Draft:Eve's Weekly Miss India

Eve's Weekly Miss India
Successor	Bharat Sundari and Femina Miss India
Formation	1959
Type	Beauty Pageant
Location	Mumbai, Maharashtra; India;
Membership	Miss International; (1960-1962, 1968 -1988); Miss World; (1959 - 1966); Miss Young International; (1970-1983)
Official language	Hindi, English
Key people	Gulshan Ewing;
Parent organization	Eve's Weekly

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Eve's Weekly Miss India was a national pageant in India organized by a Bombay based magazine Eve's Weekly that sent its winner to compete globally at Miss World and Miss International pageants from 1959 to 1988.^[1]. The Eve's Weekly was owned by the Somani group.The pageant sent its winner to Miss World from 1959 to 1966 and a runner up to Miss International from 1960 to 1962. After Reita Faria's historic win at Miss World, a separate pageant, Bharat Sundari was held to send the delegates to Miss World and Eve's Weekly started sending its winner to Miss International. The pageant sent its winner to Miss International from 1966 to 1988 after that Femina Miss India got the franchise to send India's representatives to Miss International.^{[citation needed]}

History and Pageant

The first edition of Eve's Weekly Miss India pageant was held in 1959. Fleur Ezekiel of Mumbai was crowned the first ever Miss World India. She represented India at Miss World 1959.

In 1966, Reita Faria was crowned Eve's Weekly Miss India. She represented India at Miss World 1966 and became the first Indian and Asian to win the Miss World crown. This was the last edition of the Eve's Weekly Miss India pageant where the winner was crowned as Miss India World. After that Bharat Sundari held the franchise for Miss World in India]from 1968 to 1975, and Eve's Weekly started sending its winner to the Miss International pageant.

In 1976, Eve's Weekly organized the first and only male beauty contest called "Indian Prince." Deepak Parashar won the title of Indian Prince, while Nafisa Ali was crowned Miss India 1976 in the same contest. It was the only year this pageant was held^[2]^[3].

