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[[File:Simran Kaur Mundi(2).jpg|Simran Kaur Mundi|frame|500px]] [[File:Parvathy Omanakuttan Nair(2).jpg|Parvathy Omanakuttan Nair|frame|500px]] [[File: Radha Brahmbhatt(2).jpg| Radha Brahmbhatt |frame|500px]] [[File: Tanvi Vyas.jpg| Tanvi Vyas |frame|500px]] {| class="wikitable" |- |colspan="0"|<div style="font-size:100%"> This is a patchwork of articles selected for the excellence of their content.<br/>You can help by plugging gaps in the information given below, especially about <br/>the years before and after these beauty queens won their crowns, because<br/> photographs and biographical details might not be available for that period. <br/> All contributions will be acknowledged. <br/> Readers can also send text and photographs about regional/ diaspora/ college <br/> beauty contests. (Example [[Miss Wokha, Miss Tokhu]]). Obviously, readers willnot <br/> send any text or photograph that lowers the dignity of South Asia's beauty <br/>queens.Readers can sendadditional information, corrections, and photographs to the <br/>Facebook page, [http://www.facebook.com/Indpaedia Indpaedia.com].</div> |} =Miss India winners:2008= Miss India Universe 2008 Simran Kaur Mundi Miss India World 2008 Parvathy Omanakuttan Nair Miss India International 2008 Radha Brahmbhatt Miss India Earth 2008 Tanvi Vyas [[File:Harshita Saxena.jpg|Harshita Saxena|frame|left|500px]] Controversies erupted in the year 2008 when President of Gladrags, Maureen Wadia served a legal notice to the newly crowned Pantaloons Femina Miss India Earth 2008, Harshita Saxena for violation of a two-year exclusive contract with Gladrags which had been signed by Harshita in the year 2006. To participate in any other beauty pageant, Harshita would have required a written letter of no-objection from Gladrags. Earlier in an interview with CNN-IBN Maureen Wadia said, "Harshita Saxena from Goa is a Gladrags model. She was a part of my Megamodel Contract in April 2006. Her contract has not expired and Harshita has entered in some other contest before the contract has expired. The contract clearly said that they have to take my permission." Owing to this, Harsita had to give up the title and the crown passed on to Tanvi Vyas who represented India in the Miss Earth 2008 paegent held in the November of 2008.[5] Harshita was later placed 4th in Miss India 2009 and represented India in Miss International 2009. ''' Harshita Saxena ''' was: Miss India Earth 2008 (title later withdrawn), Miss India International 2009, Miss India Universe 2010 Top 20.) ==Simran Kaur Mundi== Miss India Universe 2008: Simran Kaur Mundi was a PR and marketing maverick, she worked for a cinema chain. She participated in the Miss Universe 2008 held in US. She made her Bollywood debut with 'Jo Hum Chahein' opposite Sunny Gill in 2011 [[File: Simran Kaur Mundi .jpg|Simran Kaur Mundi |frame|left|500px]] Simran Kaur Mundi, Femina Miss India Universe 2008 made her Bollywood debut with the film 'Jo Hum Chahein' in 2011 opposite newcomer Sunny Gill, her next film 'Kuku Mathur Ki Jhand Ho Gayi' produced by Ekta Kapoor and Bejoy Nambiar is set to release in June 2013. ==Parvathy Omanakuttan Nair== Miss World 2008, Ist runner up Miss India World 2008 Top 10 Miss Beach Beauty Award 2nd Runner up Top Fashion Model Award Asia & Oceania’s Queen of Beauty Award [[File:Parvathy Omanakuttan Nair.jpg|Parvathy Omanakuttan Nair |frame|500px]] Miss World 2008, Ist runner up: Miss India World 2008: This doe-eyed beauty from god's own country, Kerala, became the first runner-up in the Miss World 2008 pageant. Parvathy aspires to be an actress. Parvathy Omanakuttan was born on December 20th, 1987 in Changanassery, Kerala, India. She won the Miss India pageant in 2008, and also won the categories of Miss Photogenic, Miss Personality, and Miss Beautiful Hair. Parvathy went on to win the first ever Pantaloons Femina Miss India South pageant in 2008. At the 58th Miss World in Johannesburg, South Africa, Parvathy Omanakuttan sizzled in a French couture gown designed by Hemant Sagar of Lecoanet Hemant. Couture diva and the Padma Shri winner Ritu Kumar's brocade costume in off-white and gold work matched Parvathy's complexion and suited her personality well. Declared the 1st runner-up at Miss World 2008, Parvathy has also walked the red carpet at Cannes in 2009 where she adorned a black and white gown designed by Hemant Trivedi. Parvathy Omanakuttan, Miss India 2008. She is being launched as heroine in the Tamil film ‘Uma Maheswaram’, directed by the young Nithin Ramakrishnan. The ‘Pooja’ launch of the film took place at AVM Studios in Chennai on May 17. The tall lanky Parvathy plays the role of a dancer and waiting for her fortunes to shine bright. She has said “I’ve always wanted to do only performance-oriented roles”. But she also said “My clothes will be determined by the script and nature of my on-screen character”. Her debut film in Kollywood is ‘Uma Maheswaram’ in which she is paired with newcomer Mani. The film is directed by