Femina Miss India 2020

Femina Miss India 2020 was the 57th edition of the Femina Miss India beauty pageant. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, for the first time in the history of Femina Miss India, the entire process of the contest was held digitally. The contest was scheduled in four phases with the grand finale held on 10 February 2021 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Mumbai.[1]

Femina Miss India 2020
Manasa Varanasi
Date22 January 2021
PresentersAparshakti Khurana
EntertainmentVaani Kapoor
VenueHyatt Regency Hotel, Mumbai
BroadcasterColors TV
Entrants31
Placements15
WinnerManasa Varanasi
Telangana
PhotogenicManika Sheokand
Haryana

Suman Rao of Rajasthan crowned Manasa Varanasi of Telangana as winner. She will represent India at Miss World 2021.[2]

Shivani Jadhav of Chhattisgarh crowned Manika Sheokand of Haryana as her successor. She will represent India at Miss Grand International 2021.

Femina Miss India Uttar Pradesh Manya Singh was crowned as the Runner-up. She completed her graduation from Thakur College of Science and Commerce, Mumbai. The success story of this daughter of a Rickshaw Driver in Mumbai was covered across media in India.[3][4][5]

Results
Color keys
  •   The contestant Won in an International pageant.
  •   The contestant was a Runner-up in an International pageant.
  •   The contestant was a Semi-Finalist in an International pageant.
  •   Unplaced/Awaiting results

Final Results Candidate International Placement
Miss India World 2021 TBA
Miss India Grand International 2021 Top 20
Runner Up
Top 5
Top 15

Sub Title Awards
Award Contestant
Beauty with a Purpose Punjab - Karuna Singh
Miss Glamorous Look Mizoram - Lalmuansangi Varte
Miss Rampwalk Telangana - Manasa Varanasi
Miss Beautiful Smile Rajasthan - Aruna Beniwal
Miss Lifestyle Tamil Nadu - Raina Garg
Miss Fit and Fabulous Gujarat - Khushi Misra
Miss Sudoku Goa - Trisha Shetty
Miss Fashion Icon Nagaland - Zuchobeni Tungoe
Miss Shining Star Punjab - Karuna Singh
Miss Photogenic Haryana - Manika Sheokand
Miss Intelligent Quotient Uttarakhand - Aishwarya Goel
Miss Body Beautiful Rajasthan - Aruna Beniwal
Miss Beautiful Skin Jharkhand - Rupali Bhushan
Miss Holistic Health Chhattisgarh - Angela Kumar

Format

On 5 October 2020, the organisation published the registration form on its official website and remained open until 2 November 2020. The format made a new amend of more decreased height criteria (5 ft 3 in). 31 state representatives will be chosen, one representative each from the 28 states, in addition to one from Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir, and lastly a collective representative from the rest of the union territories. The entire progress of the contest is scheduled to be completed in four phases with the grand finale to be held in February 2021.[7][8]

The Four Phases

Due to the restrictions imposed by COVID-19, this year, the selection and the first phase (October & November) of the finals was entirely digital. Applicants for this year's contest participated in an online selection that evaluated candidates on four key parameters: appearance, personality, talent, interview, and walk down the ramp. Each candidate was judged by a panel, which narrowed the entries to groups of finalists for each state.

In the second phase (November) of the contest, a series of online interviews will be conducted to select 31 state winners who will form the final pool of contestants for Femina Miss India 2020.

The third phase (December 2020 & January 2021) of the contest, which will comprise the 31 state finalists, will also be digital. Working from the comfort of their homes, state winners will be trained in a holistic curriculum, consisting of classes and interactive sessions facilitated by industry experts on topics ranging from skincare to self-expression, from style from the changing room to the ramp. In addition to presentation and grooming, state winners will also receive training on content production and social media management. This training will allow the finalists to capture their experience in both preparation and competition and will be shared through social media and live streaming sessions, allowing fans to participate in the experience of becoming Miss India as never before. A wide range of sub-contests, photoshoots, interviews, and user-generated content will further enhance the participant and viewer experience.

The 31 finalists will be narrowed down to a Top 15 that will proceed to the final stage of the contest in Mumbai, which will be held in a traditional format. The reduced number of contests will allow us to maintain adequate social distancing protocols.

