Model Vanya Mishra discusses how life has changed ever since she won the country's most coveted beauty pageant crown in 2012.
Here's a look at Bollywood debuts of beauty queens so far!
This year at Lakme Fashion Week, we've seen a steady procession of Indian beauty pageant queens walking the runway. Bollywood looker and Miss Universe 2000 Lara Dutta continued the trend on Day Five, as she walked for designer Raakesh Agarvwal.
So who are the new faces who will charm their way to Bollywood this year?
24 contestants competed in a contest that challenged the modern inclusive standards of beauty.
Miss India Puja Gupta failed to make it to the top five at the competition.
Struggling to gain entry to the top global beauty pageants due to objections from China, Miss Tibet 2011 Tenzin Yangkyi has said the best way for her to highlight the Tibetan question in the international arena is through participation in such contests.
With 10 million followers on Instagram, the newly-minted mother is the toast of the fashion world.
Deepika Kamaiah talks about making her debut in film industry.
Is winning a glamour contest, a beauty parade, a bigger achievement than getting to run one of the world's best known luxury brands or the IMF? asks Sandeep Goyal.
Runner-up in the Miss India 2010 Pooja Hegde talks about her movie debut.
The actress traded in her career to become an entrepreneur and mentor to future Miss Universes, the title she so memorably won 17 years ago.
The country's first-ever Miss Earth winner shares her experience in Vietnam, where the pageant was held.
Shwetha Menon on playing a sexy older woman in Rathinirvedam 2 and the new roles she would love to take on.
Raised in the slums, Ankita Singh's breakthrough came when she was crowned Miss Kolkata in 2018.
Here's a look at some mamma's boys and then some girls with their moms.
Venezuela, a nation of just 27 million people, is the world's unquestioned leader in beauty pageants. Why?
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Reader Nishant Gadi sends us a photograph.
Here's what your favourite celebrities have been upto.
This beauty queen who will represent India at the Miss Universe pageant.
Last week, we featured 10 Hollywood celebs with the best body shape, as per a Uk-based women's poll. Today, we bring you our own desi beauties -- vote and let us know who has the best figure according to you!
Earlier, too, Biplab Deb has courted controversies on several occasions. In 2018, he said internet and satellite television existed in the time of the Mahabharata.
'The whole state is very proud of me.' 'I have been home twice after the release of the movie and I could feel the pride in the people's eyes.'
Thin is no longer considered to be attractive.
Parvathy Omanakuttam of Kerala won the Miss India World crown while Harshita Saxena of Goa was declared Miss India Earth. All three winners will represent the country at the international beauty pageants during the year.
The 23 year old from Telangana will represent India at the Miss World pageant.
Meet Daniela Nieto, the newly minted Miss Multinational, who simply loves and adores India.
The Proposal provides the comfort of a fairytale, updated with strippers, a little comedic nudity and bodily function humour just so that we remember what century we're living in.
This is what happens backstage at beauty pageants.
20 new models have been shortlisted to walk the ramp for the upcoming Lakme Fashion Week. Here's a series of introductions to the latest lookers.
Pooja Chitgopekar, an aspiring doctor, wins the title.
This is the first audition of its kind in 45 years. The Femina Miss India beauty pageant held a wildcard entry special at Inorbit Mall in Mumbai on January 10 and 11. See who won!
Sanjay Dutt finally looks relieved as he poses with the new Mrs India.
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf may be facing the heat from all corners but Reigning Miss Pakistan World Mahleej Sarkari says he is a "hunk". Sarkari said she would love to date Musharraf if he asked her out. "Yes, any time... I like him a lot...," she told a news portal. Sarkari also said she thought "Mrs Musharraf would nod her head in agreement that her husband is an icon no matter what happens".
The gorgeous beauty queens who put India on the world map.
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