List of Titleholders

Year	Winners	Runners-Up	International Placements	Ref.
1988	Eve's Weekly Miss India 1988 Shikha Swaroop	Shabnam Patel	Miss International 1988 Shikha Swaroop (Unplaced) Miss Max Factor 1989 Shabnam Patel (Winner)	^[4] ^[5]
1987	Eve's Weekly Miss India 1987 Erica Maria De Sousa	Sonali Mehta	Miss International 1987 Erica Maria De Sousa (Top 15)	^[6]^[7]
1986	Eve's Weekly Miss India 1986 Poonam Gidwani	Deepti Bhatnagar	Miss International 1986 Poonam Gidwani (Unplaced) Miss Wonderland 1987 Deepti Bhatnagar (Unplaced)	^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]
1985	Eve's Weekly Miss India 1985 Vinita Vasan	Poonam Mirapuri	Miss International 1985 Vinita Vasan (Unplaced)	^[12]
1984	Eve's Weekly Miss India 1984 Nalanda Bhandari Miss Young India 1984 Seema Kapoor	Unknown	Miss International 1984 Nalanda Bhandari (Top 15) Miss Young Int. 1984 Seema Kapoor (Pageant Discontinued)	^[13]
1983	Eve's Weekly Miss India 1983 Sahila Chadha Miss Young India 1983 Sangeeta Sunder Nasta	Unknown	Miss International 1983 Sahila Chadha (Unplaced) Miss Young Int. 1983 Sangeeta Sunder Nasta (Top 15)	^[14]^[15]^[16]
1982	Eve's Weekly Miss India 1982 Betty O'Connor Miss Young India 1982 Poonam Gidwani	Unknown	Miss International 1982 Betty O'Connor (Unplaced) Miss Young Int. 1982 Poonam Gidwani (Pageant Cancelled)	^[17]
1981	Eve's Weekly Miss India 1981 Meenakshi Seshadri Miss Young India 1981 Sangeeta Tahilramani	Rekha Hande	Miss International 1981 Meenakshi Seshadri (Unplaced) Miss Young Int. 1981 Sangeeta Tahilramani (Top 15)	^[18]
1980	Eve's Weekly Miss India 1980 Ulrike Bredmeyer Miss Young India 1980 Ayesha Dutt	Unknown	Miss International 1980 Ulrike Bredmeyer (Top 15) Miss Young Int. 1980 Ayesha Dutt (Unplaced)	^[19]
1979	Eve's Weekly Miss India 1979 Nita Painter Miss Young India 1979 Anuja Chitre	Unknown	Miss International 1979 Nita Painter (Top 15) Miss Young Int. 1979 Anuja Chitre (Unplaced)	^[20]
1978	Eve's Weekly Miss India 1978 Sabita Dhanrajgir Miss Young India 1978 Poonam Dhillon	Unknown	Miss International 1978 Sabita Dhanrajgir (Unplaced) Miss Young Int. 1978 Poonam Dhillon (Unplaced)	^[21]
1977	Eve's Weekly Miss India 1977 Joan Stephens Miss Young India 1977 Reshmi Pesi Boywalla	Unknown	Miss International 1977 Joan Stephens (Unplaced) Miss Young Int. 1977 Reshmi Pesi Boywalla (Unplaced)	^[22]
1976	Eve's Weekly Miss India 1976 Nafisa Ali Indian Prince Deepak Parashar Miss Young India 1976 Aveena Singh	Unknown	Miss International 1976 Nafisa Ali (2nd Runner-up) Miss Young Int. 1976 Aveena Singh (Unplaced)	^[23]
1975	Eve's Weekly Miss India 1975 Indira Bredmeyer Miss Young India 1975 Carolina Jacquet	Unknown	Miss International 1975 Indira Bredmeyer (2nd Runner-up) Miss Young Int. 1975 Carolina Jacquet (Unplaced)	^[24]
1974	Eve's Weekly Miss India 1974 Leslie Jean Hartnett Miss Young India 1974 Monica Augustus	Seema Marwaha Gargi Patel	Miss International 1974 Leslie Jean Hartnett (Unplaced) Miss Young Int. 1974 Monica Augustus (Unplaced)	^[25]
1973	Eve's Weekly Miss India 1973 Lynette Williams Miss Young India 1973 Anita Agnihotri	Unknown	Miss International 1973 Lynette Williams (Unplaced) Miss Young Int. 1973 Anita Agnihotri (Unplaced)	^[26]
1972	Eve's Weekly Miss India 1972 Indira Muthanna Miss Young India 1972 Amrita Chachhi	Unknown	Miss International 1972 Indira Muthanna (Unplaced) Miss Young Int. 1972 Amrita Chachhi (Unplaced) Miss Maja Int. 1972 Salome Aaron (2nd Runner-up) Miss Charming Int. 1972 Salome Aaron (Top 10)	^[27]^[28]^[29]
1971	Eve's Weekly Miss India 1971 Samita Mukherjee Miss Young India 1971 Sheila Chugni	Bina Bhalla	Miss International 1971 Samita Mukherjee (Unplaced) Miss Young Int. 1971 Bina Bhalla (Top 10)	^[30] ^[31]
1970	Eve's Weekly Miss India 1970 Patricia D'Souza Miss Young India 1970 Roopa Satyan	Meenakshi Ahuja	Miss International 1970 Patricia D'Souza (Top 15) Miss Young Int. 1970 Roopa Satyan (Top 10)	^[32]
1969	Eve's Weekly Miss India 1969 Nighat Fakir Mohammad	Wendy Leslie Vaz	Miss International 1969 Wendy Leslie Vaz (Unplaced)	^[33]
1968	Eve's Weekly Miss India 1968 Sumita Sen Miss Young India 1968 Poonam Chandiramani	Unknown	Miss International 1968 Sumita Sen (Top 15)	^[34]
1967	Eve's Weekly Miss India 1967 Naqi Jahan	Unknown	Queen of Pacific 1967 Naqi Jahan (Unplaced)	^[35]
1966	Eve's Weekly Miss India 1966 Reita Faria	Nita Bhandari Promila Sud	Miss World 1966 Reita Faria (Winner)	^[36]
1962	Eve's Weekly Miss India 1962 Ferial Karim	Sheila Chonkar	Miss World 1962 Ferial Karim (Top 15) Miss International 1962 Sheila Chonkar (Unplaced) Miss Nations 1963 Shirley Kennede (Unplaced)	^[37] ^[38]
1961	Eve's Weekly Miss India 1961 Veronica Leonora Torcato	Diana Valentine	Miss World 1961 Veronica Leonora Torcato (Unplaced) Miss International 1961 Diana Valentine (Unplaced)	^[39]
1960	Eve's Weekly Miss India 1960 Iona Pinto	Unknown	Miss World 1960 Iona Pinto (Unplaced) Miss International 1960 Iona Pinto (1st Runner-up)	^[40]
1959	Eve's Weekly Miss India 1959 Fleur Ezekiel	Iona Pinto	Miss World 1959 Fleur Ezekiel (Unplaced)	^[41]

