# 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.

### Color key

* : Declared as Winner
* : Ended as runner-up
* : Ended as one of the Finlaist/Semi-finalists
* : Unplaced but given special award(s)
| StatesYear | Andhra Pradesh | Karnataka | Kerala | Tamil Nadu | Telangana |
| 2024 | Bhavya Reddy | Apeksha Shetty Top 15 | Akshatha Das | Malina Top 15 | Prakruthi Kambam |
| 2023 | Gomathy Reddy | Megan Edward Top 7 | Christeena Biju Top 7 | Karunya Mohanasundaram | Urmila Chauhan |
| 2022 | Sailikhita Yalamanchili Top 10 | Sini Shetty Femina Miss India World | Soumya Shasi Kumar | Shivani Rajashekar | Pragnya Ayyagari Top 5 |
| 2020 | Tejal Patil | Rati Hulji Top 5 | Leena Lal Top 15 | Raina Garg Top 20 | Manasa Varanasi Femina Miss India World |
| 2019 | Nikita Tanwani | Aashna Bisht | Lakshmi Menon | Rubeiya S K | Sanjana Vij 1st Runner-Up |
| 2018 | Shreya Rao Kamaravapu 2nd Runner-Up | Bhavana Durgam Reddy Top 12 | Mekhana Shajan | Anukreethy Vas Femina Miss India World | Sai Kamakshi Bhaskarla |
| 2017 | Srishti Vyakaranam | Swathi Muppala Top 15 | Mannat Singh Top 15 | Sherlin Seth | Simran Choudhary |

### Andhra Pradesh

| Year | Delegate | Age | Placement & Performance | Placement & Performance |
| Year | Delegate | Age | Placements | Special award(s) |
| 2017 | Srishti Vyakaranam | 24 | Unplaced | |
| 2018 | Shreya Rao Kamaravapu | 25 | 2nd Runner-up | 5 Special Awards Miss Multimedia Rajnigandha Pearls Miss Goodness Ambassador Top 10 – Senco Gold Miss Shining Star Top 10 – Naturals Salon Miss Refreshing Beauty Top 12 – fbb Miss Fashion Icon |
| 2019 | Nikita Tanwani | 24 | Unplaced | 1 Special Award Miss Top Spin (Table Tennis) – Bennett University Sports day |
| 2020 | Tejal Patil | 21 | Unplaced | |
| 2022 | Sailikhita Yalamanchili | 24 | Top 10 | 1 Special Award Rising Star |
| 2023 | Gomathy Reddy | 21 | Unplaced | |
| 2024 | Bhavya Reddy | | Unplaced | 3 Special Awards Miss Shining Star Top 5 – Miss Beautiful Smile Top 5 – Miss Talented |

### Karnataka

| Year | Delegate | Age | Placement & Performance | Placement & Performance |
| Year | Delegate | Age | Placements | Special award(s) |
| 2017 | Swathi Muppala | 25 | Top 15 | 2 Special Awards Top 5 – Miss Active Top 9 – Body Beautiful |
| 2018 | Bhavana Durgam Reddy | 21 | Top 12 | |
| 2019 | Aashna Bisht | 24 | Unplaced | 1 Special Award Rajnigandha Pearls Miss Beautiful Smile |
| 2020 | Rati Hulji | 25 | Top 5 | |
| 2022 | Sini Shetty | 21 | Femina Miss India World 2022 | 2 Special Awards Miss Body Beautiful Miss Talented |
| 2023 | Megan Edward | 24 | Top 7 | 1 Special Award Miss Photogenic |
| 2024 | Apeksha Shetty | 26 | Top 15 | 3 Special Awards Top 5 – Miss Goodness Ambassador Top 5 – Miss IQ Top 5 – Miss Lifestyle |

### Kerala

| Year | Delegate | Age | Placement & Performance | Placement & Performance |
| Year | Delegate | Age | Placements | Special award(s) |
| 2017 | Mannat Singh | 19 | Top 15 | |
| 2018 | Mekhana Shajan | 19 | Unplaced | 1 Special Award INIFD Miss Talented |
| 2019 | Lakshmi Menon | 24 | Unplaced | 1 Special Award Beauty with a Purpose |
| 2020 | Leena Lal | 25 | Top 15 | |
| 2022 | Soumya Shasi Kumar | 25 | Unplaced | 1 Special Award Miss Rampwalk |
| 2023 | Christeena Biju | 25 | Top 7 | 1 Special Award Miss Rampwalk |
| 2024 | Akshatha Das | 23 | Unplaced | 2 Special Awards Top 5 – Miss Goodness Ambassador Top 5 – Miss Radiant Personality |

### Tamil Nadu

| Year | Delegate | Age | Placement & Performance | Placement & Performance |
| Year | Delegate | Age | Placements | Special award(s) |
| 2017 | Sherlin Seth | 19 | Unplaced | 1 Special Award Top 9 – Body Beautiful |
| 2018 | Anukreethy Vas | 19 | Femina Miss India World 2018 | 4 Special Awards Beauty with a Purpose Rajnigandha Pearls Miss Beautiful Smile Top 6 – Chisel Miss Active Top 10 – Senco Gold Miss Shining Star |
| 2019 | Rubeiya S K | 23 | Unplaced | |
| 2020 | Raina Garg | 23 | Top 15 | 1 Special Award Miss Lifestyle |
| 2022 | Shivani Rajashekar | 24 | Did not participate | |
| 2023 | Karunya Mohanasundaram | 24 | Unplaced | |
| 2024 | Malina | | Top 15 | 4 Special Awards Femina Miss India 2024 South (Zonal Titleholder) Top 5 – Miss Beautiful Eyes Top 5 – Miss Beautiful Smile Top 5 – Miss Shining Star |

