Femina Miss India 2017 is on its road to the finale, and is busy conducting its city auditions. The Miss India pageant is organised by Femina, a women's magazine published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. The winner of Femina Miss India represents India at the Miss World pageant. The year 2017 has come up with lots of changes in the format of Femina Miss India pageant.

In its 54th year, fbb Colors Femina Miss India will be touring across 30 states which would be further segregated into two categories, State Auditions and State Crowning in Each Zone. The first zonal auditions were conducted in the southern India. At the south zonal crowning ceremony, Srishti Vyakaranam was titled as Femina Miss India Andhra Pradesh 2017, Mannat Singh was crowned as Femina Miss India Kerala 2017, Simran Choudhary was adjudged as Femina Miss India Telangana 2017, Ruhika Dass was titled as Femina Miss India Karnataka 2017 and Sherlin Seth was crowned as Femina Miss India Tamil Nadu 2017.

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The second zonal auditions were conducted in the eastern India. The eastern finalists were trained and mentored by Dipannita Sharma. Dipannita won the title of Miss India in the year 1998. The stunner won Miss Photogenic in a sub contest during the Miss India pageant. She has also worked in few Bollywood movies (Indian cinema). The eastern zone winners are as follows –

Femina Miss India Tripura 2017 - Rinky Chakma, Miss India Mizoram 2017 - Rody H Vanlalhriatpuii, Miss India Assam 2017 - Tribeni Barman, Miss India Meghalaya 2017 - Kiran Laishram, Miss India Manipur 2017 -Soibam Kanchan and Miss India Nagaland 2017 - Kaheli Chobhy.

So, it looks like this year the organisation is taking serious steps towards bringing forth a good contender to represent internationally. Segregating the auditions on different levels will help cover maximum regions of the country, and will increase the probability of getting more deserving candidates.

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The organisation has also brought down the height criteria to 5.5” and above. Since, the Miss World Organisation itself states that they don’t really take the height into consideration while selecting the winner, it was only wise to bring down the age criteria down. This will again increase the probability to find a suitable contender to represent at the Miss World pageant.

What do you think of the East Zone winners? Do you see the next Femina Miss India in any of these finalists? Share your views in the comment section below...