Representatives to the International pageants

The following women have represented India internationally.These are Miss World, Miss International, Miss Young International and various other minor contests.

Color key

: Declared as Winner
: Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
: Ended as one of the Finalist/Semi-finalists
: Unplaced but given special award(s)

Miss World

Year	Delegate	State	Placement & Performance
Year	Delegate	State	Placements	Special award(s)
1959	Fleur Ezekiel	Maharashtra	Unplaced
1960	Iona Pinto	Maharashtra	Unplaced
1961	Veronica Leonora Torcato	Maharashtra	Unplaced
1962	Ferial Karim	Maharashtra	Top 15
1966	Reita Faria	Maharashtra	Miss World 1966	2 Special Awards Best Body Award Best in Evening Dress Award

Miss International

Year	Delegate	State	Placement & Performance
Year	Delegate	State	Placements	Special award(s)
1960	Iona Pinto	Maharashtra	1st Runner-Up
1961	Diana Valentine	New Delhi	Unplaced
1962	Sheila Chonkar	Maharashtra	Unplaced
1968	Sumita Sen	West Bengal	Top 15
1969	Wendy Leslie Vaz	Maharashtra	Unplaced
1969	Nighat Fakir Mohammed	Karnataka	Couldn't compete
1970	Patricia D'Souza	New Delhi	Top 15
1971	Samita Mukherjee	West Bengal	Unplaced
1972	Indira Muthanna	Karnataka	Unplaced	1 Special Awards 2nd Runner Up – Best National Costume
1973	Lynette Williams	Karnataka	Unplaced
1974	Leslie Jean Hartnett	New Delhi	Unplaced
1975	Indira Maria Bredemeyer	Maharashtra	2nd Runner-Up
1976	Nafisa Ali	Maharashtra	2nd Runner-up
1977	Joan Stephens	karnataka	Unplaced
1978	Sabita Dhanrajgir	Punjab	Unplaced
1979	Nita Pinto	Maharashtra	Unplaced
1980	Ulrike Karen Bredemeyer	Maharashtra	Top 15
1981	Meenakshi Seshadri	Tamil Nadu	Unplaced
1982	Betty O'Connor	Maharashtra	Unplaced
1983	Sahila Chadha	Punjab	Unplaced
1984	Nalanda Ravindra Bhandari	West Bengal	Top 15
1985	Vinita Seshadri Vasan	Karnataka	Unplaced
1986	Poonam Pahlet Gidwant	Maharashtra	Unplaced
1987	Erika Maria D'Souza	Maharashtra	Top 15
1988	Shikha Swaroop	Maharashtra	Unplaced

Miss Young International

Eve's Weekly organized a separate pageant for girls aged 14 to 19 called Eve's Weekly Miss Young India to send India's representative to Miss Young International contest started by Miss International^[42]