### Telangana

| Year | Delegate | Age | Placement & Performance | Placement & Performance |
| Year | Delegate | Age | Placements | Special award(s) |
| 2017 | Simran Choudhary | 24 | Unplaced | 2 Special Awards Miss Talented Top 5 – Miss Active |
| 2018 | Sai Kamakshi Bhaskarla | 23 | Unplaced | 1 Special Award Top 10 – Senco Gold Miss Shining Star |
| 2019 | Sanjana Vij | 23 | 1st Runner-up | 3 Special Award Kodak Lens Miss Spectacular Eyes Miss Smasher (Badminton) – Bennett University Sports day Dr. Tvacha Miss Photogenic (Zonal sub-contest) |
| 2020 | Manasa Varanasi | 24 | Femina Miss India World 2020 | 1 Special Award Miss Rampwalk |
| 2022 | Pragnya Ayyagari | 20 | Top 5 | |
| 2023 | Urmila Chauhan | 25 | Unplaced | 1 Special Award Miss Congeniality |
| 2024 | Prakruthi Kambam | | Unplaced | |

## Representatives at International Pageants

The following is a list of South Indian Representatives at International Beauty Pageants (Since 2008) by Femina Miss India/Miss Diva Organization:
| Year | Delegate | State | International Pageant | Placement & Performance | Placement & Performance |
| Year | Delegate | State | International Pageant | Placements | Special award(s) |
| 2008 | Parvathy Omanakuttan | Kerala | Miss World 2008 | 1st Runner-up | 3 Special Awards Miss World Continental Queen of Asia 2nd Runner-Up – Miss World Top Model Top 10 – Miss World Beach Beauty |
| 2010 | Nicole Faria | Karnataka | Miss Earth 2010 | Miss Earth 2010 | 2 Special Awards Miss Talent Miss Diamond Place |
| 2013 | Sobhita Dhulipala | Karnataka | Miss Earth 2013 | Unplaced | 5 Special Awards Miss Photogenic Miss Earth Eco Beauty Miss Ever Bilena Top 15 – Miss Talent Top 15 – Best in Resort Wear |
| 2018 | Anukreethy Vas | Tamil Nadu | Miss World 2018 | Top 30 | 3 Special Awards Winner – Head-to-Head Challenge Top 10 – Multimedia Award Top 18 – Miss World Talent |
| 2021 | Manasa Varanasi | Telangana | Miss World 2021 | Top 13 | 2 Special Awards Top 6 – Beauty With A Purpose Top 27 – Miss World Talent |
| 2023 | Sini Sadanand Shetty | Karnataka | Miss World 2023 | Top 8 | 5 Special Awards Miss World Asia & Oceania Winner – World Fashion Designer Dress Top 14 – Miss World Talent Top 20 – Miss World Top Model Top 25 – Head-to-Head Challenge |
| 2023 | Pragnya Ayyagari | Telangana | Miss Supranational 2023 | Top 12 | 4 Special Awards Miss Supranational Asia Top 5 – Supra Chat Top 7 – Miss Talent Top 10 – Supra Fan-Vote |

## Mentor

The franchise organises a mentor/coach to each zone to train the candidates for the final event.
| Year | Mentor | About |
| 2023 | Neha Dhupia | Miss Universe 2002 - Top 10 Femina Miss India 2002 |
| 2022 | Neha Dhupia | Miss Universe 2002 - Top 10 Femina Miss India 2002 |
| 2020 | Neha Dhupia | Miss Universe 2002 - Top 10 Femina Miss India 2002 |
| 2019 | Dia Mirza | Miss Asia Pacific 2000 |
| 2018 | Rakul Preet Singh | Femina Miss India 2011 - 3rd Runner-up |
| 2017 | Parvathy 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.
| Year | Delegate | State | Placement & Performance at Femina Miss India | Placement & Performance at Femina Miss India |
| Year | Delegate | State | Placements | Special award(s) |
| 2008 | Parvathy Omanakuttan | Kerala | Femina Miss India World 2008 | 3 Special Awards Miss Beautiful Hair Miss Photogenic Miss Personality |
| 2009 | Faith Pandey | Karnataka | Top 10 | |
| 2010 | Nicole Faria | Karnataka | Femina Miss India Earth 2010 | 3 Special Awards ADP Femina Miss Photogenic Saint Femina Miss Pure HP Femina Gadget Girl |
| 2011 | Shweta Dolli | Tamil Nadu | Top 10 | |
| 2012 | Shamata Anchan | Karnataka | Top 10 | 1 Special Award Miss Active |
| 2013 | Sobhita Dhulipala | Andhra Pradesh | Femina Miss India Earth 2013 | 3 Special Awards Femina Miss Talented iTimes Femina Miss Digital Diva Miss Internet |