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Miss India Worldwide

Miss India Worldwide is among the longest-running and most prestigious international ethnic pageants currently in operation.  Its website is at Miss India Worldwide. The pictures here are from among these in that site (and there are lots more to see there!).

The first winners were:
1990: United State Simi Chaddha

1991: United States 
Bela Bajaria
India  Rithu Singh
Guyana  Sandra Singh

Top 5
Canada  Kamal Sidhu
South Africa 
Gerelene Jagganath

Semi-finalists
Germany
  Shalini Singh
Holland  Asha Bhoelai
Israel  Ronit Yehskiel
Mauritius  Anastasia Ramlall
Singapore  Suriakava Manikam
Switzerland  Smita Bansal
United Kingdom  Anupama Jaidka  (again in '97)

1992: United States  Icha Singh
1993: (not held)
 

1994 July 30
New York City, NY, U.S.A.

1995
New York City, NY, U.S.A.

1996
New York City, NY, U.S.A.

1  India  Karminder Kaur (World 93)
2
 South Africa  Dennis Das
3  United States  Ratna Kancherla

 

1  Hong Kong  Nirunpama Anand

 

 

India  Sandhya Chib (SF Universe 96)
South Africa  Krijay Govender
3  U.S.A.  Pooja Kumar

Top 5
Canada  Rishma Malik
Ethiopia  Sharon Chandni

    Awards
Miss Congeniality – South Africa
Miss Photogenic – ?
Best Talent – South Africa

 

1997 November 7
Mumbai, India
15 entries

1998 December 3
Singapore
18 entries

1999 November 27
Rahway, NJ, U.S.A.
22 entries

Results
1  Canada  Poonam Chibber
Hong Kong  Shruti Nambiar
3  United States  Priya Darshini Ayyar

Top 5
Netherlands  Rishma Soedhoe
South Africa  Arvasini Persad

Semi-finalists
(not available)

 

 

Results
Canada   Melissa Bhagat
Singapore  Ssunita Laximi Rai
3
 Netherlands  Reshma Sharina Tewarles

Top 5
Malaysia  Kathleen Cyril
United States  Nileem Shah

Semi-finalists
Hong Kong  Sonisha Kirpalani
Mauritius  Leena Ramphul
South Africa  Sunitha Singh
Suriname
  Shamla Mathoera
Trinidad  Somatie Persad

Results
India  Aarti Chabaria
2  United States  Sharon Gill
Hong Kong  Anupama Anand

Top 5
Canada  Komila “Kim” Jagtiani
United Arab Emirates  Shweta Bigay

Semi-finalists
Grenada  Kavita Malhotra
Mauritius  Géraldine Heeroo
Reunion  Sabrina Swamy
South Africa  Maashi Ramdutt
United Kingdom 
Simran Kochar

Remainder
Guyana  Bibi Naema Khan
India  Sumera Peerbhoy
Indonesia  Shanti Tolani
Malaysia  Magaswari Subermaniam
Singapore  Jeymani Atthiappan
Suriname  Rosana Mahawatkhan
Switzerland  Anjali Keshava
Trinidad  Nalini Ramrattan
United Kingdom  Anupama Jaidka (was in '91)
Zambia
  Sangita Patel

 

Remainder
Denmark  Pinky Harwani
India  Himani Isar
Indonesia  Shanti Tolani
Nepal  Gogi Ishani
Philippines  Sureen Bhagawanda
Thailand  Shital Tolani
United Kingdom  Sharon Jutla
Zimbabwe
  Jeshmeen Kanjee

 

 

Remainder
Barbados  Natalie Awad
Belgium  Ramdas Neela Renu
Guyana  Heera Ragubir
Jamaica  Sunita A. Ramlal
Netherlands  Gaby Janita Arjun Sharma
Singapore  Sri Rajini Sathyamurthi
Sri Lanka  Brenda Menaka Poorajan
St. Maarten 
Denisia Sookram
Suriname
  Maya Sudama
Switzerland  Shalini Sanghvi
Trinidad  Kavita Jagmohan
Tobago  Elizabeth Alicia John

Awards
Miss Congeniality - ?
Miss Photogenic - South
Africa
Best Talent - Hong Kong
Miss Beautiful Eyes -
India
Miss Beautiful Hair - Hong Kong
Miss Beautiful Smile -
Canada
Miss Beautiful Skin - ?

