miss Grand India 2018 1st Runner-Up 2019 Shivani Jadhav Chhattisgarh Femina Miss Grand India 2019 Unplaced 2020 Simran Sharma Rajasthan Glamanand Supermodel Multinational 2018 Unplaced 2021 Manika Sheokand Haryana Femina Miss Grand India 2020 Top 20 2022 Praachi Nagpal Telangana Miss Grand India 2022 Unplaced 2023 Arshina Sumbul Rajasthan Miss Grand India 2023 Top 20 2024 Rachel Gupta Punjab Miss Grand India 2024 Miss Grand International 2024 2025 Vishakha Kanwar Rajasthan Miss Grand India 2025 Unplaced 2026 Lakshita Thilagaraj Tamil Nadu Miss Grand India 2026 TBA TBA Note
National pageant candidates
Participating regional and territories representatives width=300 1st2nd3rd4thStates and union territoriesAndaman and Nicobar Islands Y Andhra Pradesh rowspan=2 Y rowspan=2 rowspan=2 YArunachal Pradesh Assamrowspan=3 rowspan=3 rowspan=3 YBihar Chandigarh Chhattisgarh Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Delhi rowspan=4 rowspan=4 rowspan=4 YYGoa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir YJharkhand Karnataka rowspan=2 rowspan=2 rowspan=2 Kerala rowspan=2 rowspan=2 rowspan=2 Ladakh Lakshadweep Madhya Pradesh rowspan=5 rowspan=3 rowspan=5 rowspan=2 YY Maharashtra rowspan=5 rowspan=5 YYYManipur Meghalaya rowspan=2 rowspan=2 rowspan=2 Mizoram Nagaland rowspan=3 rowspan=3 rowspan=3 Odisha Puducherry Punjab rowspan=3 rowspan=3 Y Rajasthan rowspan=2 rowspan=2 rowspan=2 Sikkim Tamil Nadu Telangana Tripura rowspan=2 rowspan=2 rowspan=2 Y Uttar Pradesh rowspan=2 rowspan=2 rowspan=2 Uttarakhand West Bengal Capital and cityAmritsar Bengaluru Bhopal Bikaner Hyderabad rowspan=2 rowspan=2 rowspan=2 Jaipur rowspan=2 rowspan=2 rowspan=2 Jhansi Mumbai rowspan=3 rowspan=3 rowspan=3 Nagpur New Delhi Shimla Udaipur Indian diasporaIndian Diaspora in Canada Indian Diaspora in United States Y Total 18 22 29 26Color keys
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