Miss World - Beauties Of India

Priyanka Chopra
Miss World 2000
Priyanka Chopra was born 18th July 1982
Height 5' 8" (1.73 m)

Chopra came in second place at Femina Miss India 2000 competition winning the Femina Miss India World title and subsequently being sent to Miss World where she was crowned Miss World 2000.[8] In the same year, Lara Dutta and Dia Mirza, both also from India, won the Miss Universe and Miss Asia Pacific crowns respectively, in a rare triple victory for one country.
When Chopra won the Miss World crown, she became the fifth Indian woman to win the title, and the fourth Indian woman to win in a span of seven years.




Yukta Mookhey
Miss World 1999
Date of Birth: 7 October 1979
Height: 5'11" or 1.80 m
Education: Zoology Graduate from Mumbai's Kelkar College

Yukta was born in the Sindhi-speaking Mookhey family in Bombay, Maharashtra, India, on October 7, 1979.
She shot into the limelight in India after being crowned Femina Miss India 1999. She then went on to win the Miss World title in London, England.




Diana Hayden
Miss World 1997
Date of Birth: 1 may 1973
She was born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh India in a Anglo Indian Family. She was the only Miss World to have won a hat-trick at the pageant - Miss Photogenic, Miss Beachwear and Miss World 1997.
Diana Hayden went to St.Anns High School, Secunderabad but dropped out in the 8th standard. She continued her studies through open schooling and correspondence and graduated from Osmania University in English. She shifted to Mumbai to career goals.
Diana Hayden had a brief stint in modeling and did a couple of fashion shows in Bangalore and Mumbai. Then she started work in the public relations division of BMG Crescendo, the Music Company where she helped handle the careers of artistes like Anaida and Mehnaz. It was Anaida who forced her to send her pictures for the Miss India Contest and Win the Miss India Contest. After winning the coveted 1997 Miss World Title Contest.




Aishwarya Rai
Miss World 1994
Date of Birth: 1st November 1973
She was born in Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
After entering into the modeling world, Aishwarya Rai entered Femina Miss India contest in 1994. She got the position of first runner up in this contest. So other than going for Miss Universe, She decided to go for Miss world. It was hosted in South Africa were she was crowned Miss World 1994. A sweet little girl of South of India is now the most beautiful women of the world. With all that victory she entered the world of acting from a model. She has done many advertising campaign like pepsi, Coca-Cola, L'oreal paris, Debeers Diamond etc.



Reita Faria
Miss World 1966

Reita Fariya was born in Bombay was the first Indian woman to win the Miss World title in 1966. She made the whole world sit up and look at India. By winning the crown, she showed the way for later competitors and gave them a confidence that they can take the world by storm. After her one year tenure she refused modeling and films and concentrated on medical studies which are a sure act to make the present day Miss Worlds to look up on their promised professions. She lives in Dublin, Ireland with her husband David Powell, and has two children and five grandchildren.


Winner at Miss World - (from India)
1966 Reita Faria Maharashtra Miss World 1966
1994 Aishwarya Rai Karnataka Miss World 1994
1997 Diana Hayden Andhra Pradesh Miss World 1997
1999 Yukta Mookhey Maharashtra Miss World 1999
2000 Priyanka Chopra Uttar Pradesh Miss World 2000

some Info taken from miss-india-world-universe.blogspot.com/ and various googled sites