Miss India Worldwide
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"About us". worldwidepageants.com.

Miss India Worldwide

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Table Section Text: "About us". worldwidepageants.com.

Year	Country	Miss India Worldwide	National Title	City	Country	Notes

1990	United States	Simmi Chadha	Miss India USA	New York City	United States

1991	Bela Bajaria	Miss India USA	Bajaria would go on to become an executive at Universal Television.

1992	Icha Singh	Miss India USA

1994	India	Karminder Kaur Virk	Miss India Worldwide India	The first of five wins for a Miss India Worldwide India titleholder. This was the first year in which Hong Kong sent a delegate to the worldwide pageant, Puja Venkataraman who was Miss India Hong Kong winner, which was held in New York City; local businessman Hari Harilela was one of the judges.

1995	Hong Kong	Nirupama Anand	Miss India Hong Kong	First winner from Hong Kong.

1996	India	Sandhya Chib	Miss India Worldwide India	Also became a semi-finalist in Miss Universe 1996

1997	Canada	Poonam Chibber	Miss India Canada	Mumbai	India	The first win by a Miss India Worldwide Canada titleholder. Chibber would go on to become a Bollywood actress.

1998	Canada	Melissa Bhagat	Miss India Canada	Singapore	Singapore	Bhagat went on to work for the Department of Citizenship and Immigration Canada under Minister Jason Kenney.

1999	India	Aarti Chabria	Miss India Worldwide India	Rahway, New Jersey	United States	Third winner from India

2000	Rita Upadhyay	Miss India USA	Tampa, Florida	Held in November 2000. Upadhyay was age 23 and a New York-based staff writer for Time magazine then.

2001	South Africa	Sarika Sukhdeo	Miss India South Africa	San Jose,California	Originally scheduled to be held in Durban, South Africa, it was later delayed until March 2002 and moved to San Jose, California.

2002	United Arab Emirates	Santripti Vellody	Miss India UAE	Durban	South Africa	First winner from UAE. Held in November 2002

2003	India	Purva Merchant	Miss India Worldwide India	San Francisco, California	United States	Held in September 2003

2005	United Kingdom	Amrita Hunjan	Miss India UK	Mumbai	India	Held in February 2005; the fourteenth edition of the Miss India Worldwide pageant.

2006	United Kingdom	Trina Chakravarty	Miss India UK

2007	Suriname	Fareisa Joemmanbaks	Miss India Suriname	Fords, New Jersey	United States	Held in April 2007. Joemmanbaks would later go on to a career in Mollywood.

2008	India	Shagun Sarabhai	Miss India South Africa	Johannesburg	South Africa	Held in February 2008. Prizes included $5,000 in cash, jewellery, clothing, and a notebook computer.

2009	United States	Nikkitasha Marwaha	Miss India USA	Durban	Held in February 2009. Marwaha was age 20 and a drama student at the time.

2010	Kajal Lutchminarian	Miss India South Africa	Held in March 2010. Lutchminarian was age 21 and a medical student at the time.

2011	Australia	Ankita Ghazan	Miss India Australia	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	Held in May 2011; the twentieth edition of the pageant. Ghazan was age 19 and a university student at the time.

2012	Guyana	Alana Seebarran	Miss India Guyana	Paramaribo	Surinam	Held in February 2012. Following her crowning, Seebarran had various conflicts with the organisers, and was not invited to the following year's pageant in Malaysia to crown the new winner.

2013	United Kingdom	Nehal Bhogaita	Miss India UK	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	Held in May 2013. Bhogaita was the first deaf contestant in the pageant's history.

2014	United States	Monica Gill	Miss India USA	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	Held in June 2014. Prizes included $8,000 in cash, as well as photo assignments and modelling sessions.

2015	Oman	Stephanie Lohale	Miss India Oman	Mumbai	India	First winner from Oman. Pageant held in September 2015.

2016	United States	Karina Kohli	Miss India USA	New Jersey	USA

2017	United States	Madhu Valli	Miss India USA	New Jersey	USA	Pageant held in October, 2017. Winner is a student of criminal law and a hip hop artist from USA.

2019	United States	Shree Saini	Miss India USA	New Jersey	USA	Pageant held in December, 2018. Winner founded her own nonprofit and has been a student at Harvard University, Yale University and Stanford University.

Sentence(s)

Poonam Chibber of Canada became the first Miss India Worldwide winner.

final_sentence: Poonam Chibber of Canada became the first Miss India Worldwide winner.