Femina Miss India is the pageant behind Nicole Faria’s Miss Earth win last year. Other than Miss Earth, Femina Miss India chooses for India’s representatives for Miss World and Miss International as well.

I don’t know with other fans but I still consider India as a pageant powerhouse of Asia because of its performances in ME and MW. Kanishtha Dhankhar wins Pantaloons Femina Miss India World 2011


The other two runner ups who got lucky at the mega event were Hasleen Kaur (Pantaloons Femina Miss India Earth 2011) and Ankita Shorey (Pantaloons Femina Miss India International 2011).

The jury members included Kangna Ranaut, Dino Morea, Fardeen Khan, Urmila Matondkar, Ritu Kumar, Shiamak Davar, Leander Paes, Tarun Mansukhani and Sajid Nadiadwala.

The event was a gala affair with smashing performances from Sunidhi Chauhan, Sonakshi Sinha, Malaika Arora Khan and Hard Kaur.

It was a lucky day for another contestant Ankita Mohapatra too as she was chosen as Bollywood Diva by Sajid Nadiawala.