Suman Rao is crowned as the winner of Femina Miss India World 2019 during a star-studded grand finale of the beauty pageant, held on 15 June , 2019 at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium in Mumbai.

Miss India 2019 winner Rao was crowned Miss India World 2019 by her predecessor, Miss India 2018 Anukreethy Vas from Tamil Nadu.

Femina Miss India 2019

Miss India or Femina Miss India is a national beauty pageant in India that annually selects representatives to compete in Miss World, one of the Big Four major international beauty pageants. It is organised by Femina, a women’s magazine published by The Times Group.

Since 2013, Femina also organizes Miss Diva separately which sends representatives to Miss Universe.

The first Miss India was Pramila (Esther Victoria Abraham), from Calcutta, who won in 1947. It was organised by the local press.

The reigning Femina Miss India 2019 (Femina Miss India World 2019) titleholder is Suman Rao who was crowned by the outgoing titleholder Anukreethy Vas.

Miss India 2019 Suman Rao

Suman Rao is an Indian model and beauty pageant recipient. She was also crowned as Femina Miss India Rajasthan 2019. Now she has decided to move ahead for the Miss World 2019 Pageant. She will represent India at Miss World 2019 pageant, which will be inaugurated in Pattaya, Thailand on 7 December 2019.

 

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Who is Suman Rao?

Suman Rao is the 56th Miss India. She was born on 23 November 1999 in Rajsamand, Rajasthan, Rao has been majorly brought up in Mumbai.

The 20 year-old finished her schooling from Mahatma Education Society in Navi Mumbai and currently, she is pursuing Chartered Accountancy course along with B.Com from New Delhi.

Besides her love for modeling, Rao also loves to dance and has special inclination towards the classical dance form Kathak. She is a trained Kathak dancer. Rao has set high goals for herself as far as modeling is concerned.

While Shivani Jadhav from Chhattisgarh was crowned Femina Miss Grand India 2019, Shreya Shanker from Bihar won the Miss India United Continents 2019 title.

Background

The Femina Miss India 2019 beauty pageant was held in Mumbai on June 15. The event was hosted by popular producer-director Karan Johar and actor Manish Paul.

The judges’ panel included renowned names such as Miss World 2018 Vanessa Poncedel, Indian designers Falguni and Shane Peacock, sprinter Dutee Chand, actor Aayush Sharma, footballer Sunil Chhetri, actor Chitrangda, actor Huma Qureshi and choreographer Remo Dsouza.

The event saw grand performances by Katrina Kaif, Vicky Kaushal, Mouni Roy and Nora Fatehi.

While Suman won Miss India, Shivani Jadhav from Chhattisgarh was crowned as Femina Miss Grand India 2019 and Shreya Shanker from Bihar won the title of Miss India United Continents 2019.

 

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Sanjana Vij was sashed Femina Miss India 2019 runner-up.

 

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