Femina Miss India 2024 was the 60th edition of Femina Miss India pageant, marking its diamond jubilee, was held on October 16, 2024 in Mumbai, featuring 30 contestants representing all 29 states, including Delhi, along with a combined representative for the Union Territories. The full show aired on Doordarshan on November 10, 2024, and became available for streaming on the JioCinema OTT platform from the same date.
At the end of the event, Nandini Gupta of Rajasthan, the outgoing Femina Miss India 2023, crowned Nikita Porwal from Madhya Pradesh as the new Femina Miss India 2024. Nikita will now represent India at the 73rd Miss World pageant.
Rekha Pandey from the Union Territory and Aayushi Dholakia from Gujarat were awarded the titles of first and second runners-up, respectively.
Results Final Result For regional group:For international placement: Placement Contestant International Placement Femina Miss India World 2024 Miss World 2026 – 1st Runner-up 2nd Runner-Up Top 7
Top 15
Zonal Titleholders The Zonal titles were given to delegates who placed highest in the final, aside from the main crown. Zonal Titles Contestant East Jharkhand – Riya Nandini North East Meghalaya – Angelia N Marwein North Delhi – Sifti Singh Sarang South Tamil Nadu – Malina West Maharashtra – Arshia Rashid
Sub-title Awards AwardContestant Beauty with a Purpose Arunachal Pradesh – Tadu Lunia Miss Multimedia Meghalaya – Angelia N Marwein
Miss Beautiful Eyes Placement Contestant Winner Maharashtra – Arshia Rashid Top 5 Delhi – Sifti Sarang Himachal Pradesh – Aabha Katre Tamil Nadu – Malina Uttarakhand – Sakshi
Miss Beautiful Smile Placement Contestant Winner Union Territory – Rekha Pandey Top 5 Andhra Pradesh – Bhavya Reddy Bihar – Aditi Jha Gujarat – Aayushi Dholakia Tamil Nadu – Malina
Miss Body Beautiful Placement Contestant Winner Maharashtra – Arshia Rashid Top 5 Goa – Shruti Raul Haryana – Supriya Dahiya Meghalaya – Angelia Marwein Odisha – Ananya Panda
Miss Fit and Fabulous Placement Contestant Winner Jharkhand – Riya Nandini Top 6 Haryana – Supriya Dahiya Manipur – Chanchui Khayi Odisha – Ananya Panda Tripura – Nikita Ghosh West Bengal – Dolly Singh
Miss Goodness Ambassador Placement Contestant Winner Mizoram – Lalsangkimi Top 5 Chhattisgarh – Vishakha Rai Gujarat – Aayushi Dholakia Karnataka – Apeksha Shetty Kerala – Akshatha Das Meetinay
Miss IQ Placement Contestant Winner Tripura – Nikita Ghosh Top 5 Chhattisgarh – Vishakha Rai Gujrat – Aayushi Dholakia Karnataka – Apeksha Shetty Odisha – Ananya Panda
Miss Lifestyle Placement Contestant Winner Delhi – Sifti Sarang Top 5 Bihar – Aditi Jha Karnataka – Apeksha Shetty Tripura – Nikita Ghosh Uttarakhand – Sakshi Joshi
Miss Photogenic Placement Contestant Winner Union Territory – Rekha Pandey Top 5 Himachal Pradesh – Aabha Katre Madhya Pradesh – Nikita Porwal Maharashtra – Arshia Rashid Meghalaya – Angelia Marwein
Miss Radiant Personality Placement Contestant Winner Chhattisgarh – Vishakha Rai Top 5 Himachal Pradesh – Aabha Katre Kerala – Akshatha Das Meetinay Maharashtra – Arshia Rashid Punjab – Amrita Sethi
Miss Rampwalk Placement Contestant Winner Rajasthan – Vaishnavi Sharma Top 5 Goa – Shruti Raul Himachal Pradesh – Aabha Katre Maharashtra – Arshia Rashid Meghalaya – Angelia Marwein
Miss Shining Star Placement Contestant Winner Andhra Pradesh – Bhavya Reddy Top 5 Bihar – Aditi Jha Sikkim – Sahara Subba Tamil Nadu – Malina Uttar Pradesh – Divyanshi Batra
Miss Sudoku Placement Contestant Winner Telangana – Prakruthi Kambam Top 5 Assam – Arundhuti Saikia Chhattisgarh – Vishakha Rai Meghalaya – Angelia Marwein Tripura – Nikita Ghosh
Miss Talented Placement Contestant Winners Arunachal Pradesh – Tadu Lunia Jharkhand – Riya Nandini Top 5 Andhra Pradesh – Bhavya Reddy Delhi – Sifti Sarang Manipur – Chanchui Khayi
Format Following the format established in 2017, applications are invited on a state-by-state basis. These states are further categorized into five zones: East, North East, North, South, and West. After auditions are completed in each zone, finalists from each state will be announced. Subsequently, a state finalist will be declared at a zonal crowning ceremony. Finally, all 30 finalists will compete for the Miss World India title at the grand finale to be held in October 2024. Selection of participants On July 27, 2024, the first zonal audition commenced with the North zone, held at Bennett University in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh. Fashion designers Mandira Wirk and Samant Chauhan, Happiness Coach Blossom Kochhar, Brand and Operations Head of the Miss India Organization Natasha Grover, and Mr India 2014 1st runner-up Puneet Beniwal were the members of the selection committee for the North zone audition. Femina Miss India Uttar Pradesh 2023, Tanya Sharma, hosted the audition day.