Awards
Miss Congeniality -
Netherlands
Miss Photogenic - Mauritius
Best Talent - Malaysia
Miss Beautiful Eyes - Hong Kong
Miss Beautiful Hair - ?
Miss Beautiful Smile - ?
Miss Beautiful Skin - ?

Awards
Miss Congeniality – Netherlands
Miss Photogenic – India
Best Talent – Hong Kong
Most Beautiful Face –
India
Miss Beautiful Hair – Guyana
Miss Beautiful Smile – Grenada
Miss Beautiful Skin – United Kingdom

 


U.S.A.

Tanzania (2nd runner-up), South Africa & Trinidad (1st runner-up)

Dubai
2000 November 25
Tampa, FL, U.S.A.
16 entries

2002 March 9
San Jose, CA, U.S.A.
14 entries

2002 November 2
Durban, South Africa
25 entries

Results
1  United States  Ritu Upadhyay
2
 Malaysia  Jayalaxmi Appadorai
India  Sheetal Shah

Top 5
Canada  Retu Jahlan
Netherlands  Rovana Shankar

Semi-finalists
Jamaica  Munchan Ahmed Ghelani
Kenya
 
Preeti Ghelani
Nepal  Nikita Bhandari
Suriname 
Namita Ajodhia
United Kingdom 
Simran Kochar

Results
1  South Africa  Sarika Sukhdeo
2  Trinidad  Tricia Bhim
3
 Tanzania  Ekta Bhatt

Top 5
United Kingdom  Parveen Sian
United States 
Stacy Isaac

Semi-finalists
(not available)

 

 

Results
Dubai  Santripi Vellody
India  Rohini Banjeree
3  United States  Priya Arora

Top 5
(not available)

Semi-finalists
Australia  Lalenya Brown
Canada  Kiran Shergrill
France 
Nidhya Paalakaria
Malaysia
  Jasminder Kaur Chalal
South Africa  Sorisha Naidoo
United Kingdom 
Suky Kaur Sangha
Zambia  Anjulie Hira

Remainder
Fiji  Sapna Malini
Germany
Guyana
Singapore
 
Vanitha Veerasamy
South Africa  Subashnie Devkaran
United Arab Emirates

 

 

 

Remainder
Canada  Stephanie Singh
India  Anurithi Chikkerpur
Jamaica  Tejal Patel
Kenya  Hiral Shah
Malaysia  Mohanaapriya Sina Raja
Netherlands  Marilyn Sewbalak
Norway  Priya Isaac
Singapore  Krisstel Martin
United Arab Emirates  Nova Krishnan

 

 

Remainder
Botswana  Naushina Khan
Guyana  Amrita Persaud
Kenya  Sonia Sheikh
Malawi  Khiloni Baboo
Mauritius  Vandanah Mahadeo
Mozambique  Dharma Govind
Netherlands  Radha Sudan
New Zealand  Kuljit Singh
Nigeria
  Xiyan Aweke
Reunion  Karoona Nunhuck
Singapore  Gayathri Unnijkrishan
Switzerland  Amrita Chandra
Trinidad  Nadya Nandanie Ramnath
Uganda
  Fenulla Jiwani
Zimbabwe 
Minal Shukla

Awards
Miss Congeniality - Fiji
Miss Photogenic - South Africa
Miss Talent - Netherlands
Most Beautiful Face  ?
Miss Beautiful Hair -
Kenya
Miss Beautiful Smile - ?
Miss Beautiful Skin - ?

Awards
Miss Congeniality - United Kingdom
Miss Photogenic - Tanzania
Best Talent - United States
Miss Beautiful Eyes - United States
Miss Beautiful Hair - South Africa
Miss Beautiful Smile - Kenya
Miss Beautiful Skin - ?

