Nandini Gupta from Rajasthan crowned Femina Miss India 2023

By: WE Staff | Monday, 17 April 2023

Nandini Gupta from Rajasthan, India has been crowned as the Femina Miss India 2023. She is merely 19 years old and secured the first position in the 59th edition of the beauty pageant.

Nandini was just 10 years old when she dreamt about becoming Miss India and her dream finally came true by becoming the Femina Miss India on 15 April.

Indoor Stadium, Khuman Lampak, Imphal, Manipur hosted the 59th edition of the most prestigious beauty pageant in India.

The first runner-up of Femina Miss India 2023 is Shreya Poonja from Delhi whereas the second runner-up is Thounaojam Strela Luwang of Manipur. Bollywood stars Kartik Aaryan and Ananya Pandey gave mesmerizing performances at the event, which was hosted by Manish Paul and Bhumi Pedneker.

The jury of the prestigious event included some of the renowned faces such as Femina Miss India Universe 2002 & Mentor Neha Dhupia, master choreographer Terence Lewis, boxing legend Laishram Sarita Devi, renowned designers Rocky Star and Namrata Joshipura along with film director and writer Harshvardhan Kulkarni judged the state winners.

The 71st Miss World Pageant will be held in the United Arab Emirates in which Nandini will represent India. She spoke about the people who have been her inspiration during the journey. She addressed Sir Ratan Tata who has done various works that are acknowledged for humanity and donates most of his earnings to charitable causes. Nandini also shared about Miss World 2000, Priyanka Chopra who was crowned at a very young age. She is truly inspired by Priyanka Chopra, and how she has the zeal to gain more as she grows.