Femina Miss India officially announced on July 17th via its social media handle that the winner of Femina Miss India Uttar Pradesh 2024 would be revealed at the end of the North Zonal auditions. It was telecasted live on the official social media handle of Femina Miss India and Zoom TV
All zonal auditions concluded by August 11, 2024, featuring various members as jury members. The Top 5 state finalists were announced on Femina Miss India's social media platforms on August 12, 2024. These state finalists will then compete in multiple rounds of final interviews in Mumbai on August 13 and 14, 2024.
The state finalists, determined from the final auditions, are announced on August 17th for the North East and North states, and on August 18th for the East, South, West, and Union Territories via Femina Miss India's official social media handles.
Event schedule The following is the list of the schedules of all the events of Femina Miss India 2024: Event Date Location Jury Presenter North Zone Auditions 27 July 2024 Greater Noida Blossom Kochhar – Happiness Coach Mandira Wirk – Fashion Designer Natasha Grover – Brand & Operations Head of the Miss India Organization Puneet Beniwal – Mr India 2014 1st Runner-up Samant Chauhan – Fashion Designer Tanya Sharma – FMI Uttar Pradesh 2023 North-East Zone Auditions 02 August 2024 Guwahati Akumnaro Imsong – Miss Nagaland 2006 Amritraj Bora – Fashion Designer Bhaskar Saikia – Hair Stylist Jantee Hazarika – Model Nandini Baruah – Fashion Designer Payal Chadha – Fashion Designer Strela Luwang – Femina Miss India 2023 2nd Runner-up Anushka Lekharu – FMI Assam 2023 South Zone Auditions 04 August 2024 Bengaluru Natasha Grover – Brand & Operations Head of the Miss India Organization Parvati Nair – Actor Prasad Bidapa – Fashion Director Rahul Rajasekharan – Mister Supranational Asia 2021 Shreya Rao K – Femina Miss India 2018 2nd Runner-up Waseem Khan – Fashion Photographer Gomathy Reddy – FMI Andhra Pradesh 2023 East Zone Auditions 08 August 2024 Kolkata Kaustav Saikia – Fashion Photographer Kommal Sood – Fashion Designer Ushasi Ray – Actor Shaswati Bala – FMI West Bengal 2023 West Zone Auditions 10 August 2024 Mumbai Blossom Kochhar – Happiness Coach Gokul Ganesan – Mister India World 2024 Nandini Gupta – Femina Miss India World 2023 Natasha Grover – Brand & Operations Head of the Miss India Organization Rahul Rajasekharan – Mister Supranational Asia 2021 Rishu Bartaria – Times Talent Head Sandip Soparrkar – Actor, Dance Choreographer Shreya Poonja – Femina Miss India 2023 1st Runner-up Supreet Bedi – Anchor, Communication Expert Victoria Fernandez – FMI Goa 2023 Final Auditions 13 – 14 August 2024 Mumbai Blossom Kochhar – Happiness Coach Monaz Ranina – Voice Crafting Coach Nandini Gupta – Femina Miss India World 2023 Natasha Grover – Brand & Operations Head of the Miss India Organization Rahul Rajasekharan – Mister Supranational Asia 2021 Rishu Bartaria – Times Talent Head Sachin Kumbhar – Anchor, Actor Shreya Poonja – Femina Miss India 2023 1st Runner-up Supreet Bedi – Anchor, Communication Expert Navpreet Kaur – FMI Punjab 2017 Award Night 11 October 2024 Mumbai None Sachin Kumbhar – Anchor, Actor Grand Finale 16 October 2024 Mumbai Anees Bazmee – Indian film director Bosco Martis – Dance choreographer Madhur Bhandarkar – Indian film director Neha Dhupia – Actress and Femina Miss India Universe 2002 Nikita Mhaisalkar – Fashion designer Sangeeta Bijlani – Former actress and Femina Miss India Universe 1980 Anusha Dandekar – VJ, Actress and Singer Nehal Chudasama – Miss Diva Universe 2018 Sachin Kumbhar – Anchor, Actor
Contestants The following is the list of the official delegates of Femina Miss India 2024 representing 29 states +1 common winner from all Union territories of the country: Color key
ZoneStateDelegate Age East Bihar Aditi Jha Chhattisgarh Vishakha Rai Jharkhand Riya Nandini Odisha Ananya Panda West Bengal Dolly Singh North East Arunachal Pradesh Tadu Lunia Assam Arundhuti Saikia Manipur Chanchui Khayi 24 Meghalaya Angelia N Marwein Mizoram Lalsangkimi Nagaland Jentiren Jamir Sikkim Sahara Subba 18 Tripura Nikita Ghosh North Delhi Sifti Singh Sarang 19 Haryana Supriya Dahiya 22 Himachal Pradesh Aabha Katre Madhya Pradesh Nikita Porwal 22 Punjab Amrita Sethi Uttarakhand Sakshi Joshi Uttar Pradesh Divyanshi Batra 21 South Andhra Pradesh Bhavya Reddy Karnataka Apeksha Shetty 26 Kerala Akshatha Das Meetinay 23 Tamil Nadu Malina Telangana Prakruthi Kambam 28 West & Union Territory Goa Shruti Raul Gujarat Aayushi Dholakia 21 Maharashtra Arshia Rashid Rajasthan Vaishnavi Sharma Union Territory Rekha Pandey
References
External links Miss India Official Website