Miss Grand India

For the most recent edition, see Miss Grand India 2025.

Miss Grand India
Formation2023
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersNew Delhi
Location
Official language
English
National directors
  • Sourav Anand
  • Akanksha Thakur
Parent organization
Star Entertainment Production (2025)
AffiliationsMiss Grand International
Miss Global
Miss Eco International
Miss Grand India licensee timeline

Miss Grand India is a national beauty pageant that selects India's official representative to the Miss Grand International pageant.[1][2]

India has been competing in Miss Grand International since 2013, achieving six placements to date. In 2024, Rachel Gupta was crowned Miss Grand International, marking India’s first-ever victory at the pageant.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

History

India has been sending representatives to Miss Grand International since 2013. Initially, from 2013 to 2014, the rights to select Indian delegates were held by the Atharva Group of Institutes, which organized the Indian princess pageant. During this period, one of the pageant's finalists represented India at Miss Grand International.[9][10][11][12]

In 2015, the license was acquired by The Times Group, which organizes Femina Miss India. From 2015 to 2022, India's representatives for Miss Grand International were selected through the Femina Miss India competition.[3][4][5][6] In 2023, the franchise was transferred to the Glamanand Group, which launched Miss Grand India as a standalone pageant.[1][13][14]

India won its first Miss Grand International title in 2024, when Rachel Gupta was crowned on October 25, 2024, in Thailand. Rachel was the fourth representative sent by the Glamanand Group and the twelfth overall to represent India in the competition.[15]

In December 2024, Star Entertainment Productions, led by Akanksha Thakur, acquired the national license for Miss Grand India.[16]

Gallery

Editions

Location and date

The following are the details of the Miss Grand India editions, which have been held as a stand-alone pageant since 2023.

Edition Date Final venue Entrants Ref.
1st 19 September 2023 Rambagh Palace Hotel, Jaipur, Rajasthan
18
 [17]
2nd 11 August 2024 Zee Studion, Jaipur, Rajasthan
22
 [18][19]
3rd 13 June 2025
29
[20]
4th April 2026

Competition result

Edition Winner Runners-up Ref.
First Second Third Fourth
1st Arshina Sumbul
(Jaipur) 		Rajashree Dowarah
(Assam) 		Not awarded [17]
2nd Rachel Gupta
(Jaipur) 		Palak Kohli
(New Delhi) 		Not awarded [19]
3rd Vishakha Kanwar
(Rajasthan) 		Vanlalnunt Luangi
(Mizoram) 		Nandini Patel
(Gujarat) 		Tsurila Jankhiungru
(Nagaland) 		Tancy Renu Pal
(Delhi) 		[20]

International competition

  •   : Declared as Winner
  •   : Ended as runner-up or Top 5 qualification
  •   : Ended as one of the finalist/semi-finalist
  •   : Unplaced but given special award(s)

The following is a list of Indian representatives at the Miss Grand International contest.

Year Delegate State National Title Placement & Performance Ref.
Placements Special award(s)
2013 Rupa Khurana New Delhi Finalist – Indian Princess 2014 Unplaced [9][10][21]
2014 Monica Sharma New Delhi Top 5 – Indian Princess 2014 Unplaced
1 Special Awards
    • Top 20 – Best National Costume
 [11][12][22]
2015 Vartika Singh Uttar Pradesh 2nd Runner-Up – Femina Miss India 2015 2nd Runner-Up
3 Special Awards
    • Best in Social Media[23]
    • Top 20 – Best National Costume
    • Top 10 – Highest Voting
 [3][23]
2016 Pankhuri Gidwani Uttar Pradesh 2nd Runner-Up – Femina Miss India 2016 Unplaced
1 Special Awards
    • Top 10 – Best National Costume
 [4][24]
2017 Anukriti Gusain Uttarakhand Top 6 – Femina Miss India 2017 Top 20
2 Special Awards
    • Top 10 – Best National Costume
    • Top 10 – Best in Swimsuit
 [5][25][26]
2018 Meenakshi Choudhary Haryana Femina Miss Grand India 2018 1st Runner-Up
3 Special Awards
    • Top 10 – Miss Popular
    • Top 12 – Best National Costume
    • Top 10 – Pre-Arrival
 [6][27]
2019 Shivani Jadhav Chhattisgarh Femina Miss Grand India 2019 Unplaced
3 Special Awards
    • For Historic Crowns Fashion Show Gala
    • Top 10 – Miss Popular
    • Top 20 – Best National Costume
 [28][29]
2020 Simran Sharma Rajasthan Glamanand Supermodel Multinational 2018 Unplaced
1 Special Award
    • Top 15 – Queens with the Golden Crown
 [7][30][31]
2021 Manika Sheokand Haryana Femina Miss Grand India 2020 Top 20
2 Special Awards
    • Lottery Prizes Event (Judge's Choice)
    • Top 20 – Pre-Arrival
 [32][33]
2022 Praachi Nagpal Telangana Miss Grand India 2022 Unplaced
3 Special Awards
    • Top 8 – Best National Costume
    • Top 10 – Pre-Arrival Voting
    • Top 10 – Country's Power of the Year challenge
 [8][34][35]
2023 Arshina Sumbul Rajasthan Miss Grand India 2023 Top 20
2 Special Awards
    • Top 20 – Best National Costume (Judges Choice)
    • Top 20 – Country's Power of the Year challenge
 [13][17][36]
2024 Rachel Gupta Punjab Miss Grand India 2024 Miss Grand International 2024
5 Special Awards
    • Winner – Grand Pageant's Choice Award
    • Top 4 – Country's Power of the Year Challenge
    • Top 10 – Pre-Arrival Voting
    • Top 10 – Best in Swimsuit (Judge's Choice)
    • Top 30 – Grand Voice Challenge
 [19][37]
2025 Vishakha Kanwar Rajasthan Miss Grand India 2025 Unplaced
1 Special Awards
    • Best National Costumes
 [20]

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