Femina Miss India 2017 pageant was held on 25th June 2017 at the Yashraj Studio, Mumbai. At the conclusion of the finale, Manushi Chhillar from Haryana was crowned as the winner. At the same pageant, Sana Dua from Jammu & Kashmir was adjudged the first runner-up, and Priyanka Kumari from Bihar was announced as the second runner-up.
In its 54th year, fbb Colors Femina Miss India toured across 30 states, further segregated into two categories, State Auditions and State Crowning in Each Zone. Another change that was interestingly noticeable was that the Femina Miss India Organisation waved off the Bikini round for audition. The organisation had also brought down the height criteria to 5.5” and above.
There were a total of 30 finalists who competed for the title this year. The 30 finalists of Femina Miss India 2017 were –
Aditi Hundia
Audrey D Silva
Aishwarya Devan
Amardeep Kaur Syan
Adya Shrivastava
Santoshi Ranaut
Shefali Sood
Sana Dua
Navpreet Kaur
Manushi Chhillar
Anukriti Gusain
Maira Chowdhury
Priyanka Kumari
Vinali Bhatnagar
Christeena Biju
Vamika Nidhi
Shivankita Dixit
Roshni Ghimirey
Triveni Barman
Kaheli Chophy
Rody H Vanlalhriatpuii
Soibam Kanchan Chanu
Rinky Chakma
Kiran Laishram
Licha Thosum
Srishti Vyakaranam
Sherlin Seth
Simran Choudhary
Mannat Singh
Swathi Muppala
Miss India is a national beauty pageant in India that selects representatives to compete at international pageants like Miss World, Miss International and Miss United Continents. The Miss India pageant is organised by Femina, a women's magazine published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. From 1964 to 1975 the winner of Miss India was sent to Miss Universe and a runner-up was sent to Miss Asia Pacific. Later in 1976, Miss India got the franchise of Miss World and three winners were chosen to represent India at Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss Asia Pacific.
