Bharat Sundari

भारत सुंदरी
Formation	1968 (1968)
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Gurugram, Haryana
Location	India
Region	India, World
Official language	Hindi, English
Key people	Rajat Singh
Staff	~48
Volunteers	~300
Website	www.bharatsundari.com
In 2017 Rajat Singh restarted this pageant as a Private Entity

Bharat Sundari was a national beauty pageant in India. The pageant's winner competed in the Miss World pageant from 1968 to 1975.^{[citation needed]}

Categories

Bharat Sundari is in two categories:

• Miss
• Mrs

There are two stages to become Bharat Sundari:

• State Level Competition
• National Level Pageant

Eligibility criteria

• Miss

· Height 5'2" and above (5'0 for North East India) · Age 16-35 (as of 1 December 2019)

• Mrs

· Height 5'2" and above (5’0 for North East India) · Age 18-50 Years (age as on 31 December 2019)

History

The first edition of Bharat Sundari was held in 1968. Jane Coelho was crowned the first ever winner of Bharat Sundari contest and represented India at Miss World 1968 pageant.

Titleholders

Representatives to Miss World

• In 1971 and 1974 delegates to Miss World pageant

Representatives to Queen of Pacific

In 1967, Eve's Weekly Miss India sent India's representative to the pageant.