Miss Universe India

National beauty pageant in India

English

PredecessorMiss DivaWebsitehttps://missuniverseindia.glamanand.com/

Miss Universe India is a beauty pageant under the Glamanand Group organisation that selects India's official representative to the Miss Universe pageant since 2024.^[1]

History

Between 2012 and 2023, Miss Diva served as the official franchise for Miss Universe in India under the parent organisation, Femina Miss India. This meant they were entrusted with choosing Indian delegates to compete in the annual Miss Universe competition. During this period (from 2012 to 2023), Miss Diva crowned the Indian representatives as "Miss Diva Universe."

In February 2024, a new organization, spearheaded by National Director Nikhil Anand, was awarded the Miss Universe India franchise. This development led to the establishment of the independent Miss Universe India Organization. Under this new structure, a distinct and separate pageant will now be responsible for selecting India's Miss Universe representatives, both current and future (2024 onwards).^[2]^[3]

Furthermore, in March 2024, the Miss Universe India Organization initiated to accept franchise holders from each state/regional level and those representing the Indian community abroad to choose their delegates. These delegates will then gain access to official Miss Universe India merchandise.

Editions

Below is the complete list of Miss Universe India editions.

Year	Date	Miss Universe India	Entrants	Presenters	Pageant venue
2024	September, 2024	TBA	46	TBA	TBA

Representatives at Miss Universe

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

Year	Delegate	Age	Hometown	Competition performance
Year	Delegate	Age	Hometown	Placements	Special award(s)
2024	TBA

References

^ "Meet Nikhil Anand, the new Indian franchise holder of the world's biggest beauty pageant – Miss Universe". business.indianews.in. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
^ "Big breaking news! India's Glamanand Group acquires the franchise rights of the Miss Universe competition". firstindia.co.in. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
^ "Meet Nikhil Anand, the new Indian franchise holder of Miss Universe". ianslife.in. Retrieved February 26, 2024.

Miss Universe participant countries and territories

Active
(1952–present)

Africa	Angola Botswana Cameroon Cote d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ghana Guinea Kenya Mauritius Mayotte Namibia Nigeria Senegal South Africa Tanzania Zambia Zimbabwe
Americas	Argentina Aruba Bahamas Belize Bolivia Bonaire Brazil British Virgin Islands Canada Cayman Islands Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Curaçao Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Guadeloupe Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Martinique Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Saint Lucia Suriname Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Uruguay United States US Virgin Islands Venezuela
Asia	Bangladesh Bahrain Cambodia China Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Japan Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Pakistan Philippines Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Thailand Uzbekistan Vietnam
Europe	Albania Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Gibraltar Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kazakhstan Kosovo Latvia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Spain Switzerland Turkey Ukraine
Oceania	Australia Cook Islands Fiji New Zealand Samoa

Inactive since 2023 (under JKN Metaverse Inc.)

Africa	Benin (1962) Ethiopia (2017) Eswatini (1994) Gabon (2015) Gambia (1986) Lesotho (1978) Liberia (1977) Madagascar (1961) Morocco (2021) Réunion (1986) Seychelles (2022) Sierra Leone (2019) Tunisia (1971)
Americas	Antigua and Barbuda (2008) Barbados (2020) Bermuda (1997) Dominica (1985) French Guiana (1984) Greenland (1990) Grenada (1964) Saint Kitts and Nevis (1981) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2006) Sint Maarten (2006)
Asia	Bhutan (2022) Chinese Taipei (2004) Iraq (2017) Israel (2021) Jordan (1960)
Europe	Cyprus (2012) Georgia (2019) Lithuania (2019) Luxembourg (1994) Slovenia (2017) Sweden (2021)
Oceania	American Samoa (1978) Guam (2019) New Caledonia (1982) Northern Marianas (2006) Papua New Guinea (1986) Tahiti (1985) Vanuatu (1978)

Inactive territories and dependencies
(1952–2006)

Constituent countries of Great Britain (began 1992, using Great Britain sash at Miss Universe)	England (1955–1990) Scotland (1961–1990) Wales (1961–1990)
Prefecture of Japan	Okinawa (1963–1968)
Bantustans of South Africa	Bophuthatswana (1979) Transkei (1979–1983)
States of the United States	Alaska (1952–1958) Hawaii (1952–1959)
Former entities (1952–2006)	Commonwealth of Independent States (1992) Czechoslovakia (1970–1992) Micronesia (1975) Southern Rhodesia (1961) Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006) Soviet Union (1990–1991) West Indies (1954–1958) Yugoslavia (1968–2002)