Femina Miss India 2023

Femina Miss India 2023 will be the 59th edition of the Femina Miss India beauty pageant. After a two-year hiatus, the entire processes of the competition from audition to the final will be held on-ground. On the finals to be held in April 2023 at Imphal, Manipur, each contestant from from 29 states (including Delhi) and a collective representative for all Union Territories (including Jammu and Kashmir), adding up to 30 participants will compete for the title. [1][2]

Femina Miss India 2023
Date15 April 2023
Presenters
Entertainment
VenueIndoor Stadium, Khuman Lampak Sports Complex, Imphal, Manipur, India
Entrants30

At the end of the event, Sini Shetty of Karnataka will crown her successor who will represent India at Miss World 2024 and also, Rubal Shekhawat of Rajasthan and Shinata Chauhan of Uttar Pradesh will crown the 1st and 2nd runners-up respectively.

Sub Title Awards

Award Contestant
Beauty with a Purpose
Miss Multimedia
Miss Glamorous Look Manipur - Thounaojam Strela Luwang
Miss Rampwalk Kerala - Christeena Biju
Miss Beautiful Skin Union Territory - Navya Kalra
Miss Style Icon Manipur - Thounaojam Strela Luwang
Miss Fit and Fabulous Punjab - Shyna Choudhary
Miss Sudoku Union Territory - Navya Kalra
Miss Fashion Quotient Union Territory - Navya Kalra
Miss Shining Star Himachal Pradesh - Nikeet Dhillon
Miss Photogenic Karnataka - Megan Edward
Miss Intelligent Quotient Haryana - Meharmeet Kaur
Miss Body Beautiful Delhi - Shreya Poonja
Miss Congeniality Telangana - Urmila Chauhan
Miss Eco Warrior Assam - Anushka Lekharu
Miss Goodness Ambassador Madhya Pradesh - Pratika Saxena
Miss Talented Arunachal Pradesh - Tana Puniya

Punjab - Shyna Choudhary

Location & Format

Manipur will host the grand finale of Femina Miss India 2023 in April 2023 for the first time in northeast India's history. In the presence of 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.[3][4]

After two years of online pageant operations, from registration to auditions, Femina Miss India 2023 will be held entirely offline. Contestants from all over the country will audition in front of a panel of experts in a venue chosen by the zone division. Following the audition, the organization's social media account will reveal top 5/12/20 state finalists. The state representative for the finals will be determined by a crowning ceremony for each zone. These 30 finalists will go through rigorous training and grooming activities such as workshops, photo shoots, awards night, sub-title competition, personal interviews, and many more. Furthermore, former Miss India and Bollywood actress Neha Dhupia will serve as a mentor to the state delegates.

Event Schedule

The following is the list of the schedules of all the events of Femina Miss India 2023:[5]

Event Date Location
Grand Finale 15 April 2023 Imphal
Announcement of the Top 30 State Representatives 17 February 2023 Mumbai
Final Audition 8-10 February 2023 Mumbai
West Zone Auditions 3 February 2023 Mumbai
North Zone Auditions 27 January 2023 New Delhi
South Zone Auditions 20 January 2023 Bengaluru
North-East Zone Auditions 18 January 2023 Guwahati
East 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:[6]

Color key
  •   Declared as Winner
  •   Ended as Runner-up
  •   Ended as one of the Finalists or Semi-finalists
Zone State Delegate 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
North Delhi Shreya Poonja 22
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
India Union Territory Navya Kalra 24

References

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