Miss India has won 4 out of the last six Miss World competitions, giving it a new lease of life.
Some people argue that participation in beauty pageants has a liberating effect on Indian women.
But critics say that such contests are degrading. This debate is now closed. Read a selection of your comments below. Your reaction A contest which is blind to the ethnic and religious differences among the contestants Suhail Shafi, Malta The Miss World contest should, to put it in a straightforward manner, NOT be scrapped. It is a contest that brings together beautiful and intelligent women from all over the world to compete in a contest which is blind to the ethnic and religious differences among the contestants.