Indian participants at Miss Universe

It was only fair that with a perfect blend of beauty and brains, Indians went on to conquer the Universe not once but twice - Sushmita Sen in 1994 and Lara Dutta in 2000. Will Amrita Thapar be third time lucky? Keep watching this space.

It was only fair that with a perfect blend of beauty and brains, Indians went on to conquer the Universe not once but twice - Sushmita Sen in 1994 and Lara Dutta in 2000. Will Amrita Thapar be third time lucky? Keep watching this space.

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So who were these incredible women who put India firmly on the world beauty map? Stand up and applaud -

1947: PRAMILA

1952: INDRANI REHMAN

1964: MEHER CASTELINO MISTRY

1965: PERSIS KHAMBATTA

1966: YASMIN DAJI

1967: NAYYARA MIRZA (NALINI PATEL)

1968: ANJUM MUMTAZ BAIG

1969: KAVITA BHAMBANI

1970: VEENA SAJNANI

1971: RAJ GILL

1972: ROOPA SATYAN

1973: FARZANA HABIB

1974: SHAILINI DHOLAKIA

1975: MEENAKSHI KURPAD

1976: NAINA BALSAVAR

1977: NALINI WISHANATHAN

1978: ALAMJEET CHAUHAN

1979: SWAROOP SAMPAT

1980: SANGEETA BILJANI

1981: RACHITA KUMAR (NANDINI THACKERSEY)

1982: PAMELA BORDES

1983: REKHA HANDE

1984: JUHI CHAWLA

1985: SONU WALIA

1986: MEHR JESIA

1987: PRIYADARSHINI PRADHAN

1988: DOLLY MINHAS

1989 - 1990: SUZANNE SABLOAK

1991: CHRISTOBEL HOWIE

1992: MADHU SAPRE

1993: NAMRATA SHIRODKAR

1994: SUSHMITA SEN (Miss Universe)

1995: MANPREET BRAR

1996: SANDHYA CHIB

1997: NAFISA JOSEPH

1998: LYMARAINA D'SOUZA

1999: GUL KIRIT PANAG

2000: LARA DUTTA, Bangalore (Miss Universe)

2001: CELINA JAITLEY, Kolkata

2002: NEHA DHUPIA, Delhi

2003: NIKITA ANAND, Delhi

2004: TANUSHREE DUTTA, Mumbai

2005: AMRITA THAPAR, Pune