Femina Miss India 2014

Femina Miss India 2014
Date	April 5, 2014
Entertainment	Yo Yo Honey Singh, Mika, Shahid Kapoor, Sonakshi Sinha, Shraddha Kapoor
Venue	Yash Raj Studios, Mumbai, India
Broadcaster	Colors (TV channel)
Entrants	24
Winner	Koyal Rana New Delhi
Congeniality	Arpita Kaur Dubai, UAE
Best National Costume	Jhataleka Malhotra
Photogenic	Jantee Hazarika
Miss Internet	Irshika Mehrotra
Beauty with a purpose	Koyal Rana

The 51st edition of the Femina Miss India beauty pageant was held on April 5, 2014 in Mumbai, India. Finalists had been selected in a previous round held in Bangalore in January 2014,[1] with 24 women competing for the title of Miss India World. Koyal Rana from Delhi was crowned Femina Miss India 2014 by the previous year's winner Navneet Kaur Dhillon, while Jhataleka Malhotra and Gail Nicole Da Silva were crowned 1st and 2nd Runners Up respectively.[2]

Koyal Rana represented India at Miss World 2014 held in the United Kingdom where she was declared Miss World Asia and placed in the top 11.[3] Jhataleka Malhotra represented India at Miss International held in Japan where she won the Miss Internet Beauty award.[4] Gail Nicole Da Silva represented India at Miss United Continent 2014 held in Ecuador where she was crowned 1st Runner Up and also won the Miss Photogenic and Best National Costume awards.[5]

After the Femina Miss India 2014 pageant, Ruhi Singh, who was not a contestant at Femina Miss India 2014 but had been a contestant in the 2012 edition,[6] was later designated by Femina as India's representative at Miss Universal Peace and Humanity 2014 held in Lebanon where she was crowned the first ever winner of the pageant.[7]

Final results

Color keys

The contestant Won in an International pageant.   The contestant was a Runner-up in an International pageant.   The contestant was a Semi-Finalist in an International pageant.   Unplaced

Final Results	Candidate	International Placement
Miss India 2014	Koyal Rana	Miss World - Asia Top 11
Miss India International 2014	Jhataleka Malhotra	Unplaced
Miss India United Continents 2014	Gail Nicole Da Silva	2nd Runner-up
Top 10	Sangeetha Sringeri Amarjot Kaur Ashwati Ramesh Irshikaa Mehrotra Jantee Hazarika Lopamudra Raut Nikhila Nandgopal Simran Khandelwal

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Best National Costume	Jhataleka Malhotra
fbb Miss India Wild Card Entry	Aditi Vats
Palladium Hotel Miss Congeniality	Arpita Kaur
Times Miss Sudoku	Malti Chahar
Monarch Universal Femina Miss Lifestyle	Sahithya Jagannathan
fbb Femina Miss Vivacious	T J Bhanu
Femina Miss Rampwalk	Varsha Gopal
Yamaha Ray Femina Miss Adventurous	Yoshiki Sindhar
INIFD Femina Miss Talented	Winner - Deepti Sati Runner Up - Yoshiki Sindhar
Femina Miss Iron Maiden	Deepti Sati
Richfeel Femina Miss Beautiful Hair	Nikhila Nanadgopal
Cinnamon Femina Miss Active	Nikhila Nanadgopal
Femina Miss Beautiful Smile	Irshikaa Mehrotra
Femina Miss Multimedia	Irshikaa Mehrotra
fbb Femina Miss Fashion Icon	Jantee Hazarika
Femina Miss Photogenic	Jantee Hazarika
Neutrogena Femina Miss Healthy Skin	Koyal Rana
Beauty with a purpose	Koyal Rana
Miss Perfect Body	Lopamudra Raut
PCJ Miss Timeless Beauty	Gail Nicole Da Silva

Finale judges

• Abhay Deol - Bollywood Actor
• Aditi Rao Hydari - Model and Bollywood Actress
• Jacqueline Fernandez - Miss Universe Sri Lanka 2006, model and Bollywood actress
• Malaika Arora - Actress, model, VJ and television presenter
• Manish Malhotra - Fashion designer
• Megan Young - Miss World 2013 from Philippines
• Vidyut Jamwal - Model and actor
• Vijender Singh - Indian Olympic Boxer
• Yo Yo Honey Singh - Singer and Rapper

Contestants

24 contestants were selected from all over the country to compete in the main event.[8]

Contestant	Age	Height	Hometown	International Performance
Arpita Kaur	20	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Dubai
Aditi Vats	21	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Pune
Amarjot Kaur	24	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Chandigarh
Aradhana Nayar	21	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Noida
Ashwati Ramesh	20	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Bangalore
Charmaine Sequeira	19	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Mumbai
Deepti Sati	24	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Mumbai
Gail Nicole Da Silva	21	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Margao	Miss United Continent 2014 Primera Princessa
Irshikaa Mehrotra	20	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Hyderabad
Jantee Hazarika	20	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Guwahati
Jhataleka Malhotra	19	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Mumbai	Miss International Internet 2014
Koyal Rana	21	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	New Delhi	Miss World 2014 Top 10, Miss World Asia 2014
Lopamudra Raut	19	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Nagpur	Miss United Continents 2016-2nd Runner up
Malti Chahar	23	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Agra
Mansi Grewal	18	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Chandigarh
Medhini Igoor	22	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Bangalore
Nikhila Nandagopal	18		Bangalore
Sahithya Jagannathan	24		Chennai
Sanjana Ganesan	22		Pune
Simran Khandelwal	18		Indore
Shailja Sharma	18	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Solan
Sonal Rihani	21		Kolkata
T J Bhanu	21		Raipur
Varsha Gopal	19		Bangalore
Yoshiki Sindhar	23		New Delhi

References

1. "fbb Femina Miss India 2014 Bangalore Audition: Finalists". beautypageants.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
2. "Koyal Rana wins Miss India 2014 title". Deccan Chronicle. April 6, 2014.
3. "Miss South Africa crowned Miss World, Koyal Rana in top 10". December 15, 2014.
4. "Jhataleka wins Miss Internet Beauty at Miss International 2014 - Beauty Pageants - Indiatimes". Femina Miss India.
5. "India's Gail Nicole Da Silva bags second spot at international beauty pageant". September 15, 2014.
6. "2012 - Miss India Contestants - Miss India - Beauty Pageants - Indiatimes". Femina Miss India.
7. "In Pics: Koyal Rana crowned as the new Miss India 2014". IBN. April 6, 2014. p. 1. Archived from the original on April 9, 2014.
8. "Miss India 2014 Contestants". indiatimes.com. Retrieved 21 March 2015.