Year	Delegate	State	Placement & Performance
Year	Delegate	State	Placements	Special award(s)
1968	Poonam Chandiramani	Delhi	No International Pageant Conducted
1970	Roopa Satyan	Karnataka	Top 10
1971	Beena Bhalla	Delhi	Top 10
1971	Sheila Chugni	West Bengal	Couldn't compete
1972	Amrita Chhachhi	Maharashtra	Unplaced
1973	Anita Agnihotri	Tamil Nadu	Unplaced
1974	Monica Augustus	Karnataka	Unplaced
1975	Carolina Jacquet	Delhi	Unplaced
1976	Aveena Singh	Maharashtra	Unplaced
1977	Reshmi Pesi Boywalla	Karnataka	Unplaced
1978	Poonam Dhillon	Punjab	Unplaced
1979	Anuja Chitre	Kolkata	Unplaced
1980	Ayesha Dutt	Maharashtra	Unplaced
1981	Sangeeta Tahilramani	Karnataka	Top 15
1982	Poonam Gidwani	Maharashtra	Pageant Cancelled
1983	Sangeeta Sunder Nasta	Andhra Pradesh	Top 15
1984	Seema Kapoor	Delhi	International Pageant Discontinued

Miss Nations

Year	Delegate	State	Placement & Performance
Year	Delegate	State	Placements	Special award(s)
1963	Shirley Kennede	Maharashtra	Unplaced

Queen of Pacific

Year	Delegate	State	Placement & Performance
Year	Delegate	State	Placements	Special award(s)
1967	Naqi Jahan	Kolkata	Unplaced

Miss Maja International

Year	Delegate	State	Placement & Performance
Year	Delegate	State	Placements	Special award(s)
1972	Salome Aaron	Maharashtra	2nd Runner-up

Miss Charming International

Year	Delegate	State	Placement & Performance
Year	Delegate	State	Placements	Special award(s)
1972	Salome Aaron	Maharashtra	Top 10

Miss Wonderland

Year	Delegate	State	Placement & Performance
Year	Delegate	State	Placements	Special award(s)
1987	Deepti Bhatnagar	Uttar Pradesh	Unplaced

Miss Max Factor

Year	Delegate	State	Placement & Performance
Year	Delegate	State	Placements	Special award(s)
1989	Shabnam Patel	Maharashtra	Miss Max Factor 1989

Titleholder gallery

Eve's Weekly Miss India

Reita Faria,
Miss World 1966
Nafisa Ali,
Miss International 1976- 2nd Runner-up
Poonam Sinha,
Miss Young India 1968
Poonam Dhillon,
Miss Young India 1978
Ayesha Dutt,
Miss Young India 1980
Deepti Bhatnagar,
Miss India Wonderland 1987

Indian Prince

Deepak Parashar,
Indian Prince 1976

References

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^ "Deepak Parashar: हिंदी सिनेमा का यह अभिनेता था देश का पहला मिस्टर इंडिया, जानें खिताब जीतने की दिलचस्प कहानी". Amarujala. 5 June 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
^ "Nostalgia with Deepak Parashar: "Even at 22, I watched what I ate. I've always been calorie-conscious"". Hindustan Times. 5 June 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
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^ "Shikha and Shabnam Patel won Miss India 1988". India Today. 29 December 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
^ "Winners List : Miss India 1987". Indpaedia. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
^ "'Our life bubbled with pranks and boyfriend drama'". India Today. 29 December 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
^ "Poonam crowned Miss India 1986". India Today. 29 December 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
^ "Miss Wonderland 1987, Indian Entry Deepti Bhatnagar". Pageantopolis. 11 June 2014. Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
^ "Nostalgia with Deepti Bhatnagar". Hindustan Times. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
^ "Love affair wt flowers since Miss India days .. representing India at Miss international in Nagasaki .Japan 😍". Instagram. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
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^ "Winners List : Miss India 1981". Indpaedia. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
^ "Winners List : Miss India 1980". Indpaedia. 29 December 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
^ "Winners List : Miss India 1979". Indpaedia. 11 June 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
^ "Winners List : Miss India 1978". Indpaedia. 29 December 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
^ "Miss International 1977/Miss India 1977". pageantopolis. 12 February 2019. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
^ "Winners List : Miss India 1976". Indpaedia. 10 March 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
^ "Winners List : Miss India 1975". Indpaedia. 29 December 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
^ "Winners List : Miss India 1974". Indpaedia. 29 December 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
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^ "Maja International /Maja Internacional 1972". Pageantpolis. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
^ "Miss Charming International 1972 1972". Pageantpolis. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
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^ "Winners List : Miss India 1969". Indpaedia. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
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^ "Winners List : Miss India 1959-61". Indpaedia. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
^ "All Miss Young India". www.pageantopolis.com. 29 December 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2025.