Awards
Miss Congeniality - India
Miss Photogenic - Zambia
Best Talent - Dubai
Miss Beautiful Eyes - United States
Miss Beautiful Hair - United Kingdom
Miss Beautiful Smile - Singapore
Miss Beautiful Skin - India

 


New Zealand (1st runner-up), India & U.S.A. (2nd runner-up)

Netherlands (1st runner-up, United Kingdom & Singapore (2nd runner-up)

U.S.A.

2003 September 27
San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
21 entries

2005 January 9
Mumbai, India
16 entries

2006 January 28
Mumbai, India
21 entries

Results
1  India  Purva Merchant
2
 New Zealand  Pooja Chitgopekar (Earth 07)
3  United States  Meghna Nagarajan

Top 5
Australia  Rashi Chandhok
South Africa  Shabnam Mohammed

Semi-finalists
(not available)

Results
United Kingdom  Amrita Hunjan
2
 Netherlands  Reshma van der Vliet
3
 Singapore  Thebashini Jega Jeevan

Top 5
Australia  Vimala Raman
United Arab Emirates  Madhuvanthi Ramakrishnan

Semi-finalists
(not available)

Results
1  United States  Trina Chakravarty
2  United Kingdom  Nikki Kaur Rana
3  Netherlands  Charlene Asgarali

Top 5
Australia  Tahirah Islam
South Africa
  Remona Moodley

Semi-finalists
(not available)

Remainder
Bahrain  Sweta Joshi
Canada  Shalini Vasdani
Fiji  Priscilla Solanki
France  Kiranne Devi
Germany
  Laavanya Ambur
Gibraltar  Sheetal Viroomal
Hong Kong  Anjali Punjabi
Indonesia  Shraysi Tandon
Kenya  Rakhi Shah
Netherlands  Shrila Jagessar
Singapore  Sujeeta Menon
Spain  Pinky Shamdasani
Trinidad  Nadya Nandanie Ramnath
Uganda
  Fenulla Jiwani
United Arab Emirates  Sahiba Singh
United Kingdom 
Neelam Salhotra

Remainder
Canada  Simran Singh
France  Anusha Cherer
Germany
  Lakshmi Mohan
Hong Kong  Shalani Mirchandani
India  Anchal Dwivedi
Indonesia  Bhavna Tolani
Oman  Rajini Sathyamurth
Portugal  Zulfiya Merchant
South Africa  Suraya Naidoo
Trinidad 
Lisa Dookie
United States 
Reshoo Pande

 

 

 

 

Remainder
Canada  Nital Gosai
Djibouti 
Sabrina Naseem
Fiji 
Pauline Poonam Nair
France 
Jessica Honoré
Germany 
Mona Singh
India 
Priyanka Jha
Indonesia 
Ritika Sharma
Jamaica 
Chantal Mcdonald
Malaysia 
Bhavani Prasana Ramasendrain
Mozambique 
Tejhall Jaintlal
New Zealand 
Shardae Mitha
Oman 
Aakanksha Mansukhani
Singapore 
Gaiyethri Dio Rahman
Sri Lanka 
Nadaraja Karthiga
Trinidad 
Indira Misir
United Arab Emirates 
Rajani Sathyamurthi

 

Awards
Miss Congeniality - India
Miss Photogenic - New Zealand
Best Talent - New Zealand
Miss Beautiful Eyes - Hong Kong
Miss Beautiful Hair -
Germany
Miss Beautiful Smile - United States
Miss
Beautiful Skin - Australia

Awards
Miss Congeniality - Singapore
Miss Photogenic - Netherlands
Best Talent - United Kingdom
Miss Beautiful Eyes - Germany
Miss Beautiful Hair - United Kingdom

Miss Beautiful Smile -United Arab Emirates
Miss Beautiful Skin - Portugal

Awards
Miss Congeniality - Germany
Miss Photogenic - South Africa

Best Talent - United States
Miss Beautiful Eyes - ?
Miss Beautiful Hair - Australia

Miss Beautiful Smile - Djibouti
Miss Beautiful Skin - Mozambique

 


South Africa (1st runner-up), Suriname & Canada (2nd runner-up)

India

Australia (1st runner-up), U.S.A. & Netherlands (2nd runner-up)