The final phase (2020) of the pageant, the Grand Finale, will be produced and broadcast as a prerecorded television show featuring artist performances, sponsor integrations and rounds of contestants, culminating in the big announcement of the Top 3. The winner of Femina Miss India 2020 will represent India at Miss World and will also crown a representative for Miss Grand International.[9][10]

Mentor

Bollywood film actress and Femina Miss India 2002, Neha Dhupia is the mentor of the contest. Neha has also been an exceptional mentor to Miss India contestants in the past, including in 2017, when Manushi Chhillar succeeded to take home the coveted Miss World crown after 17 years. As a mentor, she coaches the contestants through the rounds of the contest and helps them with overall development on their journey of being a beauty queen.[11]

On 30 November 2020 Our official mentor Neha Dhupia announced the 31 finalists from the top five of each states from the each zones i.e. North, North East, South, East, West, Union territory with Delhi.

Judges

Contestants

The following is the list of the official delegates of Miss India 2019 representing 30 states +1 common winners from all Union territories of the country:

Color key
  •   Declared as Winner
  •   Ended as Runner-up
  •   Ended as one of the Finalists or Semi-finalists
Zone State Delegate Age Height Placement Note(s)
East Bihar Ananya Priyadarshini 22
Chhattisgarh Angela Kumar 19 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Top 15
Jharkhand Rupali Bhushan 20 Top 15
    Odisha Subhashree Rayaguru 23 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
      West Bengal Mouli Haldar 22 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Top 15
        North East Arunachal Pradesh Millo Meena 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
          Assam Amrita Kashyap 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
            Manipur Maria Pangambam 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
            • Previously Miss Earth India 2020 - 2nd runner-up
            Meghalaya Tanvi Marak 22 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
            • Previously Miss Meghalaya 2019
            • Previously Sunsilk Mega Miss North East 2019
            Mizoram Lalmuansangi Varte 25 1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
            • Previously Miss Mizoram 2020 2nd runner up
            Nagaland Zuchobeni Tungoe 22 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Top 15
            • Previously contestant at the singing Reality Show "The Stage "
            Sikkim Reetika Chettri 20 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
              Tripura Chayanika Debnath 25 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
              North Haryana Manika Sheokand 26 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Femina Miss Grand India 2021
              Himachal Pradesh Titiksha Taggar 22
              Jammu and Kashmir Ritika Raina 22
              Madhya Pradesh Rudrapriya Yadav 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
                New Delhi Supriya Dahiya 19 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Top 15
                  Punjab Karuna Singh 23 1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in) Top 15
                  • Previously Gladarags Megamodel 2016 Winner
                  Uttarakhand Aishwarya Goel 25 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) Top 15
                  Uttar Pradesh Manya Singh 19 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Femina Miss India 2020 Runner Up
                    South Andhra Pradesh Tejal Patil 21 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
                      Karnataka Rati Hulji 23 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Top 5
                      Kerala Leena Lal 25 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) Top 15
                        Tamil Nadu Raina Garg 23 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) Top 15

                        (Withdrawn)[7]
                        Telangana Manasa Varanasi 24 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) Femina Miss India 2020
                        • Previously Femina Miss India Telangana 2019 - Top 3
                        West & Union Territory Goa Trisha Shetty 20
                        • Previously Glamanand Supermodel 2019 1st Runner up
                        Gujarat Khushi Misra 21 Top 5
                        Maharashtra Angelika Sawhney 19 Top 15
                        Rajasthan Aruna Beniwal 19 Top 15
                        • Previously Glamanand Supermodel 2019 Finalist
                        • Previously Miss Rajasthan 2019 1st Runner Up
                        Union Territory Ritika Raghav 21 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
                        • Previously TGPC'S Miss India Season 6 1st Runner-up
                        • Previously Miss Queen of India North 2019

                        Notes

                          Replacements
                          1. Rajasthan — Aruna Beniwal was appointed to compete at Femina Miss India 2020 by the Femina Miss India organisation, as a replacement to Raina Garg, Femina Miss India Tamil Nadu 2020 due to unforeseen circumstances. Raina Garg was among the Top 15 finalists of the Femina Miss India 2020.[6]

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                          2. TNM, News Desk (10 February 2021). "Telangana girl Manasa Varanasi crowned Femina Miss India 2020". Retrieved 10 February 2021.
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