External links

[1] "An ode to Eve's Weekly Miss India, the first beauty pageant of India". thegreatpageantcommunity.com. 2 January 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2025.

[2] "Deepak Parashar: हिंदी सिनेमा का यह अभिनेता था देश का पहला मिस्टर इंडिया, जानें खिताब जीतने की दिलचस्प कहानी". Amarujala. 5 June 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2023.

[3] "Nostalgia with Deepak Parashar: "Even at 22, I watched what I ate. I've always been calorie-conscious"". Hindustan Times. 5 June 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2023.

[4] "Winners List : Miss India 1988". Indpaedia. 29 December 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2025.

[5] "Shikha and Shabnam Patel won Miss India 1988". India Today. 29 December 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2025.

[6] "Winners List : Miss India 1987". Indpaedia. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2025.

[7] "'Our life bubbled with pranks and boyfriend drama'". India Today. 29 December 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2025.

[8] "Poonam crowned Miss India 1986". India Today. 29 December 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2025.

[9] "Miss Wonderland 1987, Indian Entry Deepti Bhatnagar". Pageantopolis. 11 June 2014. Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.

[10] "Nostalgia with Deepti Bhatnagar". Hindustan Times. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.

[11] "Love affair wt flowers since Miss India days .. representing India at Miss international in Nagasaki .Japan 😍". Instagram. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.

[12] "💃MISS INDIA 1985 👑". Instagram. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2014.

[13] "Nalanda and seema kapur won Miss India 1984". India Today. 29 December 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2025.

[pageantopolis-14] "international/Int_1983". pageantopolis.com. Archived from the original on 27 December 2009. Retrieved 9 September 2017.

[15] India Today, Volume 11, p. 92. 1986. "Chaddha, crowned Miss India "

[hindu-16] "Karnataka News : Briefly". The Hindu. 1 January 2005. Archived from the original on 17 January 2005. Retrieved 9 September 2017.

[17] "Winners List : Miss India 1982". Indpaedia. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2014.

[18] "Winners List : Miss India 1981". Indpaedia. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2015.

[19] "Winners List : Miss India 1980". Indpaedia. 29 December 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2025.

[20] "Winners List : Miss India 1979". Indpaedia. 11 June 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2025.

[21] "Winners List : Miss India 1978". Indpaedia. 29 December 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2025.

[22] "Miss International 1977/Miss India 1977". pageantopolis. 12 February 2019. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2025.

[23] "Winners List : Miss India 1976". Indpaedia. 10 March 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2025.

[24] "Winners List : Miss India 1975". Indpaedia. 29 December 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2025.

[25] "Winners List : Miss India 1974". Indpaedia. 29 December 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2025.

[26] "Lynn's House of Couture". weddingwire. 14 June 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2025.

[27] "Winners List : Miss India 1972". Indpaedia. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2025.

[28] "Maja International /Maja Internacional 1972". Pageantpolis. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2025.

[29] "Miss Charming International 1972 1972". Pageantpolis. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2025.

[30] "Winners List : Miss India 1971". Indpaedia. 28 December 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2025.

[31] "Winning the "Miss Young India" crown in 1971 ! With both of us from Calcutta". Instagram. 28 December 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2025.

[32] "Winners List : Miss India 1970". Indpaedia. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2025.

[33] "Winners List : Miss India 1969". Indpaedia. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2025.

[34] "Winners List : Miss India 1968". Indpaedia. 13 January 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2025.

[35] "Queen of Pacific 1967, Indian Entry Naqi Jahan". Pageantopolis. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.

[36] "Winners List : Miss India 1966". Indpaedia. 22 February 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2025.

[37] "Winners List : Miss India 1962". Indpaedia. 28 December 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2025.

[38] "Swedish Model is Miss United Nations 1963". Chilean Charm. 28 December 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2025.

[39] "Winners List : Miss India 1959-61". Indpaedia. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2025.

[40] "Winners List : Miss India 1959-61". Indpaedia. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2025.

[41] "Winners List : Miss India 1959-61". Indpaedia. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2025.

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