Femina Miss India South


Femina Miss India South is a regional beauty pageant established in 2008 by the Times Group. Initially, it selected one representative from each of the five southern states: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana to compete in the national Femina Miss India pageant. Starting in 2017, the format changed, with individual winners chosen from each state to represent their respective regions at the national level.

Format

Auditions are held in a selected city within the five states. Contestants from all across these five states will participate in a multi-stage audition process. The shortlisted candidates will be announced on the Femina Miss India social media handle. Subsequently, the five state winners will be crowned at a zonal crowning ceremony. These five winners will then represent their states at the national pageant, Femina Miss India.

Titles

Since the introduction of the regional format at Femina Miss India, South India has been the most successful region, claiming three victories out of six editions.

Representatives at Femina Miss India

The following provides an overview of the winners from each of the five South Indian states and a detailed breakdown of their performance and placement at the national Femina Miss India pageant.
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width=5%Andhra PradeshKarnatakaKeralaTamil NaduTelangana
2024Bhavya ReddyApeksha Shetty
Top 15
Akshatha DasMalina
Top 15
Prakruthi Kambam
2023Gomathy ReddyMegan Edward
Top 7
Christeena Biju
Top 7
Karunya MohanasundaramUrmila Chauhan
2022Sailikhita Yalamanchili
Top 10
Sini Shetty
Femina Miss India World
Soumya Shasi KumarShivani RajashekarPragnya Ayyagari
Top 5
2020Tejal PatilRati Hulji
Top 5
Leena Lal
Top 15
Raina Garg
Top 20
Manasa Varanasi
Femina Miss India World
2019Nikita TanwaniAashna BishtLakshmi MenonRubeiya S KSanjana Vij
1st Runner-Up
2018Shreya Rao Kamaravapu
2nd Runner-Up
Bhavana Durgam Reddy
Top 12
Mekhana ShajanAnukreethy Vas
Femina Miss India World
Kamakshi Bhaskarla
2017Srishti VyakaranamSwathi Muppala
Top 15
Mannat Singh
Top 15
Sherlin SethSimran Choudhary

Representatives at International Pageants

The following is a list of South Indian Representatives at International Beauty Pageants by Femina Miss India/Miss Diva Organization:

Mentor

The franchise organises a mentor/coach to each zone to train the candidates for the final event.
YearMentorAbout
2023Neha Dhupia
2022Neha Dhupia
  • Miss Universe 2002 - Top 10
  • Femina Miss India 2002
  • 2020Neha Dhupia
  • Miss Universe 2002 - Top 10
  • Femina Miss India 2002
  • 2019Dia Mirza
  • Miss Asia Pacific 2000
  • 2018Rakul Preet Singh
  • Femina Miss India 2011 - 3rd Runner-up
  • 2017Parvathy Omanakuttan
  • Miss World 2008 - 1st Runner-up
  • Femina Miss India World 2008
  • Femina Miss India South 2008
  • Representatives at Femina Miss India

    Only one candidate from whole of the five states in South India was chosen to compete in the Femina Miss India pageant from 2008 to 2013.