National beauty pageant competition in India
Miss Divine Beauty |
| Formation | 2019 |
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| Type | Beauty pageant |
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| Headquarters | New Delhi |
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Membership | • Miss Earth (2019 – present)
• Miss International (2023 – present)
• Miss Global (2022 – present) |
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Official language | Hindi and English |
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Founder and Chief Executive Officer | Deepak Agarwal |
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Parent organization | Divine Group |
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| Website | Official website |
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Miss Divine Beauty is a national beauty pageant in India operating under the parent organization Divine Group, that primarily selects India's representatives to compete at Miss Earth and Miss International. Miss Earth and Miss International are two of the Big Four major international beauty pageants in the world.[1][2]
The reigning Miss Divine Beauty (Miss Earth India) is Priyan Sain and (Miss India International) is Praveena Aanjna.[3]
Miss Divine Beauty also awards a candidate with the "Beauty with a Responsibility" title since 2021.[4] This award aims to acknowledge the work done by the beauty queens in order to bring a substantial change and to also support the future endeavours of their projects. Present winner of the award is Vanshika Parmar, who is an eco enthusiast from New Delhi, and she initiated a project titled as "Project Go Green".[5]
History
India has participated in the Miss Earth pageant since its inception in 2001.[6] From 2001 to 2013, India's representatives at Miss Earth were selected by Femina Miss India, which is sponsored by Femina, a women's magazine published by the Times Group.[7][8] Subsequently, the franchise for selecting representatives from India to participate at the Miss Earth pageant was acquired by Glamanand Supermodel India. The Glamanand Group lost the franchise privilege in 2018.[9]
India's representatives to the Miss International beauty pageant was initially selected by the Eve's Weekly Miss India contest, since its inception in 1960, until the year 1988.[10]
Since the year 1991, Femina Miss India sent Indian delegates to compete at Miss International, and was successful in producing two first runner-ups and one second runner-up titles.[11] The last highest placement of Femina Miss India's representative at Miss International was achieved by Shonali Nagrani, who was crowned as the first runner-up in Miss International 2003.[12][13] The Times Group dropped the franchise of Miss International in 2015. The last representative to Miss International by the Miss India Organization was Jhataleka Malhotra in 2014.[14][15]
The Divine Group acquired the rights to send India's delegates to the Miss Earth in the year 2019.[16] and Miss International in 2023.[17] Deepak Agarwal, the founder and CEO of Divine Group, serves as one of the National Directors.[18] The first edition of Miss Divine Beauty was held on 31 August 2019 at Kingdom of Dreams, New Delhi.[19] The finale was witnessed by Miss Earth 2018 Nguyễn Phương Khánh, Miss Intercontinental 2018 Karen Gallman and Miss Earth Water 2018 Valeria Ayos.[2] Tejaswini Manogna became the first delegate to win the title of Divine Miss India.[20][21] From 2019 onwards, Miss Divine Beauty is responsible for the selection of future Miss Earth India.[22]
Miss Divine Beauty aims to extend its wholehearted support to the women of today who have the potential to lead and represent the country tomorrow. Contest is devised and programmed to empower the women of today to be capable of being recognized at one of the biggest platform and voice their opinion on social rights and responsibilities and extend their support to make society a better place to live with peace globally. The winners will represent India at Miss Earth, Miss International and other international pageants.
In July 2023, the Divine Group obtained the license to send a delegate representing India to the Miss International pageant being held annually in Japan and is one among the Big Four major international beauty pageants in the world. The licence is valid for three years (2023-2025).
