Miss Grand India
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| Formation | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | New Delhi |
| Location | India |
Official language | English |
National director | Mohini Sharma |
Parent organization | Mrs. India Inc |
| Affiliations | Miss Grand International Universal Woman |
Miss Grand India is a national beauty pageant that selects India's official representative to the Miss Grand International pageant.[1][2]
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.[3][4][5][6][7][8]
History
[edit]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.[9][10][11][12]
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.[3][4][5][6] In 2023, the franchise was transferred to the Glamanand Group, which launched Miss Grand India as a standalone pageant.[1][13][14]
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.[15]
In December 2024, Star Entertainment Productions, led by Akanksha Thakur, acquired the national license for Miss Grand India.[16]
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Vishakha Kanwa
Miss Grand India 2025
Rachel Gupta
Miss Grand India 2024
Arshina Sumbul
Miss Grand India 2023
Praachi Nagpal
Miss Grand India 2022
Meenakshi Chaudhary
Miss Grand India 2018
Anukriti Gusain
Miss Grand India 2017
Vartika Singh
Miss Grand India 2015
Monica Sharma
Miss Grand India 2014
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Editions
[edit]Location and date
[edit]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 | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 19 September 2023 | Rambagh Palace Hotel, Jaipur, Rajasthan | 18 |
[17] |
| 2nd | 11 August 2024 | Zee Studion, Jaipur, Rajasthan | 22 |
[18][19] |
| 3rd | 13 June 2025 | 29 |
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| 4th | 12 May 2026 | Talkatora Stadium, New Delhi | 29 |
[21] |
Competition result
[edit]| Edition | Winner | Runners-up | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First | Second | Third | Fourth | Fifth | |||
| 1st | Arshina Sumbul (Jaipur) |
Rajashree Dowarah (Assam) |
Not awarded | [17] | |||
| 2nd | Rachel Gupta (Jaipur) |
Palak Kohli (New Delhi) |
Not awarded | [19] | |||
| 3rd | Vishakha Kanwar (Rajasthan) |
Vanlalnunt Luangi (Mizoram) |
Nandini Patel (Gujarat) |
Tsurila Jankhiungru (Nagaland) |
Tancy Renu Pal (Delhi) |
Not awarded | [20] |
| 4th | Lakshita Thilagaraj (Tamil Nadu) |
Mrigashree Baruah (Assam) |
Tanvi Marak (Meghalaya) |
Saanjh Khurana (Uttar Pradesh) |
Reshmi Deokota (West Bengal) |
Sneha Tamang (Sikkim) |
[22] |
International competition
[edit]- : Declared as Winner
- : Ended as runner-up or Top 5 qualification
- : Ended as one of the finalist/semi-finalist
- : Unplaced but given special award(s)
The following is a list of Indian representatives at the Miss Grand International contest.
| Year | Delegate | State | National Title | Placement & Performance | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placements | Special award(s) | |||||
| 2013 | Rupa Khurana | New Delhi | Finalist – Indian Princess 2014 | Unplaced | [9][10][23] | |
| 2014 | Monica Sharma | New Delhi | Top 5 – Indian Princess 2014 | Unplaced | 1 Special Awards
|
[11][12][24] |
| 2015 | Vartika Singh | Uttar Pradesh | 2nd Runner-Up – Femina Miss India 2015 | 2nd Runner-Up | 3 Special Awards
|
[3][25] |
| 2016 | Pankhuri Gidwani | Uttar Pradesh | 2nd Runner-Up – Femina Miss India 2016 | Unplaced | 1 Special Awards
|
[4][26] |
| 2017 | Anukriti Gusain | Uttarakhand | Top 6 – Femina Miss India 2017 | Top 20 | 2 Special Awards
|
[5][27][28] |
| 2018 | Meenakshi Choudhary | Haryana | Femina Miss Grand India 2018 | 1st Runner-Up | 3 Special Awards
|
[6][29] |
| 2019 | Shivani Jadhav | Chhattisgarh | Femina Miss Grand India 2019 | Unplaced | 3 Special Awards
|
[30][31] |
| 2020 | Simran Sharma | Rajasthan | Glamanand Supermodel Multinational 2018 | Unplaced | 1 Special Award
|
[7][32][33] |
| 2021 | Manika Sheokand | Haryana | Femina Miss Grand India 2020 | Top 20 | 2 Special Awards
|
[34][35] |
| 2022 | Praachi Nagpal | Telangana | Miss Grand India 2022 | Unplaced | 3 Special Awards
|
[8][36][37] |
| 2023 | Arshina Sumbul | Rajasthan | Miss Grand India 2023 | Top 20 | 2 Special Awards
|
[13][17][38] |
| 2024 | Rachel Gupta | Punjab | Miss Grand India 2024 | Miss Grand International 2024[a] | 5 Special Awards
|
[19][39] |
| 2025 | Vishakha Kanwar | Rajasthan | Miss Grand India 2025 | Unplaced | 1 Special Awards
|
[20] |
| 2026 | Lakshita Thilagaraj | Tamil Nadu | Miss Grand India 2026 | Unplaced | [40] | |
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- ↑ Later Dethroned/Resigned
National pageant candidates
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Participating regional and territories representatives
[edit]Editions Represented |
1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| States and union territories | |||||
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Y | ||||
| Andhra Pradesh | Y | Y | |||
| Y | |||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 12 | 15 | |||
| Assam |  |
MCO | Y | | |
| Y | |||||
| Y | |||||
| Bihar | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Chandigarh | Y | ||||
| Chhattisgarh | Y | Y | |||
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | |||||
| Delhi | Y |  |
15 | ||
| 12 | |||||
| Y | |||||
| Y | |||||
| Goa | |||||
| Gujarat | Y |  |
15 | ||
| Haryana | 15 | ||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||
| Jammu and Kashmir | Y | ||||
| Jharkhand | Y | Y | |||
| Karnataka | 12 | Y | Y | ||
| Y | |||||
| Kerala | Y | 15 | |||
| Y | |||||
| Ladakh | |||||
| Lakshadweep | Y | ||||
| Madhya Pradesh | Y | 12 | |||
| Y | |||||
| Y | |||||
| Y | Y | ||||
| Y | |||||
| Maharashtra | MC | 12 | Y | ||
| 8 | Y | ||||
| 12 | Y | ||||
| Y | Y | ||||
| Y | |||||
| Manipur | 15 | ||||
| Meghalaya | MT | | |||
| 8 | |||||
| Mizoram | |
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| Nagaland | 8 |  |
15 | ||
| Y | |||||
| Y | |||||