Femina Miss India 2016


The 53rd edition of the Femina Miss India beauty pageant was held on 9 April 2016 in Mumbai. Twenty-one contestants competed for the titles of Femina Miss India 2016. Aditi Arya crowned Priyadarshini Chatterjee as her successor. She represented India at Miss World 2016, Sushruthi Krishna was crowned as the 1st Runner Up by Aafreen Vaz, and Pankhuri Gidwani was crowned as the 2nd Runner Up by Vartika Singh.
Priyadarshini Chatterjee who won Femina Miss India World 2016 represented India at Miss World 2016 held in USA and placed in the top 20. Pankhuri Gidwani who won Femina Miss India 2nd Runner Up 2016 was designated Miss Grand India 2016 and represented India at Miss Grand International 2016 held in USA.
After the Femina Miss India 2016 pageant, Lopamudra Raut who was not a contestant at Femina Miss India 2016, but had been a contestant in the 2013 and 2014 editions, was later designated by Femina as India's representative at Miss United Continents 2016 held in Ecuador where she placed as 2nd Runner Up.

Final results

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PlacementContestantInternational placement
Miss India 2016
Top 20
Miss India Grand International 2016
  • Pankhuri Gidwani
    		• Unplaced
    Miss India United Continents 2016
  • Lopamudra Raut *
    		• 2nd Runner-up
    1st Runner-up
  • Sushruthi Krishna
    		• -
    Top 5
  • Roshmitha Harimurthy
  • Navpreet Kaur
    		• -
    Top 10
  • Dnyanda Shringarpure
  • Natasha Singh
  • Gayathri Reddy
  • Vaishnavi Patwardhan
  • Aradhana Buragohain
    		• -
    *: Although Lopamudra Raut was not a contestant in Femina Miss India 2016, she was later appointed by Femina as the representative of India in Miss United Continents 2016.

    Judging panel

    Presenters

    City pageant winners

    Femina Miss India Bangalore

    Winner1st Runner Up2nd Runner Up
    Roshmitha HarimurthyElizabeth ThadikaranSanjana GL

    Femina Miss India Kolkata

    Winner1st Runner Up2nd Runner Up
    Rajkanya BaruahSushmita RoyAdya Niraj

    Femina Miss India Delhi

    Winner1st Runner Up2nd Runner Up
    Priyadarshini ChatterjeeNatasha SinghRinki Ghildiyal