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India won its first Big Four title when Reita Faria from India bagged the Miss World 1966 title, becoming the first Asian to win Miss World. [1] In 1994, Sushmita Sen won Miss Universe 1994, becoming the country's first ever Miss Universe titleholder. [2] Later that year, Aishwarya Rai added to the winning streak, picking up the Miss World 1994 ...
Country or territory Titles Years India 6 1966, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2017 Venezuela 1955, 1981, 1984, 1991, 1995, 2011 Jamaica 4 1963, 1976, 1993, 2019 United Kingdom
She eventually went on to win the Miss World 1966 crown at the climax of the event, beating 51 competing delegates from other countries. [6] Faria was a judge at Femina Miss India in 1998, and has come back to judge the Miss World competition on a few occasions. She was a judge along with Demis Roussos at the Miss World final of 1976 held in ...
The first Miss India to win on the international stage was Reita Faria, who took Miss World in 1966. Faria didn’t match modern beauty conventions either, with medium brown skin and thick, dark ...
Chopra next won the Miss World pageant, where she was crowned Miss World 2000 and Miss World Continental Queen of Beauty—Asia & Oceania at the Millennium Dome in London on 30 November 2000. [28] [31] [32] Chopra was the fifth Indian contestant to win Miss World, and the fourth to do so within seven years.
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (pronounced [ɛːʃʋəɾjᵊ ɾɑːj ˈbətːʃən]; née Rai; born 1 November 1973) is an Indian actress who is primarily known for her work in Hindi and Tamil films. Rai won the Miss World 1994 pageant and later established herself
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is an Indian actress and former model. [1] [2] Rai was the first runner-up at Femina Miss India in 1994 who also represented and won the Miss World 1994, as the winner of the Femina Miss India Sushmita Sen represented at Miss Universe 1994 and was crowned earlier that year.
Yukta Inderlal Mookhey is an Indian civic activist and the winner of Miss World 1999 pageant. She is the fourth Indian woman to win Miss World and was previously crowned as Femina Miss India World in 1999. She is a former model and actress, and has worked in Hindi films.