Femina Miss India 2014 | |
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Date | April 5, 2014 |
Entertainment | Yo Yo Honey Singh, Mika, Shahid Kapoor, Sonakshi Sinha, Shraddha Kapoor |
Venue | Yash Raj Studios, Mumbai, India |
Broadcaster | Colors (TV channel) |
Entrants | 24 |
Winner | Koyal Rana New Delhi |
Congeniality | Arpita Kaur Dubai, UAE |
Best National Costume | Jhataleka Malhotra |
Photogenic | Jantee Hazarika |
Miss Internet | Irshika Mehrotra |
Beauty with a purpose | Koyal Rana |
The 51st edition of the Femina Miss India beauty pageant was held on April 5, 2014 in Mumbai, India. Finalists had been selected in a previous round held in Bangalore in January 2014,[1] with 24 women competing for the title of Miss India World. Koyal Rana from Delhi was crowned Femina Miss India 2014 by the previous year's winner Navneet Kaur Dhillon, while Jhataleka Malhotra and Gail Nicole Da Silva were crowned 1st and 2nd Runners Up respectively.[2]
Koyal Rana represented India at Miss World 2014 held in the United Kingdom where she was declared Miss World Asia and placed in the top 11.[3] Jhataleka Malhotra represented India at Miss International held in Japan where she won the Miss Internet Beauty award.[4] Gail Nicole Da Silva represented India at Miss United Continent 2014 held in Ecuador where she was crowned 1st Runner Up and also won the Miss Photogenic and Best National Costume awards.[5]
After the Femina Miss India 2014 pageant, Ruhi Singh, who was not a contestant at Femina Miss India 2014 but had been a contestant in the 2012 edition,[6] was later designated by Femina as India's representative at Miss Universal Peace and Humanity 2014 held in Lebanon where she was crowned the first ever winner of the pageant.[7]