2007 April 8
Fords, NJ, U.S.A.
19 entries

2008 February 23
Johannesburg, South Africa
20 entries

2009 February 14
Durban, South Africa
20 entries

Results
Suriname  Fareisa Joemmanbaks
2  South Africa  Nadia Vorajee
3  Canada  Sapna Sehravat

Top 5 
India  Movina Nagarajan
United Kingdom  Snehali Naik

Semi-finalists
Australia  Kiara Podesta
Malaysia  Reneetha Veeraya
Netherlands  Celina Kalfane
United Arab Emirates  Ashita Ghote
United States  Ayushka Singh-Gharib

Results
India  Shagun Sarabhai
Canada  Uppekha Jain
3
 South Africa  Sabeeha Husain

Top 5
Netherlands  Suraya Baboeram Pandaij
(2nd finalist not available)

Semi-finalists
Ireland  Laila Ryan
New Zealand
  Uttara Iyer
(remainder not available)

 

Results
1  United States  Nikkitasha Marhawa
2  Australia  Kanchan Verma
Netherlands  Sunaina Bhoendie

Top 5
United Arab Emirates  Rashmi Premaney
Suriname  Pamela Mangroelal

Semi-finalists
Oman  Shruti Dilip
(remainder not available)

 

Remainder
Fiji  Priya Singh
France  Sunita Vaz
Guyana  Annushka Prabhudyal
Ireland  Sonya Bugwandeen-Reilly
Jamaica  Racquel Baghaloo
Morocco  Sabrina Bou Ali
New Zealand  Gaganpreet Kaur
Singapore  Jaishree Manuferan
Trinidad  Anushka Nirupa Dube

 

 

 

Remainder
Australia  Cassandra Fernandez
Fiji  Ashley Singh
France  Divya Ranganathan
Jamaica  Racquel Baghaloo
Lesotho  Zohra Adam
Malawi  Aisha Tayub
Mauritius  Sarina Sookeea
Namibia  Rashi Singh
Singapore  Sahira Rashim
Sri Lanka  Dasuni Chathurika
Suriname  Vanita Singh
Trinidad 
Leanna Chadee
United Kingdom  Suma Bhattacharya
United States  Richa Gangopadhyay

Remainder
Bahrain  Jenai Kavarana
Canada  Gauravi Shah
Fiji  Naziah Ali
Guyana  Padmini Rambalak
India  Deepthi Mary Varughese
Ireland  Habreen Kaur
Kenya  Melissa Debok
Malawi  Avanthi Patel
New Zealand  Jannat Kaur
Qatar
  Kubra Sait
Singapore  Asmaa Pandit
South Africa  Kasrivia Nagesar
Uganda  Gurpreet Kaur
United Kingdom  Poonam Mehmi

Awards
Miss Congeniality - South Africa
Miss Photogenic - South Africa
Best Talent - Canada
Miss Beautiful Eyes - Morocco
Miss Beautiful Hair - Malaysia
Miss Beautiful Smile - Singapore
Miss Beautiful Skin - Fiji

Awards
Miss Congeniality - Australia
Miss Photogenic - United States
Best Talent -
Netherlands
Miss Beautiful Eyes - United States
Miss Beautiful Hair - Ireland
Miss Beautiful Smile - Canada
Miss Beautiful Skin - Singapore

Awards
Miss Photogenic - Oman
Miss Beautiful Hair - Guyana
Most Beautiful Smile - Holland
(other awards not available)

 


Suriname (2nd runner-up), South Africa (winner) & United Kingdom (1st runner-up)

   
2010 March 27
Durban, South Africa
25 entries
   
Results
South Africa  Kajal Lutchminarain
United Kingdom  Niharica Raizada
Suriname  Cher Merchand

Top 5
New Zealand  Jumana Shakeer
U.S.A.
  Priyanka Singha

Among the semi-finalists
Netherlands  Vandana Biere
Tanzania

   
Among the remainder
Australia  Pallavi Sharda
Brazil
  Sohum Bhatt
Canada  Amin Dhillon
Guyana  Lucria Rambalak
Ireland  Namrata Udani
Italy  Rucha Gawas
Malaysia  Neelaveni Kathirtchelvan
Tanzania  Richa Adhia
Uganda  Aparna Sharma