Nithin Ramakrishnan, will feature Prakash Raj in an important role. Will she or wont she? ‘Uma Maheswaram’ will tell. A good personality is important for a Miss India. Parvathy Omanakuttan proved it by winning the award. ==Radha Brahmbhatt== Miss India International 2008 [[File:Radha Brahmbhatt.jpg|Radha Brahmbhatt |frame|500px]] This NRI Gujrati beauty is from Northwood, London. She represented India in Miss International 2008. Her interests lie in modeling and acting. ==Tanvi Vyas== Miss India Earth 2008 [[File:Tanvi Vyas(2).jpg|Tanvi Vyas |frame|left|500px]] [[File: simran bik.png| Simran Kaur Mundi |frame|500px]] [[File: simran skirt.png| Seven years later: Simran Kaur Mundi in London in 2015. |frame|left|500px]] Poised and elegant Tanvi Vyas won the Femina Miss India Earth 2008 and participated in Miss Earth 2008. =Sources= ''' Sources for the Miss India series of articles on Indpaedia include, in the alphabetical order: ''' [http://blog.daum.net/47euymyung/7955486 Daum] [http://desihotmasala.com/ DesiHotMasala] [http://www.iam-she.com I AM She] [http://www.indianautographs.com/miss-india-world-universe-2.html IndianAutographs] [http://latestnewspics.blogspot.in/2013/03/winners-through-years.html LatestNewsPics] [http://www.mensxp.com/entertainment/gossip/8892-25-hottest-miss-india-worlds-you-should-know.html MensXp] [http://www.mid-day.com/columnists/2012/jun/250612-opinion-A-star-is-gone.htm Mid-Day] [http://miss-india-world-universe.blogspot.in/search/label/1947%20Miss%20India%20Victoria%20Abraham%20Khan%20%28pramila%29 MissIndiaWorldUniverse] [http://missosology.info/~missyorg/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=134368 Missosology] [http://missosology.info/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=91571&start=0 Missosology] [http://missosology.info/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=44434&start=0 Missosology] [http://www.oocities.org/zozozaaa/1A9aa.htm Oocities] [http://www.pageantopolis.com/Int_past/teenprincess.htm Pageantopolis] [http://sabrebiade.hubpages.com/hub/Femina-Miss-India-Part-3 SabreBiade] [http://www.southdreamz.com/2010/05/miss-indians-miss-worlds-on-kollywood.html SouthDreamz] [http://photogallery.indiatimes.com/beauty-pageants/miss-india/special-50-years-of-miss-india/50-years-of-miss-india-winners-through-the-years/Winners-through-the-years/articleshow/19122568.cms The Times of India] [http://feminamissindia.indiatimes.com/news/50-Years-Miss-Indias-grooming-experts/articleshow/19125366.cms The Times of India] [http://feminamissindia.indiatimes.com/news/50-years-of-Miss-India-Highs-and-Lows/articleshow/19144686.cms The Times of India] [http://feminamissindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/articleshow/articleshow/5925804.cms The Times of India] [http://feminamissindia.indiatimes.com/news/Success-stories-from-down-South/articleshow/18222100.cms The Times of India] [http://feminamissindia.indiatimes.com/news/Miss-Indias-and-their-Bollywood-breaks-debut/articleshow/19103553.cms Arunima Mazumdar & Richa Barua The Times of India] [http://feminamissindia.indiatimes.com/news/Miss-Indias-and-their-designers/articleshow/19214060.cms The Times of India] [http://www.voy.com/81120/2/ Voy.com] =Related articles on Indpaedia= [[Miss India contests: History]] [[Miss India contests: Behind the scenes]] [[Miss India winners: 1947-58]] [[Miss Ind1a winners: 1959-61]] [[Miss India winners: 1962-64]] [[Miss India winners: 1965]] [[Miss India winners: 1966]] [[Miss India winners: 1967]] [[Miss India winners: 1968]] [[Miss India winners: 1969]] [[Miss India winners: 1970]] [[Miss India winners: 1971]] [[Miss India winners: 1972]] [[Miss India winners: 1973]] [[Miss India winners: 1974]] [[Miss India winners: 1975]] [[Miss India winners: 1976]] [[Miss India winners: 1977]] [[Miss India winners: 1978]] [[Miss India winners: 1979]] [[Miss India winners: 1980]] [[Miss India winners: 1981]] [[Miss India winners: 1982]] [[Miss India winners: 1983]] [[Miss India winners: 1984]] [[Miss India winners: 1985]] [[Miss India winners: 1986]] [[Miss India winners: 1987]] [[Miss India winners: 1988-89]] [[Miss India winners: 1989/ 90]] [[Miss India winners: 1991]] [[Miss India winners: 1992]] [[Miss India winners: 1993]] [[Miss India winners: 1994]] [[Miss India winners: 1995]] [[Miss India winners: 1996]] [[Miss India winners: 1997]] [[Miss India winners: 1998]] [[Miss India winners: 1999]] [[Miss India winners: 2000]] [[Miss India winners: 2001]] [[Miss India winners: 2002]] [[Miss India winners: 2003]] [[Miss India winners: 2004]] [[Miss India winners: 2005]] [[Miss India winners: 2006]] [[Miss India winners: 2007]] [[Miss India winners: 2008]] [[Miss India winners: 2009]] [[Miss India winners: 2010]] [[Miss India winners: 2011]] [[Miss India winners: 2012]] [[Miss India winners: 2013]] [[Miss India winners: 2014 (regional)]] [[Miss India winners: 2014]] [[Miss India winners: 2015]] [[Miss India winners: 2016]] [[Category:India|M]] [[Category:Beauty Contests|I]]
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