Femina Miss India 2016

The 53rd edition of the Femina Miss India beauty pageant was held on 9 April 2016 in Mumbai. Twenty-one contestants competed for the title of Femina Miss India World 2016.[2] Aditi Arya crowned her successor Priyadarshini Chatterjee as Femina Miss India World 2016, Sushruthi Krishna was crowned as the 1st Runner Up by Aafreen Vaz, and Pankhuri Gidwani was crowned as the 2nd Runner Up by Vartika Singh.

Femina Miss India 2016
DateApril 9, 2016
PresentersKaran Johar, Manish Paul, Shahrukh khan, Shahid Kapoor
EntertainmentTiger Shroff, Varun Dhawan
VenueYash Raj Studios, Mumbai, India
BroadcasterColors (TV channel), Zoom (Indian TV channel)
Entrants21
WinnerPriyadarshini Chatterjee [1]
Dhubri, Assam
CongenialityNatasha Singh
Bilaspur
Best National CostumeRoshmitha Harimurthy
Bangalore
PhotogenicSushruthi krishna
Bangalore
Beauty with a purposeSushruthi Krishna

Priyadarshini Chatterjee who won Femina Miss India World 2016 represented India at Miss World 2016 held in USA and placed in the top 20.[3] Pankhuri Gidwani who won Femina Miss India 2nd Runner Up 2016 was designated Miss Grand India 2016 and represented India at Miss Grand International 2016 held in USA.[4]

After the Femina Miss India 2016 pageant, Lopamudra Raut who was not a contestant at Femina Miss India 2016, but had been a contestant in the 2013 and 2014 editions, was later designated by Femina as India's representative at Miss United Continents 2016 held in Ecuador where she placed as 2nd Runner Up.[5]

Final results
Color keys
Final Results Candidate International Placement
Miss India 2016 Top 20
Miss India Grand International 2016
  • Pankhuri Gidwani
 Unplaced
Miss India United Continents 2016 2nd Runner-up
Miss India 2016 1st runner up
  • Sushruthi Krishna
Top 5
Top 10
  • Dnyanda Shringarpure +
  • Natasha Singh
  • Gayathri Reddy
  • Vaishnavi Patwardhan
  • Aradhana Buragohain

× Although Lopamudra Raut was not a contestant at Femina Miss India 2016 she was later designated by Femina as India's representative at Miss United Continents 2016.

+ The winner of mobster star Miss Multimedia (online voting ) got direct entry in top 10

Contestants
ContestantAgeHeightCity
Adya Niraj181.70 m (5 ft 7 in)Ranchi
Aishwarya Sheoran191.86 m (6 ft 1 in)New Delhi
Akshita Yadav211.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in)New Delhi
Aneesha Nitin Rane181.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in)Kannur
Aradhana Buragohain241.73 m (5 ft 8 in)Dibrugarh
Dimple Paul251.70 m (5 ft 7 in)Mumbai
Dnyanda Shringarpure181.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)Pune
Gayathri Reddy201.68 m (5 ft 6 in)Chennai
Natasha Singh231.70 m (5 ft 7 in)Bilaspur, HP
Navpreet Kaur181.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)Adampur
Nazneen Shaik201.73 m (5 ft 8 in)Surat
Niharika Anand221.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)New Delhi
Pankhuri Gidwani181.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)Lucknow
Priyadarshini Chatterjee191.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)Dhubri
Priyanka Singh241.78 m (5 ft 10 in)Jaipur
Rajkanya Baruah231.68 m (5 ft 6 in)Guwahati
Roshmitha Harimurthy211.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)Bangalore
Sanjana GL221.73 m (5 ft 8 in)Bangalore
Sushruthi Krishna221.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in)Bangalore
Vaishnavi Patwardhan211.73 m (5 ft 8 in)Pune
Zeba Baig231.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in)Indore

Judging panel

Presenters

City pageant winners
  • Winners of the City Pageants will get a direct entry to fbb Femina Miss India 2016.

Femina Miss India Bangalore
Winner 1st Runner Up 2nd Runner Up
Roshmitha Harimurthy Elizabeth Thadikaran Sanjana GL

Femina Miss India Kolkata
  • Femina Miss India Kolkata 2016 winners
Winner 1st Runner Up 2nd Runner Up
Rajkanya Baruah Sushmita Roy Adya Niraj

Femina Miss India Delhi
Winner 1st Runner Up 2nd Runner Up
Priyadarshini Chatterjee Natasha Singh Rinki Ghildiyal
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References
  1. "Priyadarshini Chatterjee walks with the crown of Miss India 2016". Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  2. "Miss India 2016 - 2016 - Miss India Contestants - Miss India - Beauty Pageants - Indiatimes". Femina Miss India.
  3. "Miss Puerto Rico crowned Miss World 2016; Miss India makes it to Top 20". December 19, 2016.
  4. "Has India sent a winner to Miss Grand International?". Rediff.
  5. "India's Lopamudra Raut is second runner-up in Miss United Continents". September 26, 2016.
  6. "Delhi girl Priyadarshini Chatterjee crowned Miss India World 2016". India Today. April 10, 2016. Retrieved April 16, 2016.
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