The oldest and the most credible beauty pageant of India, Miss India, is here with its 2017 edition. 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. 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.
State auditions will be a one day event at the fbb store of all the states. The contestants shortlisted form the auditions will be advanced to the next level. The 30 states of the country will be segregated in 4 zones. Each zone will further have a crowning ceremony, and the zonal winner winner will then directly advance to Mumbai for the final audition.
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Below are the audition details for the South and East Zone, as updated by the Organisation on their official page –
“South - Bangalore (State Crowning): 5th March 2017
Audition Dates:
Andhra Pradesh state audition to be held in Vizag - 17th February 2017
Venue: ? Four Points by Sheraton, #10-28-3, Waltair uplands, Visakhapatnam - 530 003. Andhra Pradesh, India
Telangana state audition to be held in Hyderabad - 18th February 2017
Venue: fbb/Big Bazaar, G S 24, Old Gold Spot Bldg, Ameerpeth, Hyderabad,Telangana - 500073
Tamil Nadu state audition to be held in Chennai - 19th February 2017
Venue: fbb/Big Bazaar, Phoenix Market City, Velachery Main Road, Velachery, Chennai, Tamil Nadu - 600042
Kerala state audition to be held in Kochi - 25th February 2017
Venue: ? fbb/Big Bazaar, 4th & 5th Floor, Centre Square Mall, MG Road, Kochi, Kerala - 682035
Karnataka state audition to be held in Bangalore - 26th February 2017
Venue: ? fbb/Big Bazaar, LG-29, Phoenix Market City, Opp BBMP Office, Mahadevapura, Bengaluru, Karnataka - 560048
East Zone - Kolkata (State Crowning): 28th March 2017
Audition Dates:
Bihar state audition to be held in Patna - 3rd March 2017
Venue: ? fbb/Big Bazaar, P&M Mall, Near Loyola School, Pataliputra Colony, Patna, Bihar - 800013
Chhattisgarh state audition to be held in Raipur - 4th March 2017
Venue: ? fbb/Big Bazaar, Opp-EPF Building, Devendra Nagar, Pandri, Near Mahalaxmi Cloth Market, Raipur, Chhattisgarh - 492001
Odisha state audition to be held in Bhubaneswar - 5th March 2017
Venue: ? fbb/Big Bazaar, 89 Forum Mart , Kharvel Nagar, Unit 3, Bhubaneswar, Odisha - 751001
Jharkhand state audition to be held in Ranchi - 10th March 2017V
Venue: ? fbb/Big Bazaar, JC Tower, Main Road, Opp Ranchi Club, Ranchi, Jharkhand - 834001
Audition will be held in Guwahati. Guwahati will also play host to Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland & Tripura auditions. - 19th March 2017
Sikkim state audition to be held in Kolkata - 25th March 2017
Venue: fbb/Big Bazaar, IB - 177 & 178, Sector - I, Salt Lake City, Kolkata, West Bengal - 700106
West Bengal state audition to be held in Kolkata- 25th March 2017
Venue: fbb/Big Bazaar, IB - 177 & 178, Sector - I, Salt Lake City, Kolkata, West Bengal – 700106”
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The audition details for the north and south zone will be updated shortly. In 1994, India witnessed a historic win at the International pageants, where Sushmita Sen, who was the winner of Miss India 1994, won the title of Miss Universe 1994 and Aishwarya Rai, who was the first Runner-up at Miss India 1994, won the title of Miss World 1994. After the remarkable win, the custom of crowning a single winner was discontinued and the organization decided that all the top three winners will be designated as winners with equal visibility and prizes.
